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The Petrolhead Corner: The Mercedes-Benz W196R Stromlinienwagen
Mercedes-Benz and racing go hand-in-hand. After all, it’s one of the most successful manufacturers in both pre-war Grand Prix, post-war Formula 1 and Endurance Racing, birthing many legendary cars. From the very early days of motor racing, the brand has been active in all sorts of categories. It won the 1914 French Grand Prix with the Blitzen Benz, it won the Targa Florio in 1922 and 1924, and in 1931 the team was victorious in the Mille Miglia with the SSKL. After World War II, they pretty much took up where they left off, as they entered the newly formed Formula One world championship with the W196 in 1954. The team had immediate success and took home multiple wins and championships, but it was to be short-lived. The 1955 Le Mans crash saw Mercedes-Benz no other option than to withdraw from motorsports entirely, ending the W196’s career. Nevertheless, it became a true racing legend, and one of only four complete W196R Stromlinienwagens is coming up for auction, at an astr
The Collector's Series - Talking About The IWC Big Pilot Monopusher Petit Prince
If you're following our Collector's Series column, the name of the man who's about to share his story should be familiar. Tom, also known as Wtt1975 on Instagram, has many passions. On one side, he's a company owner involved in car-related things – something that deserves to be in our Petrolhead series. And on the other side, he’s also collecting watches. Last week, he talked about his powerful Chopard Alpine Eagle. Today, we'll be talking about another oversized chronograph, a watch that also happened to be the first-ever chronograph movement in a Big Pilot. Today, his IWC Big Pilot Monopusher Le Petit Prince is in the spotlights on MONOCHROME.When did you first come into contact with IWC? Ad - Scroll to continue with article I have known IWC for 25+ years. It's one of the best-known Swiss watch manufacturers. When I bought my first TAG Heuer as a 1
Salon Exceptional Watches 2019, this Weekend in Prague - Monochrome Watches
While the watch industry ticks in time to two massive watch fairs, Baselworld and SIHH, these two events are mostly meant for brands to present their novelties to a public of professionals – retailers and journalists. However, some local events around the globe allow watch collectors and enthusiasts to discover the collections – think SIAR, Dubai WW, Salon QP. Happening this weekend (October 19-20) is the largest watch exhibition in central and eastern Europe. It is named Salon Exceptional Watches 2019, it gathers 44 brands and it takes place in the beautiful city of Prague, Czech Republic. Salon Exceptional Watches 2019, previously taking place in Brno, now in Prague, will be the 6th edition of this event, held in the beautiful premises of the ?of¨ªn Palace, a historic venue in the centre of Prague, close to the National theatre. This event is now central and eastern Europe’s largest watch exhibition, with no fewer than 44 br
Weekly Watch Photo - Nautilus Chrono - Patek Philippe ref. 5980/1A - Monochrome Watches
Every time I see the Nautilus Chronograph, I have the feeling my knees get a bit weak and my vision gets a bit blurry (that means, everything around this watch gets blurry). A typical case and I plead guilty.End of last year I posted Bruno’s photo of his Patek Philippe Nautilus Chronograph or (for connoisseurs) the reference 5980/1A. In that post I wrote about my collection and how we sometimes seem to get our orders directly from a higher force. Because I don’t have the financial means to fulfill those orders I will keep posting other people’s photos of the 5980/1A. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Joe B. (or JeepRat on Timezone.com) posted some of his photos in the Patek Philippe forum over at Timezone and was so kind to let me share his photo of his beloved Patek. Writing about watches has its privileges, however it also has some serious
Interview with Jer?me Lambert, CEO of Montblanc - Monochrome Watches
Just before this year’s SIHH started we had the chance to sit down with Jer?me Lambert, CEO of Montblanc. We’re talking with him about the third new collection that the brand launched since he joined the manufacture, in July of 2013, the integration of the two Montblanc manufactures and the brand new e-Strap that was launched on January 1st of this year. As of July 2013 Jer?me Lambert joined ?the German luxury brand and immediately you could feel there was someone else at the helm.?In the 1,5 years he has been with?Montblanc, they have launched three entirely new collection: last year’s Meisterstuck Heritage collection (which has been renamed to Heritage Spirit collection as of this year), the Boheme collection and the new Heritage Chronometrie collection that we’re covering (extensively) during these days, live from the SIHH. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
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