At this year’s Watches and Wonders 2026, TAG Heuer takes its most celebrated model further than it has ever gone before. The brand continues its undisputed racing legacy by revealing two spectacular timepieces for its legendary square-faced watch family: the refined Monaco Chronograph and the revolutionary Monaco Evergraph.
Since its groundbreaking introduction in 1969, the TAG Heuer Monaco has undeniably left an indelible mark on the watchmaking industry. It originally debuted as the world’s very first square, waterproof chronograph wristwatch and was famously powered by Calibre 11. For decades, it served as a pristine platform for avant-garde design and relentless innovation.
Now, more than half a century after its debut, the celebrated Monaco officially enters an exciting next chapter. In this latest iteration, TAG Heuer redefines its square icon by introducing an entirely new case design with a meticulous return to the very beginning, specifically, to the original reference 1133 that started it all. The 39 mm grade 5 titanium case now features gently curved sides, while the redesigned case back curves elegantly toward the edges. Extensive work has gone into balance and wearability, and it shows the moment you put the watch on.
Typography and text placement on the dial have been revisited from the ground up. Three colourways define the collection. The signature Monaco blue, directly inspired by Steve McQueen’s Le Mans reference, arrives with rhodium-plated hands tipped in red and a red central chronograph hand. A sunray-brushed dark green model nods to the codes of British Racing Green with refined restraint. Most striking of all is arguably the black dial variant, housed in a two-tone case of grade 5 titanium and 18-carat 5N rose gold.
At the heart of all three lies the new in-house Calibre TH20-11, built upon TAG Heuer’s automatic TH20-00 base, delivering an 80-hour power reserve and a five-year warranty. Its bi-compax layout—subsidiary counters at three and nine, date at six—pays deliberate homage to the original Calibre 11, while the crown remains situated on the left.
Complementing the ergonomic triumph of the Monaco Chronograph is a release that fundamentally alters the brand’s understanding of mechanical boundaries: the magnificent TAG Heuer Monaco Evergraph. It represents one of the most structurally significant movements ever introduced in TAG Heuer’s rich history.
It’s safe to say that the TAG Heuer Monaco Evergraph is not an evolution. It is a revolution, and that word is used here with full deliberate intention. At its heart lies the entirely new Calibre TH80-00, a movement five years in the making that dismantles the very architecture of the chronograph complication as we have known it for over a century.
Where traditional chronographs rely on a complex network of levers and springs to govern start, stop, and reset functions, Calibre TH80-00 replaces virtually all of them with two flexible bistable components, developed by the TAG Heuer LAB using high-precision LIGA technology. The stunning result is a mechanism that never changes, and never deviates, delivering the same crisp, precise sensation whether it’s the first press of the pusher or the ten-thousandth.
Furthermore, the movement pairs this revolutionary compliant chronograph mechanism with the TH-Carbonspring oscillator, ensuring magnetic resistance and precision at 5 Hz, a 70-hour power reserve, COSC certification, and a remarkable five-year warranty. Developed alongside Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, its inverted architecture places the barrel, gear train, and escapement in full view from the transparent dial side, making it a wearable display of haute horlogerie ambition that is genuinely difficult to look away from.
Meanwhile, the 40 mm grade 5 titanium case features tapered edges on two models, creating a visual sense of thinness. The blue opaline subdials and red accents pay direct homage to the reference 1133B made famous by none other than Steve McQueen, while the black DLC-coated titanium model with blazing red details channels TAG Heuer’s most aggressive racing instincts.
Together, the Monaco Chronograph and the Monaco Evergraph represent something rare in modern watchmaking—timepieces that are simultaneously a love letter to the past and an entirely new beginning for what a chronograph can be.
