TAG Heuer has always had racy connections. In 1933, for example, the company launched Autavia, the first dashboard instrument for racing cars, and it has been timing Formula 1 Grand Prix motor racing for many years.

The Link Calibre S calls itself “the world’s most elegant luxury chronograph”. It employs the prime benefits of quartz and mechanical movements, in the sense that cars can effectively combine the advantages of both electricity and gasoline. This model displays both watch and chronograph functions with the same full-sized central hands, and the precision of a quartz accuracy vibration rate acts with the complexity of the wheels and pinions of a mechanical chain. Within the 42mm diameter case the movement houses a chronograph accurate to 1/100th of a second; a day/date version is also available. The surprising aspect of the new TAG Heuer Link Calibre S is that the UK retail price is just £1,750.