It's Like Landing on Mars, the New Concept Chronograph From Tag Heuer

Since 1916 when Charles-August Heuer introduced the 1/100th Mikrograph stopwatch, Tag Heuer has been at the forefront of innovative engineering. In 2005 the Calibre 360 was introduced, it was the first mechanical chronograph wrist watch measuring and displaying 1/100th of a second time. In 2011 Tag Heuer released the Carrera Mikrograph 1/100th Second Chronograph, the first foudroyante central hand displaying 1/100th of a second in a mechanical chronograph wrist watch. Tag Heuer Watchers are the master of accurate time measurement to the smallest fraction of a second thanks to the many years of technical skill in ultra-high mechanical frequencies.

The Tag Heuer Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Concept Chronograph is the first mechanical chronograph wrist watch that can measure and display 1/1000 of a second. It is 125 times more accurate than the most popular mechanical chronograph on the market, thanks to a movement that beats at a speed of 3,600,000 beats per hour.

To give one an idea of just how fast one, one thousandth of a second is, think about these parallels, light travels at 300 kilometers in 1/1000th of a second, the Earth rotate 29.8 meters around the Sun in 1/1000th of a second. More than three times faster than the pistons of an F1 engine at maximum speed, Tag Heuer is the master of Grande Complications in chronograph engineering.

Using the design from the Mikrograph 1/100th Second Chronograph the Mikrograph 1/1000th runs at regular time at 4Hz, 28,800 beats an hour and has a 42 hour power reserve. The ultra fast time is 500 Hz, 3,600,000 beats per hour. There are 11 patents pending on this design.

The flying central hand makes 10 rotations per second indicating 1/1000th of a second and 1/100th of a second on the external part of the dial. The dial has 100 graduations over 360 degrees. There is a smaller central hand that indicates minutes and a 1/12th of a minute on a 150 second scale. At 6 o'clock a counter displays 1/10th of a second calibrated to 5 seconds. This allows for instantaneous reading of minutes, seconds and 1/1000th of a second and is the only mechanical chronograph accurate enough for such events as the Formula 1 where this type of accuracy is critical.

Besides all of the astonishing technical achievement, the watch is stunning. The 45mm case is made from black titanium carbide with a double anti-reflective curved sapphire crystal and a black rubber strap. The pushers are titanium carbide coated as is the crown which also has a rubber coating. A sapphire crystal case back allows direct view of the decorated movement with 53 jewels and it is water resistant to 100 meters.

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