Tag Heuer History

Founder: Edouard Heuer

Pronounced: "Tag Hoy-Yer"

Heuer Watch Company was founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer.  He opened a watchmaking workshop in St-Imier, a village in the Swiss Jura region.  Heuer watches soon became recognized for a high level of accuracy and workmanship.  Perfect for the timing of sporting events Heuer soon found its niche.

TAG Heuer has a long tradition of technological innovation in precision timepieces, including stopwatches and water-resistant watches.  Reflecting this heritage, the TAG Heuer brand has long been closely associated with the world of competitive sports, providing official timing services for the Olympic Games, FIS Ski World Cup, FIA Formula 1 World Championship and other major international sporting events - automobile racing, ski competitions - since the early 1900's. 

In addition, TAG Heuer continues winning an active following among sports enthusiasts around the world. Throughout its history, TAG Heuer has steadily built its reputation understanding design and innovation, as well as, a tradition, establishing itself as a leading producer of prestigious sports watches and chronographs

Timeline:

1860 - Edouard Heuer founds a watchmaking company in St-Imier, Switzerland

1882 - Heuer patents his first chronograph.

1887 - Heuer patents an "oscillating pinion" still used by major watchmakers for mechanical chronographs.

1911 - Heuer introduces the first automobile dash-board chronograph.

1916 - Heuer invents a stopwatch that is accurate to within 1/100th of a second called the micrograph.

1920's - Heuer watches are timekeepers at the Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam Olympics.

1933 - Heuer launches the "Autavia" the first dashboard stopwatch for race-cars.

1950 - Heuer introduces the "Mareograph - Seafarer" a wristwatch with chronograph functions and tide indicator.  (COOL WATCH!)

1964 - Heuer launches the "Carrera" chronograph.  This watch was named for the 1950's "Carrera Pan-america Mexico" road-race.

1965 - Heuer patents the MICROTIMER, the first miniature electronic timekeeping device which was accurate to within 1/1000th of a second.

1969 - Heuer introduces the "Chronomatic", the first automatic chronograch with a microrotor.  They also introduce the widely popular "Monaco" worn by movie-star Steve McQueen.

1971 to 1979 - Heuer is named the official timekeeper for formula one racing.

1975 - Heuer launches the "Chronosplit", the worlds first quartz wrist chronograph.

1985 - Heuer joins "TAG" group and the famous watch name and logo are changed from HEUER to TAG-HEUER.  Since then the company has craftily built one of the most recognized watch names in the world.  Tag-Heuer becomes a very popular and fashionable status symbol.

Ramadan Al Mubarak

Puasa Di Bulan Ramadan

Puasa pada bulan ramadhan adalah wajib dilakukan oleh setiap orang Islam yang mukallaf dengan dalil atau alasan:

1. Firman Allah dalam surah Al Baqarah Ayat 183-184

	Ertinya: "Wahai orang-orang yang beriman , diwajibkan puasa atas kamu sebagaimana diwajibkan atas orang-orang yang dahulu daripada kamu bertakwa atau terpelihara, iaitu hari yang tertentu. "
	Firmannya lagi dalam Surah Al-Baqarah juga ayat 185: Ertinya: "Sesiapa di antara kamu yang berada di bulan Ramadhan, maka hendaklah ia berpuasa."

2. Sabda Nabi Muhammad S.A.W yang diriwayatkan oleh Al-Bukhari dan Muslim daripada Ibnu Umar:

Ertinya: "Islam itu dibina di atas 5 rukun: mengucap dua kalimah syahadat, mendirikan sembahyang, menunaikan zakat, naik haji ke Baitullah dan puasa pada bulan Ramadhan. "

Hukum Orang yang mengingkari wajibnya berpuasa bulan Ramadhan adalah dihukumkan 'murtad'- jelasnya keluar
         dari agama Islam. (Na'udzu billahi min dzalik )