{"id":29938,"date":"2018-07-10T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com?p=29938"},"modified":"2018-06-22T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T13:04:00","slug":"29938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/lifestyle-n-en\/gmt_time-2\/29938.html","title":{"rendered":"GMT Time Eberhard & Co."},"content":{"rendered":"

130 years of history: the legend of\u00a0 the \u201ccampionissimo\u201d<\/h3>\n

Nuvolari Legend <\/strong><\/p>\n

CASE :<\/strong> stainless steel, glareproofed sapphire crystal, sapphire caseback secured by eight screws, water-resistant to 30m<\/p>\n

SIZE :<\/strong> 39.5mm and 43mm, 13.5mm thick<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT :<\/strong> mechanical self-winding Eberhard & Co. caliber built on a Valjoux 7750 base movement, personalized with an engraving of the model name and a stylized depiction of the Alfa Romeo type 12\/C<\/p>\n

FUNCTIONS :<\/strong> hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph, tachymeter<\/p>\n

DIAL :<\/strong> black, luminescent Arabic numerals and hour-markers, chronograph minutes and hours counters at 12 and 6 o\u2019clock respectively, spiral-shaped central tachymeter scale in km\/h<\/p>\n

WRISTBAND :<\/strong> vintage leather strap or stainless steel bracelet, clasp personalized with Tazio Nuvolari\u2019s tortoise lucky charm

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Scafograf 100 <\/strong><\/p>\n

CASE :<\/strong> stainless steel, polished and satin-brushed finishing, glareproofed sapphire crystal, screw-in steel caseback, bezel with white or chocolate brown ceramic inlay, water-resistant to 100m<\/p>\n

SIZE :<\/strong> 38mm in diameter, 10.65mm thick<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT :<\/strong> mechanical self-winding EB.ETA 2824<\/p>\n

FUNCTIONS :<\/strong> hours, minutes, seconds, date<\/p>\n

DIAL :<\/strong> white or chocolate brown mother-of-pearl, applied luminescent hour-markers, luminescent, cut-out baton-type hours and minutes hands<\/p>\n

WRISTBAND :<\/strong> white or chocolate brown rubber, or stainless steel Chassis\u00ae bracelet

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Scafograf GMT \u201cThe Black Sheep\u201d 500-piece Limited Edition <\/strong><\/p>\n

CASE :<\/strong> black DLC\u00ae-coated steel, glareproofed convex sapphire crystal, screw-down DLC\u00ae-coated caseback, DLC\u00ae-coated bezel with black ceramic inlay, water-resistant to 100m<\/p>\n

SIZE :<\/strong> 43mm in diameter, 11.80mm thick<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT :<\/strong> mechanical self-winding EB.ETA 2893<\/p>\n

FUNCTIONS :<\/strong> hours, minutes, seconds, date, triple time zone<\/p>\n

DIAL :<\/strong> black, luminescent curved applied hour-markers, luminescent hands, luminescent orange GMT hand<\/p>\n

WRISTBAND :<\/strong> black rubber strap or black DLC\u00ae-coated stainless steel bracelet, personalized E&C buckle or optional patented D\u00e9clic\u00ae folding clasp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A number of watches are inspired by cars or car races, but far fewer bear the name of a driver. The Tazio Nuvolari chronograph launched by Eberhard & Co.<\/strong><\/a> in 1992 paid tribute to the impetuous Italian driver \u2013 who was first a motorcycle champion before dominating motor-racing between 1920 and the late 1940s \u2013 in a year corresponding to the 100th anniversary of his birth. The watch firm, which had meanwhile been bought up by an Italian investor during the quartz crisis, was well known in Italy. Commemorating the \u201ccampionissimo\u201d \u2013 a legend in his native land, praised by Ferdinand Porsche as well as Enzo Ferrari, and whose coffin was carried by Juan Manuel Fangio at his funeral in 1953 \u2013 was doubly natural. Not only did Tazio Nuvolari own and wear an Eberhard & Co.<\/strong> watch, but in 1991 the Swiss watchmaker also became timekeeper and official partner of the now famous Grand Premio Nuvolari, which starts and finishes in Tazio Nuvolari\u2019s native city of Mantua.<\/p>\n

Since the time of its launch, the Tazio Nuvolari collection has been enriched with several chronographs inspired by the Italian champion\u2019s victories and feats, including the Grand Prix or Vanderbilt Cup models \u2013 the latter referring to the race he won in 1936 in New York at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo Type C 36. In 2015, the 336 Limited Edition with dual-time display honored the world speed record (336 km\/h) that Tazio Novolari set in 1935 on a highway near Florence.<\/p>\n

The latest Tazio Nuvolari, announced in February at the Salon R\u00e9tromobile classic car show in Paris, acknowledges the legendary stature of the \u201cMantovane Volante\u201d (flying man of Mantua). Available in two sizes, fitted with a choice of aged leather strap or steel bracelet, this vintage-look timepiece with its large luminescent Arabic numerals features an original spiral-type display of the tachymeter scale in the center of the black dial. There are numerous references to the \u201cMaestro\u201d, including his initials on the dial, an Alfa Romeo Type 12C from the Scuderia Ferrari engraved in gold on the back\u2026 and a tortoise on the wristband clasp. The latter is a nod to a gold chelonia tortoise that the driver was gifted by the poet Gabriele d\u2019Annunzio and which became his lucky charm, bearing the dedication : \u201cTo the fastest man in the world, the slowest animal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t