Italian Watchmaker Mecchanice Veloce Collaborates with Brembo for Unique Carbon-Ceramic Watch

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed)
Apr 25th 2009 at 12:02PM

Ironic as it may seem, there are so many watches, and so little time. Yet even in a business so simultaneously timeless and focussed on time, watchmakers are constantly racing to adopt new construction methods. Especially among automotive-inspired watches. But the latest seems to have come to a full stop: the Quattro Valvole CCM by Meccaniche Veloci. The Italian watchmaker has teamed up with Brembo, the biggest name in automotive braking systems, to produce this rare carbon-ceramic timepiece.

This special edition is made of a blend of carbon-fiber and high-strength ceramics, the same material now being used in the most advanced racing and sportscar brakes. In brakes, they offer longevity, lightness of weight and incredible resistance to deformation. In the watch, they offer the same, along with a unique appearance. Each watch incorporates four individual automatic Swiss movements, compartmentalized like the four-valve cylinder heads first seen on the most sophisticated sportscar engines, available in four different colors, capped by titanium crowns and held on to your wrist by interchangeable rubber and alligator straps. But at $15,000 apiece, they don't come cheap.

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