TAG Heuer Twenty Four Concept Chronograph
04-18-2009, 08:24 PM
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
As an avid collector, I find this is an absolutely stunning timepiece. It's all the best of TAG Heuer's most notable racing chronographs; the Monaco, the Monza, and the Carrera; and then some. The Calibre 36 movement is accurate to 1/1000th of a second--and it's an automatic! Be sure to play the video so you can see the shock absorber suspended movement in the sapphire case back. 
http://www.tagheuer.com/basel2009/index.lbl
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04-18-2009, 08:39 PM
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My Ride: MY06 530i Silver Grey (A08)
Stunning watch. That color combination is truly gorgeous. I have had my eye on a Carrera for a while, but its quite a bit of money, so I may end up going with an Oris. I have a Link Chrono Automatic now and I am always getting compliments on it, but its quite heavy.
Post pics as soon as you buy it
Post pics as soon as you buy it
04-18-2009, 09:31 PM
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My Ride: 2004 545i, Sport and Premium package, Titanium Silver with Black Dakota Leather interior
Originally Posted by CWS530' post='851494' date='Apr 19 2009, 12:24 AM
As an avid collector, I find this is an absolutely stunning timepiece. It's all the best of TAG Heuer's most notable racing chronographs; the Monaco, the Monza, and the Carrera; and then some. The Calibre 36 movement is accurate to 1/1000th of a second--and it's an automatic! Be sure to play the video so you can see the shock absorber suspended movement in the sapphire case back.
http://www.tagheuer.com/basel2009/index.lbl
http://www.tagheuer.com/basel2009/index.lbl
04-20-2009, 07:49 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
To my knowledge it's still in the concept stage, and awaits final production approval. Although, recent concepts, such as the 69, ended up as production models with very little change. Pricing information is not yet available.
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Still a newbie to watches and i really have no clue to what you mean by "piston guy". I assume by rotary guy you reefer to the actual cogs in a fully automatic watch
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='853068' date='Apr 20 2009, 01:29 PM
link?
Still a newbie to watches and i really have no clue to what you mean by "piston guy". I assume by rotary guy you reefer to the actual cogs in a fully automatic watch
Still a newbie to watches and i really have no clue to what you mean by "piston guy". I assume by rotary guy you reefer to the actual cogs in a fully automatic watch
It's belt & piston driven... sorta like our cars.
See the belts?
The center platinum ingot is the piston:
The Monaco V4 changes completely the rules of watchmaking by, surprisingly, getting its inspiration from car engines. Like mechanical watches, engines use the same concepts: transmission, friction, torque and power. The Tag Heuer First applies them in a different way so first, instead of a rotating oscillating weight for automatic winding, it uses a 4.25-gram platinum ingot which acts as a sort of cylinder, in a linear movement. Then it changes the transmission of power from the traditional wheels to a drive-belt transmission: 13 belts with a gauge measure of 0.5 x 0.45mm, which is quite crazy and has never been done before.
"... four barrels aligned in a 2-by-2 series and linked by a differential with a V-shaped bridge. Each barrel gives a force of 375 grams for a total of 1.5 kilos. The barrels are mounted in a V (angles at 15? with respect to the dial) and two constant velocity joints, also borrowed from the automobile world, transmit their energy to the movement."
"... four barrels aligned in a 2-by-2 series and linked by a differential with a V-shaped bridge. Each barrel gives a force of 375 grams for a total of 1.5 kilos. The barrels are mounted in a V (angles at 15? with respect to the dial) and two constant velocity joints, also borrowed from the automobile world, transmit their energy to the movement."
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