An extreme looking minute repeater…
It was in 2008 that Franc Vila
launched his Superligero Concept collection. The common element in
all the timepieces introduced under this collection is the use of
Lightnium, an aluminium-lithium based alloy used in state of the art
aeronautical engineering — generally speaking, the alloy is super light
but super strong. According to Vila, Lightnium also offers good
“sonority” aka it makes the 5 minute repeater mechanism sound very nice. Like all Franc Vila watches, these watches are very extreme, but cool, looking,
But for the right personality (and bank account–prices start around
$15,000 and up from there), they will be a perfect match. This
particular model is the FVa35 SuperSonico 5 Minute Repeater. It has a
gnarly looking skeletonized dial that chimes every 5 mins. Not sure on
price, but probably well past $30,000. Limited to 88 pieces.
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