Unlike a traditional calibre, this modular synchronous drive belt system requires no extra gears to send motion from one point to another. The transmission belts in polyether block amide have a 0.07mm section, about the same size as a single human hair, and are 10 times smaller than any belt ever manufactured. In a world first, TAG Heuer award-winning team of watch masters and engineers replaced the pinions and wheels of the traditional mechanical movement with a belt-driven transmission: a high-yield relay of 5 notched micro drive-belts whose tension is controlled by 2 turnbuckles. The result is a complete paradigm-shift, 2 worldwide patents, and a completely new generation of mechanical movements. Gear transmission and automatic rewinding: the V4 team set these aside and started from scratch. The principal components of this traditional system are: an energy reserve, by means one or several springs a transmission, using gears and a regulatory function, usually organized around a recoil escapement. Until the V4, all modern mechanical movements, regardless of their complications, were generally based on “classic” watchmaking components, most of which date back to the 18th and 19th century. TAG Heuer and the MONACO V4: Revolutionizing the fundamental principles of mechanical watchmaking Once again, with this boldest creation yet, TAG Heuer stakes claim to the leading edge of design innovation and honors its world-famous motto: “Swiss Avant-Garde since 1860.” A bold technical masterwork unlike any watch ever seen or imagined, it both exemplifies luxury Swiss watchmaking tradition at its finest, and completely turns that heritage upside down and inside out. Double-patented Monaco V4, 100% TAG Heuer-made, outdoes its own legacy. In only 5 short years, the dream comes true …On the eve of its 150th anniversary, TAG Heuer has achieved the unbelievable, unveiling to the world what many industry insiders said would never see the light of day: The Monaco V4 in commercial production. In 2004, the company unveiled the Monaco V4 Concept Watch, the world's first watch with belt drives, linear mass and ball bearings. The world leader in luxury sports watches and chronographs since 1860, it maintains this preeminence by ceaselessly reinventing itself, and, in the process, changing the world of watchmaking - revolutionizing what watches and chronographs can do, how they work, and the way they look. TAG Heuer in History: Pioneer of Swiss watchmaking since 1860įor 150 years, TAG Heuer has challenged traditions, defied rules, and set major Swiss watchmaking milestones. This belt-driven wonderment, first unveiled as a Concept Watch at BaselWorld in 2004, is now industrialized and entirely hand manufactured in TAG Heuer La Chaux-de-Fonds workshop in an exclusive luxury edition of only 150 pieces in platinum. The first advanced integrated mechanical movement of the third millennium - and probably the 21st century's first major contribution to watchmaking innovation - the TAG Heuer Monaco V4 represents a complete break with tradition and the audacious next step in mechanical movement engineering. READ MORE: Questions & Answers to Jean-Christophe BABIN, President and CEO of TAG Heuer, about the Monaco V4īest Design at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, Wallpaper Magazine's "Watch of the Year", Popular Science's "Best of What's New".īut as a commercial reality? They said it couldn't be done…
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