How Tag Heuer Replica Made The Cheapest Tourbillon
In 2015,at Baselworld,tag heuer replica presented the concept of its first ever Tourbillon,which stunned with a price of 15,000 EUR.
The next year,we already had our watches in our hands in Basel.
Before I get to the Tourbillon itself,I have to give a few contexts that preceded it.
Tag Heuer Replica used ETA movements,
but since ETA belongs to the Swatch Group and TAG Heuer to LVMH,
the Swatch Group began to reduce the export of movements outside its group,
TAG Heuer had to start cooperation in the form of Sellita movements in order to be able to cover the production(Sellita used to be partner of ETA).
Therefore,we could never tell the customer exactly whether it was a Caliber 5 ETA 2824-2 or a Sellita SW200-1,but we could verify it based on the serial number.
THE FIRST”IN-HOUSE”MACHINE FROM TAG HEUER
In 2010,Tag Heuer Replica put into production their first in-house,but not manufactory,caliber 1887.
It was quite special,because Mr.
Babin,the then president of TAG Heuer,bought the exclusive rights to the TC78 caliber platform from Seiko in 1997.
It was non-standard procedure,because the classic method would be for TAG Heuer to develop the movement itself,
instead”only”buying a license from Seiko and using some of its parts anyway.
Every active manufactory,whether Jaeger or Patek,does not use 100%of its parts,they also have suppliers.
The catch was that TAG used parts from Seiko,although the parts were made in Switzerland but in a company owned by Seiko.
However,it must be noted that Tag Heuer Replica reconfigured the architecture of the movement,
moved the oscillator and modified the set according to its standards.
Nevertheless,TAG and Mr.
Babin were not completely transparent about this cooperation.
At the first press conference,not a word was said about Seiko.
Later some blogger wrote about it in his article and the fire was on the roof.
Despite everything,
I have to point out that the double-sided pull from Seiko was more efficient and the accuracy despite the absence of COSC excellent.
Therefore,certification for a chronometer,which would only increase the price,loses its meaning.
My colleagues and I at Watch de Luxe have sold a lot of 1887 calibers,
and I really don’t recall ever having a problem with anything,
or a customer refusing to buy a watch because of the Seiko connection.
REALLY THE FIRST MANUFACTURE IN-HOUSE MOVEMENT FROM TAG HEUER标题
After Jean-Claude Biver joined the management of the company,changes began to take place and in 2015 TAG Heuer introduced its first truly in-house caliber,the HEUER 01.
And without any doubts about the purity of the origin.
The HEUER 01 was created based on the 1887 movement and all Seiko parts were replaced with TAG Heuer ones(Meaning either made in TAG Heuer or supplied by a supplier in Switzerland with Swiss origin).
The new movement had to be fitted into a new case,and thus the new TAG Heuer Carrera series was created with a modular case and a skeleton dial.
In the same year 2015,TAG Heuer announced the arrival of something big in the form of the Tourbillon.
Even though I say that making a Tourbillon is not easy,it does not mean that it is impossible.
If you have enough financial capital,and when you belong to LVMH,you can do anything with a watch.
However,the sensation was somewhere else entirely,TAG Heuer dared to present a watch with a Tourbillon with a price tag(year 2016)of CHF 14,990,which was approximately EUR 15,000.
That was the key point that deviated from the standard equation,
because the cheapest Tourbillon from the land of the Helvetic Cross at that time cost around 27,000 EUR from Frederique Constant and 29,000 EUR from Jeager-LeCoultre.
However,in order for TAG to be able to tackle the Breguet complication,the legendary Haute Horlogerie department had to be created first.
TAG HEUER HAUTE HORLOGERIE(HIGH WATCHMAKING)
Mikrograph:
This section has already had some historical pieces such as the ultra-powerful Mikrograph presented in 2011,
a mechanical watch capable of measuring 1/100th of a second with the Heuer 360 caliber,a reference to a pocket model from 1916.
The model with a price of over 30,000 EUR was produced in rose gold(CAR5040[GS1])and its oscillator oscillated at a frequency of 360,000 beats per hour.
Therefore,there had to be 2 oscillators in the movement,the second one already had a standard frequency of 28,800 beats per hour.
A few months later,Tag Heuer Replica pushed further boundaries with the Mikrotimer model with a mechanical movement capable of measuring 1/1000th of a second,
but not only measuring,but also simply displaying it on the dial just like the Mikrograph.
Monaco V4:Another bold piece was the Monaco V4 concept model from 2004.
It was a unique system where the gear and step mechanism replaced the belt drive.
Several models were produced in platinum and rose gold.
It was still only a limited edition of a maximum of 150 pieces with a price of up to EUR 100,000.
That was the time when it was the most expensive watch in the store.
But why did TAG Heuer make haute horlogerie?
TAG Heuer had deep roots in the world of chronographs and did not make expensive watches until 2000,
but since 2000,when a new boss took over,the Haute Horlogerie division was created and they began to deal quite a bit with high watchmaking.
Although there was no link,no clue,
or anything else from the past that would predispose the Tag Heuer Replica brand to the production of extremely expensive and complicated watches.
HEUER was a common watch brand,just like Omega or Breitling or Blancpain,and they never made complicated watches for the rich.
Nevertheless,the HH division was created.
The fundamental problem I perceived was whether I,
as a potential customer,want to pay the amount that I can buy a perpetual calendar or a minute repeater from Audemars Piguet,
for a model from fake rolex.
For a special model,but still only a brand model,where the average price hovered around 4000 EUR.