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The two separate movements
Thanks for taking the time to let me know more about the Purists point of view. I knew about the two separate movements and the dial actually has a rather cool power reserve indicator for the 100 minutes the "caliber 360" chronograph/stopwatch movement is good for. I got one of the first to reach Hong Kong, which was the one in white gold limited to 100 pieces and when I got the opportunity I decided that I actually wanted to be taken in by the successful marketing spiel. After all, it got the Sportswatch of the Year Prize at the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix in 2006 and I bought 3 Monacos in the past based on the coolness factor linked to Steve McQueen! I am not under the illusion that this watch is really as ground breaking and fantastic as TAG Heuer will lead you to believe.
There is however something which confuses me, maybe you can help me to explain? TAG Heuer says in their promotional material for this watch as follows:
"This incredible triple-patented movement has more than 230 components and sports a drastically lightened and miniaturized hairspring and escapement mechanism, along with two sets of escapement mechanisms representing an engineering first and allowing it to cruise at regular speed (28,800 vibrations/hour) under normal conditions, then accelerate to immense speed (360,000 vibrations/hour) in chronograph mode."
How to explain that the 28,800 vph accelerates to 360,000 if two entirely separate movements are running alongside each other?
Cheers,
Johan
360,000 vph
It's an interesting watch, actually. It's a bit different though. . .
The two separate movements