Franc Vila Cobra Edition Watches

November 04, 2021

Personally, I don t have much going on for snakes. Luckily, Franc Vila s Cobra time piece doesn t bite. Although a Cobra isn t the first thing come to mind when looking at these time pieces, with some imagination I can see the resemblance of a Cobra s head in the watch case. However, with the same kind of imagination, I can see a skull in the shape of the dial, the sub dials being eyes and mouth.The version pictured above has been created to celebrate Spain s World Cup victory in July 2010 against the Orange team from The Netherlands. It is another edition of the ‘Cobra -line of watches that Franc Vila introduced during BaselWorld 2010. Limited to 88 pieces, as all Franc Vila watches are.The Cobra line has been introduced as a sports watch pur sang, explaining the use of hardened and blackened steel (DieHard Extreme), carbon and titanium. Besides the special Spain-strap, the Cobra time piece comes also with a rubber strap (as usual on the Cobra models). List price of the Cobra models is around $28,000, except for the tourbillon version.The version above is being called the ‘Yellow -edition, due to its yellow hour markers and brand s logo on the dial. As you can see, with a rubber strap and fancy looking clasp. The in-house chronograph movement is caliber FV8Ch, with a power reserve up to 42 hours.Franc Vila s Cobra watches are water resistant to 300 meters.