There’s nothing new about the relationship between car and watch brands. One of the first collaborations was 100 years ago when French watchmaker Jaeger and Swiss company LeCoultre started a company in the UK making car clocks. In 1927 they sold 75% of the company to Smiths, a British competitor forever linked to the Smiths/Rolex watch Sir Edmund Hillary wore on the ascent … [Read more...] about 100 years of cars and timepieces
Cars & Watches
British watchmaker salutes pioneering speed heroes
ABOVE: John Cobb driving his Napier-Railton Special at Brooklands in 1935. The car was powered by a 24-litre W12 aero engine. British watchmaker Farer has launched three new mechanical chronographs, each in honour of daredevil pioneering speedsters. The timepieces – designed in the UK with Swiss-made internals – salute the UK’s John Cobb, Ernest Eldridge, and Henry … [Read more...] about British watchmaker salutes pioneering speed heroes
Formula One watch reproduced in honour of driver Ronnie Peterson
In 1972, Formula One driver Ronnie Peterson drove a March Ford to finish third in the German Grand Prix, at the Nurburgring. For the record, of the New Zealand drivers in the race, Howden Ganley finished fourth and Chris Amon 15th. Denny Hulme retired after eight of the mandatory 14 laps. Anyway, TAG Heuer watch company chief Jack Heuer (pictured above with Peterson) gave … [Read more...] about Formula One watch reproduced in honour of driver Ronnie Peterson
Luxury watch brand salutes Munro and his speed record
Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier has honoured New Zealander Burt Munro (pictured) and the speed record he set on his modified Indian Scout motorcycle at Utah’s Bonneveille Salt Flats 50 years ago. The luxury brand has created the Clifton Club Burt Munro Tribute, a chronograph wristwatch limited to 1967 pieces, denoting the year Munro, then aged 68, set the 184.087 mph … [Read more...] about Luxury watch brand salutes Munro and his speed record
Newman’s Rolex Daytona sells at auction for record US$15.5 million
Actor and race driver Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona watch has been knocked down for a record US$15.5 million at auction in New York. That's NZ$22.8 million. Add the buyer's premium and the total came to US$17,752,500m, or NZ$26.1m. It was if the ‘lost ark of the covenant’ was up for auction, such was the international response to the sale of actor and race car driver Paul … [Read more...] about Newman’s Rolex Daytona sells at auction for record US$15.5 million