TAG Heuer Monaco Sixty-Nine watch

The TAG-Heuer Monaco Sixty-Nine watch is a technically remarkable timepiece, which joins the seemingly contradictory worlds of horology and electronics in an incredibly sleek and effective package. A symbiosis of the mechanical and the digital, the TAG Heuer Monaco Sixty-Nine watch is sure to delight watch lovers who admire traditional watch craft, but also value the immense precision achieved by modern quartz technology.

What makes this marriage of craft and technology possible, is the incorporation of two movements into the characteristic famed rectangular form of the TAG-Heuer Monaco--which is derived from the original Heuer Monaco watch introduced in 1969. By means of a clever case mechanism that allows the face to be reversed, the owner of the TAG-Heuer Monaco Sixty-Nine watch can choose between two radically different characters.

The first is a handsome and classically sporty analog face, which derives its power from a manually wound mechanical movement that offers a power reserve of approximately 40 hours; featuring bold sword hands with luminous indications, the time shown on this watch can be easily read day or night through the cambered sapphire crystal, and the sweeping sub-second hand ticks measuredly, reminding a viewer that traditional mechanics are at work. Yet, even with this traditional appearance, the four pushpieces arranged around the periphery of the brushed stainless steel case hint that there is something more lurking here.

With a simple flip of the case the TAG Heuer Monaco Sixty Nine's alter ego is revealed--it presents the user with a formidable array of digital chronograph functions, powered by a tremendously precise quartz movement. Accurate to 1/1000th of a second, this digital chronograph device can perform multiple tasks. These operations include the measurement of multiple event times with automatic deductions of intermediate stops, as well as total time measurement with a presentation of intermediate times, and the ability to record up to 80 laps, which can be saved and viewed in Best Lap mode.

If this weren't enough, the TAG Heuer Monaco Sixty-Nine watch also offers a perpetual calendar function, a second time zone display, and a daily alarm. To ensure that all of this information is readily available in even complete darkness, the TAG Heuer engineers have implemented a backlighting feature which enables the screen to be brightly illuminated for up to six seconds at a time. For those times which its user does not require the digital functions, a standby mode allows for them to be turned off at will, preserving the battery.

Available exclusively in a 40.4-millimeter stainless steel case on a crocodile strap with a steel deployant buckle, the TAG Heuer Monaco Sixty-Nine watch is a tangible link to TAG Heuer's expertise in the worlds of both precision watchmaking and cutting edge electronic instrumentation.