The Calibre S is internationally recognized as a truly revolutionary timepiece. It would have earned another laurel, the 2007 “Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix” award in the Electronic Watch category, if the category hadn't been cancelled because there were only seven nominees instead of the required 10. So winning a place on Popular Science’s "Best of What's New 07" lists is a spectacular reward, as it proves that the Calibre S also represents a true revolution in the broader world of advanced technologies.
Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 technological innovations of the year –- breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. The winners are featured in the December 2007 issue of Popular Science, the most widely read issue of the year. Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world’s largest science and technology magazine with a circulation of 1.3 million and 6.8 million monthly readers.
The Calibre S, which was featured in a full-page article in the June 2007 issue of Popular Science, was described in the Best of What’s New’07 issue as follows:
"It might look like a mechanical spring-and-gear watch, but underneath, a microchip allows the Aquaracer to do more timekeeping with less clutter on the face. With traditional watches, adding functions requires added gears and springs, as well a squeezing in tiny, hard-to-read dials. But the microprocessor in the Calibre S can keep track of multiple functions at once, so the main dial can alternate among showing, say, the time of day, ticking off time in stopwatch mode, and running backward in countdown.”
The TAG Heuer Aquaracer Calibre S: The most elegant, high-performance sports chronograph ever conceived
Neither quartz nor automatic and unlike any other chronograph ever built, the revolutionary Calibre S represents the “hybrid” fusion of mechanical watchmaking sophistication with the ultimate quartz precision. Designed, developed, and manufactured by TAG Heuer in its atelier in Sion, Switzerland, the Calibre S has 230 highly complex mechanical components and 5 bi-directional micro-engines that are mechanically independent yet synchronized, making it far more complicated than a traditional quartz movement (which typically has only 30-40 components). The unique engineering measures and displays watch and chronograph functions with the same full-sized central hands (hour, minute, second) by a simple press on the polished pushbutton crown. This eliminates the two or three-counter configuration of traditional chronographs, and is a far more intuitive way to read the chronograph time. The result is unrivalled ease-of-use and readability.
Equipped with its revolutionary new movement, the Aquaracer Calibre S was originally designed for sailing races. Patented for its bi-directional engines, reading format, and avant-garde design concept, it offers very simple, stylish and easy-to-read information displays. Time, Chronograph, and Regatta function are displayed, using the central hands (hour, minute, second), making it the most easy-to-read chronograph in the world.
Available with a blue or anthracite dial, it operates the three modes by a simple press on the crown. A major breakthrough in watchmaking and a prestigious timepiece for everyday wear. Another milestone in the TAG Heuer tradition of innovation!
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