Chopard's Mille Miglia watch for 2021
If you like old cars and you like old watches you might think Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has the world’s best job. Along with his sister Caroline he’s co-president of Chopard, the…
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Sponsored by Chopard Rudolf Caracciola sped to victory in the Mille Miglia in 1931, enduring a gruelling 16-hour dash through Italy to become the first non-Italian to win the legendary…
1947 Cisitalia D46 Monoposto Sold by Bonhams, £137,000 Piero Dusio’s Cisitalia D46 was developed as an affordable means of entry to a series of competitions intended to revive single-seater racing…
The long-standing connection between cars and timepieces has produced endless watches with cues from the automobile world. You know the sort of things: wheel-shaped winding rotors, sub-dials that look like…
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Johan Hanhart started out as a watch retailer in 1882, but 20 years later his son Wilhelm joined the business and set about turning Hanhart into a manufacturer by opening…
Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele must be one of few car enthusiasts to have competed in every Mille Miglia since his firm became its official sponsor way back in 1988. As…
An ultra-rare Heuer Monaco watch worn by Steve McQueen throughout the making of his iconic film Le Mans has sold for an unprecedented $2.2 million (£1.61m), raising more than ten…
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