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[gio72]

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[gio72]

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[marios_ch]

TAG HEUER - Le MikrotourbillonS

The ultimate in high precision haute horlogerie


Press release


TAG Heuer’s most ambitious luxury chronograph to date, the MikrotourbillonS is not only the world’s fastest tourbillon: it is the first ever tourbillon on a 1/100th of a second chronograph that can be started and stopped, an audacious timepiece of peerless precision and virtuosic savoir-faire



Even by TAG Heuer’s own pioneering metrics, the dual-chain, double-barreled MIKROTOURBILLONS, is entirely off-the-chart extraordinary. The first tourbillon chronograph capable of certification-level precision timing, it is by far the fastest, most accurate and most breathtakingly beautiful tourbillon ever imagined.

“We call it a movement because that is what it does, at the same rhythm, around the clock. A physical force and a machine so complex that it seizes your breath, with as many components — muscles and bones — as a human, and its own beautiful, tireless heart, pumping infinite energy from its impossibly intricate core.
One glance and you’re gone, down a vortex of transcendent wonder.”
Jack Heuer


REANIMATING TOURBILLON TECHNOLOGY

A tourbillon (French for ‘vortex’ or ‘whirlwind’) is the most intricate and iconic complication in haute horlogerie. An elaborate mechanical system for regulating the speed at which a watch ‘beats’, this ingenious complication overcomes the effects of gravity by placing the movement’s balance wheel and escapement inside a rotating cage. Revolutionary when it was invented in 1801, modern precision techniques, many developed by TAG Heuer, have made it obsolete. Yet the tourbillon remains a classic ‘novelty’ feature of many high-end luxury watches because, in its ornate complexity, usually visible through a window in the dial, it is the ultimate attention getter—a showcase of watchmaker virtuosity.

Beautifully complex but slow, imprecise and unnecessary: for these reasons, TAG Heuer, the most precision-driven, performance-obsessed of all the high-end luxury Swiss watch houses, had never made a tourbillon escapement watch.
That is, until TAG Heuer’s Science & Engineering department, in its pursuit of zero-tolerance chronograph precision, took up the challenge of reinventing the tourbillon, making it not just a delight to look at but, like all TAG Heuer creations, unbelievably fast, precise, and avant-garde. The result is a mechanical wonder that breaks all records for speed and accuracy, and sets the stage for the first-ever dual-certifiable chronograph.



DOUBLING THE STAKES

The MIKROTOURBILLONS has two rotating tourbillon mechanisms visible on its dial face, one for time telling and one for timekeeping. The first beats at 4 hertz — 28,800 beats per hour — and controls the ISO 3159 compliant watch; its hand sweeps the dial at a standard tourbillon speed of once a minute. The second, the world’s fastest tourbillon, controls the 1/100th-of-a-second chronograph and is dynamically compensated to run at 50 hertz, meaning it beats at 360,000 beats per hour and rotates at a dizzying five seconds per revolution, or 12 times a minute. Another mind-numbing technical prowess: it has no cage and can be started and stopped thanks to the dual chain architecture.



UNIQUE 2-CHAIN ARCHITECTURE

Since 1969, the year TAG Heuer launched the world’s first automatic chronograph movement, coupling watch movement with chronograph function has become standard operation procedure. There is a serious “hitch”, however, with this isochronous system: its wheel chain gear system increases energy loss.

This is one of the greatest quandaries of chronograph design — how to keep chronograph operation from disrupting watch operation.

A first avenue of research led to the TAG Heuer Calibre 360 in March 2005 with its additional module for the chronograph. Then the answer came with the TAG Heuer Mikrograph 1/100th of a second Chronograph in January 2011, ingeniously outfitted with two independent kinematic chains — one for the watch and one for the chronograph, integrated in the same movement.

The MIKROTOURBILLONS is built with the same integrated movement with dual chain architecture, thereby eliminating the need for a clutch. Separating the watch chain from the chronograph chain eliminates the risks of the chronograph influencing the watch and vice-versa; but most importantly, it reduces energy loss and optimizes the precision of the chronograph’s regulating organ. This dual chain architecture allows the all “MIKRO” timepieces (MIKROTOURBILLONS, MIKROGIRDER, MIKROTIMER and MIKROGRAPH) to be ISO 3159 compliant across the board. The MIKROTIMER and the MIKROGRAPH are already COSC certified — i.e. with the chronograph function running, a feat virtually impossible to achieve by conventional mono-frequency chronographs.



A STUNNING RE-INTERPRETATION OF THE ICONIC CARRERA

The Carrera, TAG Heuer's iconic bestseller since 1963, was the obvious choice of case and finishing for this game-changing chronograph. The materials are noble: highly corrosive-resistant Tantalum with rose gold horns, sublime “Côte de Genève” decoration and a sumptuous, hand-sewn soft-touch strap in alligator. The chronograph minute counter is at 3 o’clock, chronograph seconds at 6 o’clock and a power reserve at 12 o’clock. The once-a-second central flying hand displays 1/10th and 1/100th increments. A single crown at 3 o’clock winds the watch and the chronograph — the rotor winds the barrel on the watch movement, while the chronograph is manually charged. In total, there are 439 components in the movement, many of which are patent pending and all but the two hairsprings built in-house at TAG Heuer’s manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Now TAG Heuer is working on a first-ever precision certification for chronographs to complement the COSC certificate for chronometers (watches).



Informations techniques (en anglais uniquement)

Movement
439 components
Movement dimensions
Total diameter: 35.8 mm (15 3/4’’’)
Total height: 9.79mm

Frequency
2 tourbillons:
28’800 vibrations per hour/ 4 hertz (watch) / 1 tourbillon
Rotation every minute
360’000 vibrations per hour/ 50 hertz (chronograph) / 1
Tourbillon rotation every 5 seconds

75 jewels
Power reserve:
Watch: 45 hours
Chronograph: 60 minutes
Properties of display : Hours, Minutes
Central hand 1/100th of a second chronograph
Chronograph minute at 3 o’clock
Chronograph second and 1/10th of a second at 6 o’clock
Power reserve at 12 o’clock

Mechanical features
1/100th second chronograph function
2 tourbillons
Automatic bi-directionnal rewinding movement


Dial
Anthracite dial with côte de Genève finishings featuring 2 counters
Chronograph minutes counter at 3 o’clock
Chronograph second counter at 6 o’clock
Chronograph power reserve percentage indicator at 12 o’clock
Two tourbillons visible from the front with solid rose gold (18k 5n) bridges
White arabic numerals and hand applied solid rose gold (18k 5n) “100” at 12 o’clock
Polished anthracite hour and minute hands with luminescent markers
Solid rose gold (18k 5n) central 1/100th of a second chronograph

Hand
Solid rose gold (18k 5n) chronograph hands (minute at 3 o’clock and second at 6 o’clock), and power reserve hand at 12 o’clock.
Hand applied solid rose gold (18k 5n) tag heuer logo
White mikrotourbillons lettering
1/100th scale on the anthracite flange

Case
Case diameter: 45mm
Bi-material case : sandblasted tantalum & solid rose gold (18k 5n)
Double antireflective curved sapphire crystal
Solid rose gold (18k 5n) push buttons
Solid rose gold (18k 5n) crown with overmolded rubber
Solid rose gold (18k 5n) horns
Sandblasted tantalum sapphire case back
Water-resistance: 100 meters

Strap
Hand-sewn anthracite high-tech soft touch alligator strap
Tantalum folding clasp with applied tag heuer logo

http://www.worldtempus.com/en/news/top- ... urbillons/

[Megalos]

καλα η TAG Heuer εχει φτιαξει τελευταια καποια φοβερα κομματια ...
δεν ξερω κατα ποσο θα ειναι στην παραγωγη αλλα τρομερη εμπνευση

[marios_ch]

Tag Heuer Monaco Grand Prix Watches



The Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix is one of the most famous and prestigious races in the F1 calendar. Even those who have never followed motorsports have heard of Monaco (maybe because of Tag Heuer), a highly technical course which winds through the roadways of the famed city-state and playground for the rich and famous. The Monaco GP, now in its 83rd year, highlights prestige, luxury and wealth in a way that few other F1 weekends can match. Super yachts line the shore as on-lookers watch some of the most advanced machines in the world run a tight and aggressive course with more than its fair share of elevation changes. Well-heeled race fans, celebrities and socialites flock to the south-east coast of France to enjoy a truly legendary weekend of screaming race cars, world-renowned casinos and swanky parties.



Few watch brands have as strong a symbiotic relationship with motorsports as Tag Heuer. Many of their most famous models are tributes to notable elements within the world of motorsport, consider the Camaro, Carrera, Silverstone, Monza, Formula 1, and of course, the Monaco. Tag has made special editions for not only Mercedes but also McLaren, one of the most successful F1 teams of all time. In addition to the manufactures, Tag Heuer has also seen their brand represented by some of F1's best drivers, including Alain Prost, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Ayrton Senna. Other brands have tried to connect themselves with motorsports but from track day junkies like Steve McQueen, to modern day World Champions like Jenson Button, Tag Heuer has become the reigning watch brand in motorsports. A big marketing campaign success by most accounts.



Tag Heuer celebrated the 2012 Monaco GP by announcing four watches, two limited editions that directly commemorate the Monaco Grand Prix, and the "re-release" of two special editions which were previously only available through Tag Heuer boutiques. Above is the Monaco Calibre 12 ACM Limited Edition (CAW211K) which celebrates the first year of partnership between Tag Heuer and the Automobile Club de Monaco, the group responsible for organizing a series of races throughout Monaco, including the Monaco Gran Prix. Tag Heuer is their official timing partner and thus created this 39mm black dialed Monaco featuring the ACM logo on the dial. The Monaco Calibre 12 ACM will have a production run limited to 1200 units.





Not one to forget their popular Carrera line, Tag Heuer also announced the new Carrera Calibre 16 Day Date Monaco Grand Prix LE (CV2A1F) which will be limited to 3000 units and can be had with a sporty tire tread-inspired rubber strap or a stainless steel bracelet, both of which nicely suit its 43 mm stainless steel case. I have always enjoyed the Carrera line as they feature a very pleasing case and lug design as well as excellent legibility for a chronograph. This new model sports a simplified dial layout and bright red accents for the second hand and elements of the dial and bezel script. It is really ironic that there is now a Tag Heuer Carrera Monaco watch. Nice and confusing right?



Also announced was a duo of bright blue Monacos meant to invoke the memory of Steve McQueen, who wore a Monaco in the 1971 film Le Mans, and has been a considerable factor in the continued popularity of the Monaco line. First, the Monaco Heuer Steve McQueen Calibre 11, a traditional looking blue and white edition of the Monaco that is actually a slightly revised version of a boutique-only model that Tag Heuer announced last year. This is basically a vintage inspired Monaco with bright white racing stripes on the dial and its crown on the left side of the case. Note the use of "Heuer" and not "Tag Heuer" on the dial and the matching blue leather strap. It is fitting that this vintage inspired chronograph wears the Heuer name on its dial as the original Monaco design launched in 1969, some sixteen years before Heuer became Tag Heuer.



Last up is the Monaco Twenty Four McQueen (CAL5111) which is a more modern interpretation of the Monaco form. Featuring a highly detailed dial design, curved crystal and 40.5 mm case, this high end chronograph features an El Primero-based Calibre 36 chronograph movement with an advanced shock absorber system visible at all corners of the dial. This is also a model that is simply seeing a wider release after being a boutique-only offering last year.

While pricing has yet to be announced, these special editions are a great way to highlight brand successes and Tag Heuer's strong connections with not only Formula 1, but specifically Monaco and its famous course. Given it's provenance as the first automatic chronograph and its truly iconic design, I am a big fan of the base Monaco models and really enjoy how Tag Heuer has managed to protect the style and aesthetic promoted by original models while still promoting innovation and technology through models like the Monaco Twenty Four McQueen.

http://www.ablogtoread.com/tag-heuer-mo ... x-watches/

[Megalos]

το Monaco Steve McQueen σε μπλε ειναι απο τα χαρακτηριστικοτερα Tag Heuer ... ομορφο κομματι

[desmo16]

[DragonAce]

από το λίγο που έχω "επεξεργαστεί" ένα μονακό (όχι χρονογράφο) μου έβγαλε την εντύπωση ότι είναι πολύ ελαφρύ, λεπτό ατσάλι ίσως; κ δεν με ενέπνευσε εμπιστοσύνη..να μου πεις δεν είναι καταδυτικό...τί λέτε;

[Megalos]

Σπυρο δυστυχως δεν το εχω δοκιμασει οποτε δεν μπορω να πω γνωμη ..παντως ο χρονογραφος δειχνει παχιουλη