Being that the celebrated 2025 Monaco Grand Prix F1 race was this previous weekend, TAG Heuer timed the launch of its new Monaco chronograph excellent.
The Monaco Cut up-Seconds Chronograph options TAG Heuer’s barely bigger 41 mm x 15.2 mm square-shaped case, versus the vintage-focused pair of Monacos that additionally they launched forward of the large Grand Prix race weekend.
Crafted from a textured TH-Titanium, consisting of grade 5 (alloyed) recrystallized titanium, this Monaco defines avant-garde, and fittingly, this concept-style timepiece has the total “TAG HEUER” protect emblem utilized to the dial at 12, versus “HEUER” on the aforementioned pair of retro Monacos. Recrystallized titanium definitely provides price to this timepiece, however G-Shock’s premium MRG line has circumstances manufactured from the identical kind of titanium for as little as $3,000. TAG Heuer’s execution has a extra enticing, camo-style sample.
TAG Heuer fitted the Monaco Cut up-Seconds Chronograph with a sporty black calfskin strap with a textile look and a contrasting neon yellow/lime inexperienced two-stitch fashion thread (or four-stitch on this case) on the lugs. Oddly, the strap lugs are 22.5 mm broad, which is random and means subsequent to zero aftermarket straps will match it correctly, so it can require shopping for from TAG Heuer or ordering one thing customized (although if you happen to can afford this, you’ll be able to simply afford a customized strap).
Driving the fingers is TAG Heuer’s superior computerized caliber TH81-00, which beats at 5Hz with a 65-hour energy reserve, and options hours, minutes, seconds, and the marquee split-seconds chronograph aptly made for racing (it may possibly time two occasions concurrently). This caliber was used on a minimum of 4 prior chronographs, nevertheless, it’s listed as 5Hz (versus 4Hz), and has a barely shorter energy reserve, so that is primarily a model 2, and contemplating the 5Hz frequency, TAG Heuer might have borrowed IP from its sister model, Zenith.
The skeletonized dial options lengthy, gauge-style, needle-shaped split-seconds fingers, and a box-type sapphire crystal with no bezel that appears unimaginable. The neon yellow/lime inexperienced split-seconds hand is skeletonized, permitting you to see the white split-seconds hand even when they’re superimposed on prime of one another. Massive capsule pushers full this tremendous sporty concept-level Monaco timepiece, which is 30 meters water resistant and weighs simply 85 grams.
The Monaco Cut up-Seconds Chronograph (Ref. CBW2185.FC8350) is priced at roughly $175,000.
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