Hi, Good, thank you for the pictures : I have visited the 4 factories also, in October Watch of the Year Running Scores. I asked Paul if it was okay to take a photo because I thought maybe that might be one thing he didn't want me take photos of even though he had said that I should take photos of whatever I wanted , and he said it was fine as long as if I put it on my blog I explained that it was a 'prototype'.
It's unfortunate that the lights in the cabinet reflected on the dial, but I can assure you that it definitely says 'Grand Monaco' on the dial in the exact same script as you've seen on a Grand Carrera.
I don't know why this never made it into production, perhaps it was planned as a follow up to the Grand Carrera or maybe they were proposed at the same time and the Grand Carrera was chosen instead? To be honest, I was so dazzled by the Grand Monaco revelation that I didn't even notice the Link on the right hand side. Paul pointed out the 'El Primero' text on the dial, which of course has never been used on a TAG Heuer El Primero movements are of course always presented as Calibre 36 by the brand.
Next we were told that after 25 prototypes are made they are taken to be tested, and we were shown the various testing rooms where the watches are put through their paces. Lastly Paul took us over to a contraption where a long-handled mallet was suspended from a frame, then he placed an Aquaracer on the base plate and invited Rose to hit it with the mallet.
She didn't quite get the hang of it the first time and it gently knocked the watch off into the catch net, so she had another go and this time the watch was given a good smash but emerged completely unscathed. Paul turned to me and jokingly enquired if I wanted to have a go with my Heuer Virgile 24 September at Aquagraph 25 September at Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom.
