While TAG Heuer is well-known as a maker of racing chronographs and diving watches, the company has also made a number of aviation watches, such as the Bundeswehr of the 1970s and this watch- the Pilot. The Pilot was a niche part of the “Specialist” range of watches from its launch in 1983 until it was phased out in 2003…. Read More
POSTED 03 Jul 2011
LWO 283
Read all Calibre 11 articles on watches featuring the LWO 283 movement, which is a combination of an ETA base movement with a Chronograph module from Lemania. The rights to the movement were later sold to Dubois-Depraz.
Many Heuer and TAG Heuer watches with Automatic movements in the 1980s-90s used the LWO 283.
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