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SIHH 2012: Tag Heuer Mikrogirder
A new innovation from Tag Heuer after last year's Flying 1000.
The particuliarity is that there is no escapement display as we know it anymore (no balance wheel and no hairspring). We don't have much details right now but I find it very interesting, I always wondered what could be invented to replace the escapement system and even surprised that there was nothing yet.
These are some pics and a video.
Anounced speed : 1000 hz (500Hz for the Flying 1000), i.e. 7.2 million beats per hour
A link for the video : www.youtube.com
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Mark
SIHH 2012: Tag Heuer Mikrogirder
A new innovation from Tag Heuer after last year's Flying 1000. The particuliarity is that there is no escapement display as we know it anymore (no balance wheel and no hairspring). We don't have much details right now but I find it very interesting, I alw...
Bravo!
Something new and innovative for the escapement. It'll be interesting how this stacks up against the DeBethune 926hz escapement and the MB "We can time to 100th of a second with a slow-beat" A
TAG is defining itself in a cool way
As a business, it's very smart. They sell 12 jillion entry level watches that have little or nothing inventive or innovative about them. But they can say, "look how we invent and innovate over here ." It imbues these entry level watches with a spirit, whi...
I feel a bit the same,
I look these concept watches (or the V4) as seperated from the rest.
Great to see this!
I agree with Mostel - for Tag Heuer and its target market this sort of concept watch adds interest to its regular offerings. And whether the innovation is "practical" or not at this stage is irrelevant. There is a trickle down effect of some aspect of con...