Stargazing

And while classicism and traditional values may be the buzzwords for the past year and well into the coming months, this doesn’t mean that innovation has been forgotten.
Like many other industries, research and development will give brands an edge, and certainly make things more interesting. TAG Heuer’s Grand Carrera concept watch for instance, has been mentioned as one of the highlights of the Basel fair. The company has replaced the hairspring used in most automatic watches with a pendulum or virtual spring created from four high-performance magnets that creates a harmonic oscillator. The magnetic field provides the torque necessary for the balance wheel to oscillate and regulate its frequency. Like a regular pendulum clock, the TAG Heuer watch is more resistant to changes from disturbing forces, which makes it exceptionally accurate.