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Limited-edition $315K Audemars Piguet watch styled after Maserati MC12

 
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The Audemars Piguet Millenary MC12 Tourbillon Chronograph

The Audemars Piguet Millenary MC12 Tourbillon Chronograph

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Complete with matching colors and the Maserati Trident, the Audemars Piguet Millenary MC12 Tourbillon Chronograph is a fine Swiss watch modeled after the Italian Maserati MC12 Corse.

Like most car-themed watches, it's not readily apparent exactly what the two have to do with each other aside from the color scheme. With the open clockwork both front and rear, however, a closer investigation reveals that both are highly intricate, precision machines. The road-going Maserati MC12, famously painted in white and blue, was the homologation car for the FIA GT1 competitive MC12 race car.

The Maserati MC12

The Maserati MC12

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Like the MC12 itself, the watch is definitely an impressive piece of design and construction, but the most astounding feature of the Audemars Piguet timepiece is its price: about $315,000, or more than double the price of the Gran Turismo S.

For more on the watch, which is limited to a run of just 150 pieces, check out the sale site at James List.
Via: NextAutos
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  1. ma_HECTOR avatar HECTOR Posted: 6/17/2009 3:26am PDT

    Years ago one of my favorite watches was the IWC Da Vinci. It went for about $20K. That is already quite a lot of money for a machine that cannot tell the time as accurately as a $10 digital watch.

    $315K for a watch is the kind of money only a man who spends $750K on a Saleen would pay.
     
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