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Christopher Ward C9 D-Type Watch With Metal From A 1950s Jaguar Car
Just announced, here is an opportunity to get a piece – literally – of Jaguar-cool and motorsports history for your wrist-wearing, time-telling pleasure. The limited-edition Christopher Ward C9 D-Type watch goes all out to celebrate the Jaguar D-Type cars that won the Le Mans race in 1955, 1956, and 1957. And Christopher Ward has even sourced metal from said cars to use in the watch’s construction – all sounds very English, no?Jaguar D-Type (Image: betterparts.org)The Christopher Ward C9 D-Type watch is chock-full of design inspiration and other references to excite vintage racing fans, and yet looks relatively restrained. The dial design is based on the Jaguar D-Type’s speedometer, with the circled 12 o’clock marker very much evoking numbers painted on the Le Mans cars – though I believe Mike Hawthorn was driving #6 to win Le Mans in 1955, it makes sense here for 12 o’clock to be highlighted. We’ll come back to what part of the car
Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked Only Watch Edition
When the Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection debuted earlier this year, it was met with a storm of media coverage and a whole host of impassioned opinions. It had been quite a while since Audemars Piguet had brought out a new range of watches, so the reaction was bound to be strong. And while many observers found things to like about the Code 11.59’s inaugural offering, there weren’t many analysts willing to shower the models with universal praise. Now, however, six months later, the Only Watch Auction 2019 (due to be held in Geneva on November 9th) has perhaps given us the first glimpse of a direction the Code 11.59 watches could follow. And man, it’s good. The Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked Only Watch Edition is something special.A unique piece created especially for the Only Watch Auction, the 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked watch is slated to fetch six figures when it goes under the hammer this winter. Its aim? To raise money to fund continued rese