New Heuer-03 XT Carrera with new movement technology

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Man, i told myself i would not be buying this heuer03 but it might change now.

Looks tempting !

Is it true that this will be the most accurate movement ? Keeping time at 0.3 -/+ seconds a day ?
 
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/zenith-defy-lab-oscillator-introducing

This component – the Zenith Oscillator – is the brainchild of Guy Sémon, currently General Director of TAG Heuer. Sémon is a former naval aviator, who flew the Dassault Super-Étendard off French carriers before turning to watchmaking, holds a PhD in physics from the Université de Franche-Comté, and has taught analytic algebra and topology. He's well known in the watch enthusiast community for his work on a number of high tech TAG Heuer projects, including the belt-driven TAG Heuer Monaco V4, and the TAG Heuer MikroPendulumS, which used magnets rather than a balance spring as the restoring force on an oscillator.
 
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Here are the TAG Heuer prototypes!
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It's not a particularly thin movement then?
 
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Anyone else think that a silicon oscillator sounds a lot like a quartz watch?
 
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Very interesting to know and understand more about this new technology. Hopefully, when it does appear in a Carrera it won't be with a stupid skeletonised dial.

I appreciate that with these early Zenith models and the prototype Carrera they are trying to show off the tech, but honestly, they look crap.
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Very interesting to know and udnerstand more about this new technology. Hopefully, when it does appear in a Carrera it won't be with a stupid skeletonised dial.

I appreciate that with these early Zenith models and the prototype Carrera they are trying to show off the tech, but honestly, they look crap.
Agree with this. I might buy one because it's a very accurate mechanical movement. I don't necessarily have to see it working. To be honest, it's not that attractive, and makes the dial difficult to read.
 
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Agree with this. I might buy one because it's a very accurate mechanical movement. I don't necessarily have to see it working. To be honest, it's not that attractive, and makes the dial difficult to read.

Precisely. I really appreciate the accuracy. I remembered that I don't like beating heart watches (I'm looking at you Zenith) which is probably why I don't like the look of these early models because they are essentially a beating heart.

I note that one of the many articles I read today mentioned that they are looking at shrinking the size of the wheel. If that proves possible and it is used in combination with a micro-rotor then a display case back with a more traditional dial would be a highly appealing watch.
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There's a feature in the new edition of QP Magazine. Haven't read it yet, but can't say I like the dial...
 
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That's a good article, nice to have some more info on how it works. I really hope they can commercialise this.
 
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That's a good article, nice to have some more info on how it works. I really hope they can commercialise this.
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That's great, seems like a real innovation. I look forward to my next carrera having one 😀 or maybe in an Autavia.

(I withdraw my earlier cynicism!)
 
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That's great, seems like a real innovation. I look forward to my next carrera having one 😀 or maybe in an Autavia.

(I withdraw my earlier cynicism!)
Keep in mind this concept has not been expanded to chronographs yet.
 
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Keep in mind this concept has not been expanded to chronographs yet.

And also that the next task is make the tech smaller which will presumably allow it to be mated with other complications beyond time.
 
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