Video Up Close With The New TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph

A split-seconds complication is no easy feat, and so TAG reached outside of its normal channels to create this movement, turning to Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier. This partnership resulted in the creation of an entirely new caliber, the TH8100. The result, as we covered at launch, is an open-worked aesthetic that zeroes in on the mechanics. In this video, you'll see the watch up close and in motion, from the re-designed case to the sapphire caseback giving the impression of a free-floating oscillating mass.

We had the opportunity to step inside the doors of the TAG Heuer's manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds to speak with Heritage Director Nicholas Biebuyck (you may remember him from Reference Points: The Heuer Carrera) about the development of this mechanical first for the brand. We touch on everything from the historical perspectives to the product roadmap and even the decision to take this watch decidedly upmarket.

It is not often we get to see major blue chip brands innovating to this degree and doing things they never done in their history, so to have the chance to go inside the mothership and get a closer look at what we can only assume is a watch representative of the future of the storied Monaco was a real treat. And now, enough with the preamble – enjoy the video above on the 2024 TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph.