In 2004, Tag Heuer presented an original watch, the V4.

Since 2004, we were impatiently waiting to see the final version of this watch.

It is now done!

In November, and till the end of this year, Tag Heuer will deliver the first 100 pieces worldwide, while in 2010, the last fifty watches ( LE of 150 pieces ) will arrive.

The revolution? 5 Transmission belts are used instead of the conventional pignons, which complement 11 Micro Ball Bearings..

2 of them have an Internal Steel Structure.

They are 0, 07 mm large, which corresponds to the size of an Human Hair.

To give you an idea of the required work behind this watch, I've been told that 14 200 Days of Research and Developments were spent, and that TAG Heuer worked on this project in collaboration with the C.N.R.S ( the Centre National De Recherche Scientifique ), and that a Master Horologer needs 165 Hours to put the 259 pieces of the movement together.

That been said, let's have a look on this watch.

The Monaco looks like a Concept Watch .

And it is!

The look of the V4 makes echo with the original technology used in it.



Here, no dial, or better said, an open dial, with a technical look, a bit cold, but strong and original, with three blue hands, to give some contrast and to assure an easy reading of the hour.

You immediately know that you have somehting very different under the eyes!

Did you notice the 4 Vs?

There is a lot to see and to admire in this dial.

The geometry and the finish of the surface of the bridges, the different levels, the anglages, the polished screws, all these details are not only eye catchers, but also light catchers!





Let's " dive " into the dial to better see the finish, and to admire the play of the different geometrical shapes:



Do you see the transmission belts?

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