TAG Heuer, better known for chronographs than tourbillons, has combined both horological technologies into the concept watch it introduced at this year’s Baselworld, the TAG Heuer Carrera MikroPendulumS. The watch, which TAG Heuer touts as “the first-ever magnetic double tourbillon” uses a patented system with two magnetic pendulums in place of hairsprings and two tourbillons, one controlling the timekeeping and the other a chronograph - replica TAG Heuer Carrera.
The watch chain turns at 12 Hz and the chronograph chain at 50 Hz; the tourbillon linked to the chronograph, which can indicate intervals to 1/100th second, beats at a superfast 360,000 vph and rotates 12 times per minute. The tourbillon pendulums and their bridges, made of 18k rose gold, are visible through the brushed anthracite dial.
The dial has the chronograph minutes counter at 12 o’clock, chronograph seconds counter at 3 o’clock, and the chronograph’s power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock; the placement of the crown, at 12 o’clock, is a nod to TAG Heuer’s historical hand-held stopwatches of the past.
The watch chain turns at 12 Hz and the chronograph chain at 50 Hz; the tourbillon linked to the chronograph, which can indicate intervals to 1/100th second, beats at a superfast 360,000 vph and rotates 12 times per minute. The tourbillon pendulums and their bridges, made of 18k rose gold, are visible through the brushed anthracite dial.
The dial has the chronograph minutes counter at 12 o’clock, chronograph seconds counter at 3 o’clock, and the chronograph’s power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock; the placement of the crown, at 12 o’clock, is a nod to TAG Heuer’s historical hand-held stopwatches of the past.
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