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Probably the Most Luxurious Watch in the World

Posted by Peter Brady on Tue 4th July 2006 at 09:04 AM, Filed in Luxury Watches

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I’m not a big fan of Tag Heuer. Their brand some how seems tainted by the huge influx of replicas from the east and the designs have been less than inspiring for many a year. I guess it might have been a case of resting on laurels a little bit.

However, I finally think Tag have come up with a watch that lives up to their incredibly inflated prices.

It’s called the Tag Heuer Calibre and is really, really, really something special. Here’s the lowdown:

The chronograph (the clever bit that runs the watch) is now accurate to within 1/100th of second. Ok, "when will I ever need that" I hear you say. True, unless of course you're an Olympic 100m sprint official! But that's not the point - it's simply a cool feature/talking point for a mechnical time piece. Obviously a digital watch could do this in it's sleep but where's the style in that!.
The chronograph runs on a maze of 230 wheels and cogs making it the most accurate mechanical watch ever made.
It's taken five years to develop.
The wind up mechanism oscillates 360,000 times and hour. That's a lot.
The design is based on the iconic Tag Moncao model worn by the legend Steve McQueen.
At the back of the watch you can see those 230 wheels and cogs at work.

We understand that Tag intend to release a male and female version late this year (I imagine just in time for Christmas) probably retailing for around $15,000 (£10,000). Umm tempting.

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