Using the same central hands which revert to zero (the 12 o’clock position), timing is started and stopped by using the chronograph pushbuttons in the classical positions of 2 and 4 o’clock. The Link Calibre S displays both the standard time of hours, minutes and seconds and then, by pressure on the crown, changes to the chronograph function. In short, the Calibre S is a mechanical movement with the precision of quartz. Comprising 230 highly complex mechanical components and five bi-directional micro-engines that are mechanically independent yet synchronized, the Calibre S is far more complicated than a traditional 30 to 40 component quartz movement. Put simply, it is the fusion of mechanical watchmaking sophistication and the ultimate in quartz precision. The Link Calibre S is particularly innovative, it is a new generation of ‘hybrid’ electro-mechanical movements that is neither quartz nor automatic. The Carrera Calibre 360 Chronograph is typical of the accepted layout of a mechanical chronograph, although its functions of measuring and displaying time to 1/100th of a second is atypical since it functions normally at 28,800 vibrations an hour (vph) for standard timing and then accelerates to an amazing 360,000 vph when it is in the chronograph mode. Chronographs, since their first appearance in the early 1800s, have been used to measure elapsed time, and in more modern times usually via two or three small, often illegible counters on the dial, as well as, or in addition to, a central seconds hand. Since its creation in 1860, the brand has been constantly involved in precision timing and no more so than in chronographs. What did come as a surprise though are the amazing features of the exciting new Link Calibre S.
Following the launch of the Monaco V4 Concept Watch in 2004 at BaselWorld and the Carrera Calibre 360 Chronograph movement last year at BaselWorld, it really didn’t come as a surprise that the very latest TAG Heuer movement was presented for the first time at BaselWorld this year.
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