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Quattro Valvole watch by Meccaniche Veloci
Automotive timepieces keep getting closer to the cars they're inspired by in terms of design, mechanics and price. The latest to cross our radar screen is the Quattro Valvole by Italian watchmaker Meccaniche Veloci.
If the model name sounds familiar, you're thinking back to the circa-1984 Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS Quattrovalvole, which incorporated the Italian name for the four-valve cylinder heads that the Maranello-based automaker pioneered. Meccaniche Veloci, literally "mechanical speed", recalls the still-prevalent technology with its wristwatch that features four distinct faces for tracking time in four different time zones, each with its own Swiss mechanical movement, all enclosed with titanium fixtures in a billet aluminum casing made in the same process as competition-spec pistons.
The Quattro Valvole watch is available in a wide assortment of color combinations, none of which are available without your dipping into Junior's college fund: its asking price is $5,500.
[Source: Meccaniche Veloci via Racer magazine]
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Mike 7:52PM (12/26/2007)
Four individual automatic movements housed in solid aluminum? Pretty awesome. I'd like to know which Swiss company created the movements...great looking watch. I'd buy it.
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stang fan 9:49PM (12/26/2007)
You have to be kidding. The idea behind this watch is.......interesting? four individual movements housed in a single case. The execution looks like something sold by a "huckster" on the streets of any largish city. Maybe I'm spoiled by cheap digital watches, but the faces of these watches and the styling of the hands....to me it just says "but folks in 3rd world countries think it's sooo cool". Look at a good Seiko, hell, look at an inexpensive Seiko....it is styled so much better than this. The price MIGHT be warranted by the movements, but I'd buy a Rolex before I'd buy this for $5,500.
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Alex Patek 2:51AM (12/27/2007)
I have bought replica watches From www.slanwatch.com, although which are copies, not the original product, but what, I really surprised! Really original and almost the same! Really incredible! ! !
I received a product that has five working days, although they say is 5-10 days!
They use the EMS, DHL, TNT and Sodexi airmail. Although copies of which are, but can be safely mailed to me! Thank you, really!
I purchased the first time Chinese automatic movement, the second Asian ETA7750,Asian ETA2836,Asian ETA6947 to buy, buy is the third Swiss movement(ETA7750,ETA6947). Quality is very good! But also and the same function as the original!
Now and for their cooperation in trying to purchase a large number of watches and handbags products.
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Playdrv4me 11:44AM (12/27/2007)
Given the escalating prices of watches and watch movements these days (those are probably ETA movements, or one of the ETA offshoots), 5500.00 is not a terrible price for such a unique style.
I would not be surprised if once they hit the used market they go for less, but sometimes the reverse is true. Yes, you can buy a Rolex for 5500.00, but then you'll be wearing the same watch as 32million other people.
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