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TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Carbon Watch Hands-On
It is a bit hard to believe that after all these years this is the first hands-on article we’ve done with the famous TAG Heuer Monaco V4. It just goes to show that cool watches can fall through the cracks (though the video in this article is from a look we did in 2012). If you don’t know, the Monaco V4 was originally a sort of concept watch designed for TAG Heuer by Jean-Francois Ruchonnet back in 2004. Given that we are writing this in 2014, I guess it is the 10th anniversary of the watch. Having said that, TAG Heuer did not come close to releasing the watch (which used many belts instead of gears in the movement) until several years later.Five years to be exact. Designers in the watch industry such as Ruchonnet are no doubt talented and inspired, but are often known for delivering “incomplete projects.” What that means from a technical standpoint is that the Monaco V4 plan he gave to TAG Heuer was not for a working timepiece. Whatever credit is due him must be
Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture Watch
Relentless in their pursuit of making classic designs with movements and complications that would typically be reserved for a much higher price bracket, and making it just a bit more attainable, Frederique Constant?have unveiled their take on a thin in-house perpetual calendar movement with the Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture watch, and the result is sure to please with prices just around 8,000 CHF.First things first, for a perpetual calendar watch to be priced in the mid four figures and topping out at just around the five-figure mark for a gold, albeit gold-plated, version is quite a feat.?Add on top of that the presence of an in-house movement, and you’ve got a combination for success. To put the Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture?watch in context, pieces like the Montblanc Meisterstuck Heritage Perpetual Calendar watch?asking?10,000 in steel are almost unheard of. Moving on from the value proposition, I’ve got some t