A sapphire crystal face helps to give this replica Japanese Rolex watches some justification for its price, but not much.Retail is $695, but don't spend a penny over $450.See Zodiac watches on eBay here.See Zodiac watches on Amazon here.I love that Tag Heuer made this watch.I don't love that I can't afford it, but at least a few people can.Tag Heuer is hoping that 150 people bite.The first of 150 pieces of this new Tag Heuer Monaco V4 watch will be auctioned off at the Only Watch 2009 charity watch auction.
The other 149 of them are up for replica Rolex Ladies watches grabs.Tag Heuer has been known to make interesting watch concepts that that are eye catching, but I don't know how often they ever actually made the watches.With the average price of a Tag Heuer watch retailing at probably $2,000 this is a major step up.I wonder watch is going on at LVMH (parent company) that made this possible.You of course get that the "V4" name is meant to remind you of a car engine.So is the look of the movement as seen through the rear of the watch.
The four turbine looking cylinders as the four replica Rolex Sports Models watches corners of the movement are each the mainspring barrels.Together they hold 52 hours of power reserve for the watch.You'll notice that on the front and year of the watch there are a number of belts, just like in an engine.These transmission belts are cool to look at and replace many of the smaller gears that connect the larger gears.These are called pinions.
