Inside the TAG Heuer Monaco V4

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In 2004, TAG Heuer unveiled the V4 concept, an innovative belt driven movement echoing a Formula One engine that impressed watch aficianados and racing fanatics alike. This year, TAG Heuer presented the latest evolution of the V4, the Monaco V4 Tourbillon. • Entirely hand-crafted in TAG Heuer’s Haute Atelier in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the mechanism is limited to 50 pieces and is complete with 214 components and boasts 46 jewels. The movement and tourbillon are powered by four laser-cut polymer belts. The thinnest belt is about the size of a human hair and measures a mere 0.07 millimeters. Two of the notched belts connect the mainspring barrels to the gear train and are reinforced with an internal steel wire. They are mounted on ball bearings in a parallel incline at 13 degrees. • The dial side of the watch offers a sleek view through a beveled sapphire crystal to the tourbillon at 9 o’clock coupled with two V-shaped bridges together. Regulating the speed of the watch is a unique tourbillon arrangement that incorporates a micro-belt into the tourbillon cage, thus eliminating backlash. Both the bridges and main plate are finished with a black DLC coating while the main plate features a hand-polished motif of the Côtes de Genève. • The case shape reflects the popular TAG Heuer Monaco watch made popular by Steve McQueen, though, in the V4 Tourbillon the case is made of grade 5, polished titanium with a black titanium carbide coating and measures 41 millimeters square. The caseback of the watch is an impressive view with the center highlighting an automatic linear rewinding system made of tungsten that slides on the double rack rail, essentially replacing a typical rotor. Flanked on either side of the form are two barrels guided by micro ball bearings providing a greater resemblance of a Formula One engine. • iW Magazine: http://iwmagazine.com/2014/09/29/insi... • Instagram: / iwmagazine • Facebook: / iwmagazine • Twitter: / iwmagazine • Pinterest: / iwmagazine • YouTube: / iwmag

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