Watches TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph Air 1: Racing's New Language

This isn’t refinement—it’s reinvention. The TAG Heuer Monaco has always pushed boundaries, but here it breaks through them entirely. What emerges is a timepiece conceived through the lens of aerodynamics, where every surface, every void, answers to the laws of performance.

The chassis tells the story. Grade 5 titanium case, sculpted through Selective Laser Melting (SLM)—a process that fuses powdered titanium layer by microscopic layer with ultra-high-precision laser technology. Instead of carving away material, this additive manufacturing technique builds with surgical intent, creating a hollowed, weight-defying structure that would be impossible to achieve through conventional methods.

What fills the void is equally daring: a honeycomb lattice laser-cut from solid 18K 2N yellow gold. Borrowed from the geometry of race engine intake vents, this golden framework adds precious radiance and structural integrity in equal measure. A matching 18K 2N yellow gold split-seconds pusher anchors the composition at 9 o’clock, while black DLC-coated grade 5 titanium crowns the bezel and pushers with stealth-grade refinement.

Beneath the skeletonized architecture beats Calibre TH81-00—the most complex chronograph movement TAG Heuer has ever produced. Its rattrapante complication enables split-seconds timing, capturing dual intervals with mechanical elegance. Every wheel, every lever is on display through the openworked sapphire dial  and sapphire caseback.

An absolute watchmaking gem, the TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph Air 1 is a technological window into the future of watchmaking, where velocity, innovation, and avant-garde engineering converge.