1949: Solunar - the first wristwatch with a permanent tide indicator
Update: 2023-07-13
Description
Season 2: TAG Heuer and the ocean |
In this second season, we explore TAG Heuer’s intimate connection with the ocean. We turn the clocks back to 1949, when Heuer was creating watches for Abercrombie & Fitch. Discover how a watchmaker, a physics teacher, and a passion for fishing and mushroom hunting led to the birth of the Solunar, the first wristwatch with a permanent tide indicator.
Image: Heuer Solunar, 1949 Reference
Show notes:
0:42 The Abercrombie & Fitch years
1:10 A challenge from Walter Haynes, President of Abercrombie & Fitch
1:59 How a tide indicator works
2:42 Mushroom hunting and a school physics teacher
3:14 The Solunar
4:30 The tide indicator on the Solunar
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