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Therefore the plate, bridges and oscillating mass have been significantly modified to allow this evolution.

Dimensions: it’s broader (29.3 mm vs 28 mm) and thinner (7.13 mm vs 7.27 mm).

The caliber we propose and announced last week in London is a major evolution of this platform as even if the overall construction may look similar at first glance, the TAG Heuer movement is much different in terms of components, size and eventually performances, not to mention it’s manufactured in Switzerland in TAG Heuer workshops of Cornol (Cortech – a company owned by TAG Heuer and already producing TAG Heuer and Zenith cases) and La Chaux-de-Fonds (where we have also the HQs and where we added 30.000 sq feet more last year for movements assembling and other manufacturig projects).

Babin the CEO of TAG Heuer, and YES, the new Caliber 1887 is based on a SII TC78 platform developped and patented in 1997 (filing) and eversince produced in very limited quantities for Junghans and Seiko watches in Japan. Here, allow the CEO of TAG Heuer (2009) to explain it:

BTW – This isn’t the first time a Seiko platform was used for a Swiss movement: see the Soprod caliber A10. You may see it mentioned that the 1887 is based on the Seiko 6S37, but the 6S37 is different in that is has a power reserve indicator located on the dial between 2:00 and 3:00. The 1887 is actually based on a Seiko Instruments TC78 (TC 78) framework, which is basically a non-Seiko branded caliber 6S78 (introduced in 1999 and found in the Credor Phoenix). It is a radical re-engineering of one of Edouard Heuer’s greatest contributions to watchmaking: the oscillating pinion of 1887.” -source: Manufactured after 4 years of intensive R&D in 2011 to mark the brand’s 150th anniversary, the integrated column-wheel chronograph movement contains 320 parts. “Inside ticks the famous CALIBRE 1887, TAG Heuer’s first movement built in-house. Caliber Corner, in its current format, did not exist at that time to present factual information or dispel misinformation. 1887 as an in-house movement, only for the watch community to ultimately find out that it was based on an existing Seiko platform that was designed and patented in 1997. When it was launched at Baselworld in 2013, TAG was heavily marketing the Cal. The TAG 1887 stirred up one of the most memorable caliber controversies ever.

TAG Heuer 1887 Marketing, Baselworld 2013.

Some of the topics covered in the caliber listing: The oscillating pinion works like a clutch.” -source:

The column wheel, which coordinates the start, stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph hand, functions like a gearbox. The oscillating pinion, patented in 1887 by Edouard Heuer, works in tandem with the column wheel, in much the same way as an automobile transmission. Among its 320 components, is an audaciously re-engineered version of its inspiration, the brand’s 1887-patented oscillating pinion, along with a matching blue column wheel. “The Calibre 1887 is an integrated column-wheel watch movement that vibrates 28,800 times per hour and has a 50-hour power reserve. This caliber was announced in 2009, and officially released in Carrera 1887 Chronograph watches in 2010. The TAG Heuer caliber 1887 is an automatic column wheel chronograph watch movement with 39 jewels and a beat rate of 28,800 vph. 50 hours (40hrs with chronograph running)Ĭentral hours central minutes central chronograph seconds small running seconds subdial at 9:00 30 minutes chronograph counter at 12:00 12 hours chrono counter at 6:00 date at 3:00 or 6:00