OT, sort of: a cool Swiss watch

[konstantkarma]

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/concept-watches/monaco-v4/index.lbl?v=7879044E-F739-464E-97AA-4349B6019BB2

I have learned almost as much about fine wrist watches as bicycles in this forum. So what do you guys think of this belt-driven Tag Heuer?

There are also a couple of bikes in the video.

[Samster]

omega: coaxial escapement

patek: gyromax balance

breguet: overcoil hairspring

perrelet: self winding movements

now belt drive? time marches on.

[Kevin]

Don't trust new fangled gadgets, I will stick with my sun dial. (Baume Mercier)

Kevin

[sailorboy]

Grand Seiko Spring Drive

[stevep]

cel phone.
man, i show up in las vegas and the thing set itself for the time change.
a freakin miracle.
how did they know?

[catulle]

Wait for Roland Murphy's (RGM) Richad Sachs Cross Team watch, atmo.

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[WickedWheels]

It seems very Rube Goldberg of them (Tag). Why?

[csm]

I wonder what it will cost?

[Elefantino]

Do any of you watch watchers know what brand was that yellow timepiece on Valverde last season? Others wore them, too.

[Ginger]

So what do you guys think of this belt-driven Tag Heuer?



teeenie tiny ball bearings...(just one of those revelations from the video and contemplating how small a watch movement is to begin with...)

Hmmm...It's a mechanical assembly and sooner or later that belt will stretch and wear...I wonder how often you have to have the belt changed out (I suspect it's a 5 or 10 year thing...)

[AgilisMerlin]

are they using ceramic ball bearings in that piece ? just wonderin'

time to go ride :banana:




AmerliN

[Xyzzy]

Do any of you watch watchers know what brand was that yellow timepiece on Valverde last season? Others wore them, too.
http://www.polar.fi/polar/channels/eng/segments/OutdoorSports/AXN300.html

[Lincoln]

The Tag was a show watch from a few years back. An engineering exercise of sorts. I think it's pretty cool but it wasn't a production piece.