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How do you prepare to make parts for a Swiss watch? By manufacturing F1 components, of course.
Experience
In 1974, we encountered a titanium alloy that made us wonder, “What can we do with that?” Decades and many products later, it’s still our favorite question.

We began with auto racing: we’ve run valves in NASCAR engines since 1975 and our parts first powered an F1 race car in 1989. Along the way, we’ve learned…

  • How to keep secrets. A German race car team doesn’t want its Italian rivals to know how it created that high-powered engine. We’re not telling, either.

  • How to be careful – extremely, utterly careful. Deliver an imperfect valve and the engine could blow. Who needs that? We’d rather get it right – precisely right – the first time.

  • How to match the material to the application. We choose our materials based on the application, not the other way around.

Now we’re creating components for Swiss watches, but it’s really not so different. After all, some say an F1 engine must run like a Swiss watch. What better way to prepare to make a Swiss watch than to manufacture for F1 engines?

Del West. Precisely.

 
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