Time to HEUER test ! - IKONIC STOPWATCH

Are you a real connoisseur of HEUER history and its stopwatches ?

In the 70’s HEUER is the partner and official keeptimer of a famous sport car manufacturer. Who is it ?

Lotus

Ferrari

McLaren

From 1971 to 1979, HEUER is the official timekeeper of Ferrari formula one racing team. At this time, HEUER electronic time keeping technology is one of the most accurate and helps Ferrari to win many races in the world championship. Formula one enthusiasts have in mind the HEUER logo on the front of Niki Lauda’s 312T Ferrari.

How many jewels have trackstar HEUER stopwatches calibers ?

They feature a 7 jewels movement which is quite hight for pinlever mecanism. More information here.

What is the name of the button used to wind up a mecanical stopwatch ?

the crown

the starter

the remontoir

The crown is a large pusher at the top of the case of a mecanical stopwatch. Turning it winds up the stopwatch. It can also be pressed to activate other functions like start and stop. More information here.

Which of these compagnies was owned by HEUER ?

Valjoux

Timex

Sportex

Sportex was firstly property of Leonidas owner Charles Jeanneret before beeing bought by HEUER-Leonidas in 1970. It mainly manufactured pinlever movements and plastic cases. More information here.

In which year the Montecarlo dashboard timer was designed ?

1959

1919

1975

This famous timer was designed by Jack Heuer himself after a misreading of his dashboard timer (an autovia model), made lost him the first place at a swiss rally in 1958. He decided to create a new more legible timer, the montecarlo. This model was produced and marketed from 1959/60. More information here

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