TAG Heuer - PENDULUM

[weezernod]

Sorry Tag Heuer fans, NOT the first ever magnetic escapement, despite what they would have you believe. Hamilton used a prototype Clifford magnetic eacapement in 1939. Though this watch is dead sexy.

[QADREERIFAEE]

need price pls

[Hashainderjit123]

I jizz my pants!! Aahhhhhh!! Wow!

[Qzelafree]

is it just me or I GOT TO HAVE IT!!!

[dproffessa]

A magnet in a mechanical watch, hmmm, how smart is that.

[AntDX316]

Dear Santa

[Thereisnosp00000n]

Fully mechanical and uses magnets instead of a spring? Yay, Tag Heuer invented the perpetual machine!

[tafudiso]

I want to have sex with this commercial. IT'S SO EXQUISITE!

[cunami4292]

This is so badass

[Nomasain]

Predictable.

[steveometer92]

this guys voice is morgan freeman good.

[ArrozConPollo89]

How much is this watch?

[scar00000]

Amazing commercial!!!

Does anyone know the song? It's fantastic!

[sibanak8888]

@scar00000

Facebook, then Glimpse Lab

[macemaster11]

@sibanak8888 You my friend, have helped me discover new music!

[vastila]

@sibanak8888 Do you mean Glimpse Lab - Erwan Mirabeau? Where can I find more of this music?

[sibanak8888]

@vastila

yes you're there. then you can go to "band profile" and listen to diffrent tracks. Anyway stay tuned cause something is coming..

[BigBlue0002]

If magnetism oscilates the pendulum then...is the mechanism "perpetual"? Maybe I overlooked the rotor but I didn't notice one.

That would be truly revolutionary.

[prodigytechus]

@BigBlue0002

No, it is not perpetual. Two arc magnets in repelling mode & a balance with two arc magnets in magnetic stability with the magnets below (either attraction or repulsion) & hence causing an opposite force as each rotor arc tries to rotate over both the stator magnets & causing the rotor to reverse & stabilize - but the escapement wheel & pallet fork add energy causing destabilization of the rotor hence continuing the cycle & keeping the regulation of the balance.

[hellohuy]

is this avilable for purchase?

[pwnzered]

FAKE AND GAY

[bepelovers]

wow kakak wow

[jpmac098]

Good idead, but what happens when you get a magnet on it? It will screw it up. This works better I think with a hairspring i think.

[rubiksfan2000]

@jpmac098 they didnt make it for it to preform any better than a hairspring, but mainly to revolutionize watch making like they have been for 150 years

[jpmac098]

@rubiksfan2000 Ya I understand why they did this and yes it is awesome, but it still wouldn't work as good as a hairspring.

[rubiksfan2000]

@jpmac098 i do agree with you, but that doesn't make me not want one =P do you know where you can even buy this?

[prodigytechus]

@jpmac098

Oh, it probably could work better - as long as the repulsion configuration is used - the neodymium magnets won't demagnetize for a 100 years, how long does a hairspring last before it loses tension - 10, 20, 50 years?

[dewadewa100]

Price?

[rubiksfan2000]

does any one know where you can buy one!?

[rubiksfan2000]

does anyone know when this will be released approx?

[TheKweed]

complicated but interesting .......

[smartini13]

I don't even care. I'd totally pay just to have that that spinning on my wrist.

[godchildzor]

Forget the watch; give me that divine voice!

[riceoobxg]

Can we all get along and stop debating Seiko vs. Tag? They're both different evolutions. Let's throw classic gyro tourbillons into the mix and we have an all out brawl on mechanical movements -.-

[Monito1971]

I still think Spring Drive is the better idea here. You may not have a Mainspring but you still have a pallet fork and balance wheel two of which were completely done away with in Spring Drive.

[stfoo]

I also don't get the "100% mechanical" bit -- there are magnetic fields involved, no? It's a hybrid just like Spring Drive. Which is what makes both of them interesting ;)

[momo1tm]

@stfoo i think it uses permanent magnets in a mechanism

[kisetsushin]

@stfoo

It's completely mechanical meaning there are no electronics. A magnet isn't electronic.

[stfoo]

@kisetsushin

Are you saying everything which is not electronic is mechanical? Because that's false. E.g. an atomic clock is not electronic, but it's not mechanical either -- it's regulated by nuclear fission.

As for TAG's "pendulum", electromagnetic waves require no meduim to transmit energy, hence they are not mechanical by definition. This movement is a mechanical drivetrain with an electromagnetic escapement, i.e. not "100%" mechanical. Sadly, another example of Swiss marketing BS.

[kisetsushin]

@stfoo

First off, i clearly didn't say "everything" which is not electronic is mechanical.

Second, you clearly don't understand the difference between permanent magnetism and electromagnetism. If this were an electromagnet, it would require electricity, id est, from a battery. Obviously it doesn't use electricity to create magnetism, it uses permanent magnets to generate magnetism and is therefore completely mechanical.

I'm no fan of most of the modern Swiss stuff, but this isn't "BS".

[kisetsushin]

@stfoo

Also, if you say that the permanent magnets in this cause this to be electronic, then every bit of matter in the universe is also electronic, as natural magnetism is what keeps atoms together and also apart.

[catchthejackal]

@stfoo

i guess it's really hard for you to actually understand what this is about, isn't it?

But no sweat: plenty of people in this world (includiing me) who are willing to help people who lack real knowledge or simply IQ to understand these kind of stuff. So feel free to ask for help, you don't have to be ashamed! :-)

[denizg6]

@Monito1971 the magnet lets you have a reverse friction which can get much more apm at much longer time

[denizg6]

@Monito1971 okay , understand that the magnets will make the watch 's wind movement run for centuries and without the need of gravity.

[H3rBz92]

Just an overpriced, over-glorified Seiko copy.

[MrSuccesses]

@H3rBz92 If Seiko don't not care about their products, it's their problem.

Tag Heuer has a nice design and a perfect adverb for the people, while Seiko do not.

Believe me the customers don't really care who made it first, it's the thing of how you present it.

[VirusTornado]

@MrSuccesses you are actually 100% right, but still...

TAG OWNS!

[speedpendulum]

i want this

[Yangwatanabe]

I want it too... I could even kill to my ex-girlfriend just for get one!!!

[noidentity07]

I love the cellphone

[whynostop]

lol i really didn't think i was going to be watching a watch commercial...but it was actually pretty cool.

[tjmann]

A work of art.

[charandeep1000]

Tag Heuer, innovation and invention that's what its all about, being different

[dekster14LP]

@charandeep1000

And using Seiko movements from time to time///