WatchTime - August 2012

TAG Heuer’s Carrera Calibre 360 was the first
mechanical wristwatch to time to the 1/100-second.
elapsed minutes at 3 o’clock makes a little
jump once each minute.
The chronograph stops instantly when
the pusher is depressed a second time. The
elapsed 1/100s of a second are easy to read
thanks to the calibrations around the dial.
Large double-digit numerals mark each increment
of 10 1/100s of a second and
smaller two-digit numbers show five
1/100s. The elapsed seconds and minutes
are also easy to read on their subdials. Of
course, it’s difficult for a mechanical watch
to measure 1/100 of a second with extreme
accuracy due to the time it takes to push the
button. One way to measure the quickness
of the wearer’s reaction time is to try to
stop the chronograph after it has been allowed
to run for exactly 1 second.
Heuer’s Mikrograph of 1916
THE TIMEKEEPING
MOVEMENT AND THE
CHRONOGRAPH WORK
INDEPENDENTLY OF
EACH OTHER.
The historical Heuer logo adds to the
retro look of the dial. Two rose-gold
hands, each coated with Super-LumiNova,
show the time clearly, day or night.
The continually running seconds hand,
however, serves little purpose other than
to show that the watch is still running.
The large rose-gold case can be comfortably
strapped to the wearer’s wrist. The
brown alligator strap, which matches the
central dial, has a rose-gold pronged
buckle engraved with the historical
Heuer logo. The watch is produced in a
limited edition of 150 pieces with a
brown dial and strap and also in a limited
edition of 150 with a gray dial and
gray alligator strap. All the watches are
COSC certified.
With a diameter of
43 mm, the Heuer
Carrera Mikrograph
1/100 is sized for
today’s tastes.