During the last 2016 European Championships, Real Madrid and Portugal Mega star, Cristiano Ronaldo posted a photo of himself relaxing in between matches with his TAG Heuer. He posted on his instagram account @cristiano. We all know that he is sponsored by TAG Heuer, but the controversy is, Does he really wearing a £4,000 TAG Heuer Carrera as written in several newspapers like Mirrors? There was a big mistakes. The watch on Ronaldo’s wrist wasn’t a Carrera Chronograph. Actually he is wearing a Tag Heuer Carrera MikrotourbillonS! And now the instagram had been corrected by the real description.

Did you know that this watch is not the standard TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph? That is a masterpiece watch. Let me tell you, The MikrotourbillonS features two tourbillons,  one for the conventional regulation of the time and the other tourbillon regulates the chronograph escapement. The escapement of the chronograph vibrates at  360,000 vibrations per hour (50hz) and the tourbillon rotates once every 5 seconds! One of the questions that will be asked about the Mikrotourbillon is this: What’s the point? Why go to the trouble of designing a tourbillon, which has huge complexity and cost, for little real-world benefit in terms of regulating a movement? Why offer a Chronograph with 1/ 100th second precsion? Who will use that?  Think of the MikrotourbillonS as the Bugatti Veyron  for your wrist- a “glorious irrelevance” (as the Veyron was called) if you like. And just like a Veyron, a small number of well-heeled buyers will be able to own one. Thats the true.