The latest rendition of our Recommended Reading stream points us to a fantastic piece of work done by Kyle over at Perpetuelle.com.? Just recently, Tag Heuer released the details of a completely “in-house” developed movement, called the Caliber 1887.? The thing is, many Tag aficionados don’t really believe it to be a totally new movement, in fact they think it is simply a modified (albeit heavily modified) movement coming from Seiko.? What has added fuel to the fire in this potential PR nightmare is that the CEO of Tag Heuer, JC Babin has admitted on the Heuer-enthusiast site Calibre11.com that the new Tag Heuer Caliber 1887 IS indeed based on a Seiko movement.? So then what gives? Why would Tag Heuer claim this movement is 100% in-house developed?? Click over to Perpetuelle’s fantastic post on this matter for the rest of the story.

The latest rendition of our Recommended Reading stream points us to a fantastic piece of work done by Kyle over at Perpetuelle.com.? Just recently, Tag Heuer released the details of a completely “in-house” developed movement, called the Caliber 1887.? The thing is, many Tag aficionados don’t really believe it to be a totally new movement, in fact they think it is simply a modified (albeit heavily modified) movement coming from Seiko.?

What has added fuel to the fire in this potential PR nightmare is that the CEO of Tag Heuer, JC Babin has admitted on the Heuer-enthusiast site Calibre11.com that the new Tag Heuer Caliber 1887 IS indeed based on a Seiko movement.? So then what gives? Why would Tag Heuer claim this movement is 100% in-house developed?? Click over to Perpetuelle’s fantastic post on this matter for the rest of the story.

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Hodinkee Recommended Reading: "Tag Heuer Shoots Itself In The Foot" on Perpetuelle.com