Tag Heurers Mikrotimer
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10-01-2011, 02:11 PM
Tag Heurers Mikrotimer
Exclusive Hands-On: Q) Just How Fast Is TAG Heuer's Mikrotimer? A) Really, Really, Ridiculously Fast (VIDEO) - Watches Worth Knowing About - HODINKEE
TAG Heuer Mikrotimer Is The World's Fastest Chronograph Watch - YouTube
You think you know fast chronographs? We've shown you Zenith's Striking Tenth (1/10th of a second), FP Journe's Centigraphe (1/100th of a second...kind of) and TAG's own Mikrograph (1/100th of a second), but none of those come close to TAG Heuer's Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Concept watch, a piece first unveiled at Basel live on HODINKEE.
The Mikrotimer measures up to 1/1000th of a second and does so with an incredibly powerful caliber. To give you an idea of just how fast and powerful this caliber is, the Zenith El Primero (what TAG calls the Caliber 36) runs at 5 Hz. TAG's 1/100th of a second Mikograph runs at 50 Hz. The Mikrotimer runs at 500 freaking Hz. So that means this caliber runs at 500 rotations per second! In other words, the El Primero runs at 36,000 beats per hour, the Mikrograph runs at 360,000 beats per hour, and the Mikrotimer runs at 3.6 million beats per hour! That just sounds fast, doesn't it?. Well, if you look at the video above, you'll see that it is. It's so fast in fact that it is often difficult to even see the sweep hand moving!
While the Mikrotimer is still in development, we just can't help but applaud TAG for really pushing the limits of watchmaking with their high-end R&D department. Pieces like the Monaco V4 (which we showed you in the form of a unique steel prototype on Friday), the Mikrograph, and most certainly the Mikrograph, will help shape the future of mechanical watchmkaing. Sure, the average TAG you see on the street may be powered by something off the shelf, but, TAG the manufacture is producing some of the most impressive calibers in the world right now.
TAG Heuer Mikrotimer Is The World's Fastest Chronograph Watch - YouTube
You think you know fast chronographs? We've shown you Zenith's Striking Tenth (1/10th of a second), FP Journe's Centigraphe (1/100th of a second...kind of) and TAG's own Mikrograph (1/100th of a second), but none of those come close to TAG Heuer's Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Concept watch, a piece first unveiled at Basel live on HODINKEE.
The Mikrotimer measures up to 1/1000th of a second and does so with an incredibly powerful caliber. To give you an idea of just how fast and powerful this caliber is, the Zenith El Primero (what TAG calls the Caliber 36) runs at 5 Hz. TAG's 1/100th of a second Mikograph runs at 50 Hz. The Mikrotimer runs at 500 freaking Hz. So that means this caliber runs at 500 rotations per second! In other words, the El Primero runs at 36,000 beats per hour, the Mikrograph runs at 360,000 beats per hour, and the Mikrotimer runs at 3.6 million beats per hour! That just sounds fast, doesn't it?. Well, if you look at the video above, you'll see that it is. It's so fast in fact that it is often difficult to even see the sweep hand moving!
While the Mikrotimer is still in development, we just can't help but applaud TAG for really pushing the limits of watchmaking with their high-end R&D department. Pieces like the Monaco V4 (which we showed you in the form of a unique steel prototype on Friday), the Mikrograph, and most certainly the Mikrograph, will help shape the future of mechanical watchmkaing. Sure, the average TAG you see on the street may be powered by something off the shelf, but, TAG the manufacture is producing some of the most impressive calibers in the world right now.
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