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TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 360 chronograph
Any thoughts about this watch?
"The Carrera Calibre 360 chronograph - the world's most accurate mechanical chronograph beating at 360,000 vibrations/hour - was selected over 10 other nominees drawn from the world's most prestigious watch making workshops and manufactures."
"The Carrera Calibre 360 chronograph - the world's most accurate mechanical chronograph beating at 360,000 vibrations/hour - was selected over 10 other nominees drawn from the world's most prestigious watch making workshops and manufactures."
wow - thats nice..
how can it go so fast, there must be a tremendous wear on the calibre - can somone elaborate?
christian
christian
I'm not really interested
Hi Bill,
I mean, I guess it is interesting on some level, but it's really just a 100 bps stop watch on top of an ETA autoamtic movement. To me, that means it's not really even a chronograph in some sense (the mechanisms are entirely independent) and at that size, the miniaturization of the stop watch is not even all that spectacular. I give it a solid "shmeh". :)
_john
I mean, I guess it is interesting on some level, but it's really just a 100 bps stop watch on top of an ETA autoamtic movement. To me, that means it's not really even a chronograph in some sense (the mechanisms are entirely independent) and at that size, the miniaturization of the stop watch is not even all that spectacular. I give it a solid "shmeh". :)
_john
And now for the nail in my coffin.
Panerai is coming out with something that has not being available for many
years. The illustrious "Foudroyant" . It is such a beautiful sight to see
the seconds spinning at 1/8 of the second.
I have one on order and I am very excited about it. The tag was a curiosity for me.
I hope you will not shoot me down on the foudroyant.
Bill
I have one on order and I am very excited about it. The tag was a curiosity for me.
I hope you will not shoot me down on the foudroyant.
Bill
I've been dying for that one as well
A friend of mine recently asked Bonati when the PAM246 will be coming out, and he said February so hopefully 1 more month is all we have to wait.
- Anthony
Certainly a nice (optical) feature!
However it has been around on various brands, e.g. GP, Graham, and others...
not intending to shoot anyone down
Hi Bill,
Your post didn't make it seem as if you owned the Carrera 360 (do you?), and certainly if it did I would've couched my skepticism about its horological pedigree in more diplomatic language. :)
I'm sure the Pannie Foudroyante is perfectly lovely. :)
_john
Your post didn't make it seem as if you owned the Carrera 360 (do you?), and certainly if it did I would've couched my skepticism about its horological pedigree in more diplomatic language. :)
I'm sure the Pannie Foudroyante is perfectly lovely. :)
_john
No I don't own a Carrera 360
Hi John,
No worries.
The Carrera 360 seemed to me to be a stretch so I thought I would float it and see what the experts thought.
Thanks for being frank. I guess this is why one asks for comments and one should expect all kinds of response. If one is not ready to hear others opinions they shouldn't pose the question in the first place.
Thanks again John.
Bill
No worries.
The Carrera 360 seemed to me to be a stretch so I thought I would float it and see what the experts thought.
Thanks for being frank. I guess this is why one asks for comments and one should expect all kinds of response. If one is not ready to hear others opinions they shouldn't pose the question in the first place.
Thanks again John.
Bill
That's interesting John, please elaborate.
Couch potato that I am, I would love for someone with real knowledge to exploon (yes, exploon)* this to me.
If the stop-watch mechanism is entirely independent of the base calibre, doesn't that mean it needs its own mainspring, drive-train, escapement and everything? Independently regulated and all? I find that hard to comprehend. It's like one of those gimmick watches where you pivot the watchface off and find another watch underneath. (I know someone's making one, just can't remember who.)
Being able to time the inaccuracy of your own thumb to the nearest centisecond is about as pointless as, oh I don't know, a minute repeater, don't you think?
Cheers
Tony P
*vale Spike.
If the stop-watch mechanism is entirely independent of the base calibre, doesn't that mean it needs its own mainspring, drive-train, escapement and everything? Independently regulated and all? I find that hard to comprehend. It's like one of those gimmick watches where you pivot the watchface off and find another watch underneath. (I know someone's making one, just can't remember who.)
Being able to time the inaccuracy of your own thumb to the nearest centisecond is about as pointless as, oh I don't know, a minute repeater, don't you think?
Cheers
Tony P
*vale Spike.
you've got it exactly right
Hi Tony,
That's exactly right: separate barrel, power train and escapement. I find it quite odd also.
_john
That's exactly right: separate barrel, power train and escapement. I find it quite odd also.
_john
Wouldn't a foudroyante based on the El Primero . . .
. . . be an interesting and desirable item, John? Decimal timing makes calculating so much tidier . . . . cordially, Art
yes, that would be a neat trick
Hi Art,
That's a great. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Zenith is already working on such a thing, and if not, perhaps they will be now. :) One never knows though, there might be something about the foudroyante modifications that is especially challenging for the El Primero base caliber. I'm relatively familiar with the base movement, but the foudroyante complication is an utter mystery to me.
_john
That's a great. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Zenith is already working on such a thing, and if not, perhaps they will be now. :) One never knows though, there might be something about the foudroyante modifications that is especially challenging for the El Primero base caliber. I'm relatively familiar with the base movement, but the foudroyante complication is an utter mystery to me.
_john