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Graham Prix: Brawn GP finally gets its own watch line... and it's about time

If you're going to be a world championship Formula One team, you're going to need your own watch line. Ferrari is with Panerai, McLaren is with TAG Heuer, and even Williams has Oris. The Honda team was in league with Seiko, but since splitting off as Brawn GP, the title-leading race team has been decidedly bereft of sponsors. But a new partnership with Graham-London brings the record-breaking team a new collection of timepieces to measure just how far ahead of the competition they are. Far from the kind of capitalization you'd expect of ... Read more →

Audi centennial timepiece celebrates 100 years on four wheels with four hands Jonathon Ramsey

Audi teamed up with Munich-based watchmaker Chronoswiss to create the Tachoscope, celebrating 100 years of Audi. The mechanical timepiece has a chronograph and tachometer function (to measure ...

Ferrari and Panerai unveil new watch collection at London show Noah Joseph

We're still a few months away from the official unveiling of the new California, but that didn't stop Ferrari from finding something to debut for the crowds at the British International Motor Show. ...

Zagato designs for Wyler Genve Noah Joseph

click above image to view in high resolution The name Zagato might as well be Italian for "exclusive"; that's exactly what their designs are. Although the carrozzeria has been designing cars since ...

Porsche studio wins iF Product Design Award Noah Joseph

Porsche fanatics recognize the German sportscars for their engineering, less so for their design, which changes very little from one successive model to another. The company's merchandising design ...

Quattro Valvole watch by Meccaniche Veloci 1 year ago on Autoblog

Automotive timepieces keep getting closer to the cars they're inspired by in terms of design, mechanics and price. The latest to cross our radar screen is the Quattro Valvole by Italian watchmaker Meccaniche Veloci. If the model name sounds familiar, you're thinking back to the circa-1984 Ferrari ...

Bellisimo! Italian watchmaker crafts unique Alfa Romeo timepiece 1 year ago on Autoblog

There are car watches, and there are car watches. And this, boys and girls, is a car watch. The kind that will make the likes of the "Ferrari Engineered by Panarai" and "Breitling for Bentley" look like cheap marketing gimmicks. What you see here is the Contragiri; tachometer in Italian. It's ...

Senna chrono goes stealth 2 years ago on Autoblog

F1-themed watches tend to be very big, very shiny and named after a current F1 driver, or at least one living. The Hubolt Big Bang Ayrton Senna All Black Rattrapante fits just one of those categories, and we'll give you a clue: it's not the bling and it's not the pilot. The exclusive chronograph ...

Own an Aston Martin DBS, get a watch... for another $34,500 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image to view the high-res version, the DBS gallery The Aston Martin DBS is one exclusive, expensive ride, with only 500 copies of the $250,000 car scheduled to be made each year. To up the exclusivity factor while also giving deep-pocketed DBS owners the ability to play James Bond, Swiss ...

Blancpain commemorates the Paris to Peking rally 2 years ago on Autoblog

A quick look at any racing car tells you that association with motorsports is a precious commodity for any number of companies, especially for watchmakers. A growing number of horologers are paying top dollar to link their names with the image that motor racing projects. All the more so with ...

Time Machine: the DeLorean wristwatch 2 years ago on Autoblog

Say what you will of the late John DeLorean, but when push came to shove, he never tired of searching for creative ways to promote his business interests. One of the last initiatives he undertook was a time machine of sorts. Not quite like the one that immortalized his creation -- the ...

The Pagani Zonda of Wristwatches 2 years ago on Autoblog

It seems you just can't make an exotic sportscar these days without offering a wristwatch to go with it. Bugatti's got one. Koenigsegg has two. McLaren and TAG Heuer are on their third. And Ferrari's got a whole series. Is it a shameless ploy to capitalize on the merchandizing potential of their ...

Girard-Perregaux remembers Monte Carlo 1970 2 years ago on Autoblog

Who needs Ferrari? That's the rhetorical question asked by Girard-Perregaux, the noted Swiss watchmaker. For years GP made watches under license from Maranello, but since Ferrari moved their timepiece contract over to Panerai, Girard-Perregaux hasn't missed a beat. Unveiled together with several ...

Now you see it, now you don't: Koenigsegg's transparent watch 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/design/Koenigsegg_s_Amazing_Invisible_Watch_PIC'; You might have thought that building one of the very best-performing exotic supercars in the world would be enough to put a company like Koenigsegg on the map, but apparently no sportscar-maker has really made ...

Porsche Designs a Wristwatch for the World 2 years ago on Autoblog

With the Baselworld watch show still underway, TAG Heuer released a trio of new driver's watches, including the latest SLR chronograph. Not to be outdone, the sketchers over at Porsche Design used to occasion to take the wraps off their latest timepiece, the P'6750 Worldtimer GMT. Like any other ...

Chopard goes XL with latest Mille Miglia chrono 2 years ago on Autoblog

The market for automotive timepieces has become flooded in recent years. Automotive what, you ask? Watchmakers have been clamoring to find ways to associate their products with cars and racing, to the point that selecting our ten favorites from the field was a difficult task, and several fine ...

Crewe's Chrono: Breitling for Bentley Flying B Chronograph 2 years ago on Autoblog

The crossover world of automotive timepieces is not short of mouthwateringly stylish examples, but some stand out more than others. Autoblog's Top 10 Car Watches featured the Breitling Flying B, a supremely stylish (and expensive) rectangular-faced wristwatch. The partnership between Breitling and ...

TAG Team: Heuer and Mercedes unveil new SLR Chronograph 2 years ago on Autoblog

TAG Heuer is a watchmaker with a long history in motorsports, sponsoring racing events, drivers and teams for decades. Even Steve McQueen wore one. Now the Swiss watchmaker has unveiled the "TAG Heuer SLR for Mercedes-Benz", the third timepiece made in collaboration with the German automaker. The ...

Top 10 Car Watches 2 years ago on Autoblog

Precision engineering. Artful design. Exclusive prestige. The kind of machine you can enjoy using every day. Are we talking about the finest automobiles or timepieces? We're referring to both, because these and so many other superlatives and qualities can be attributed to both, and both are among ...

Have a good Time with your Mercedes CL 3 years ago on Autoblog

The markets for fine timepieces and high-end automobiles attract largely the same demographics, and it's not uncommon for the two to converge to produce watches inspired by cars. Because few things say "precision engineering" quite like a Mercedes-Benz and a handmade Swiss watch, the German ...

Did someone ask for this? The Alco-watch 3 years ago on Autoblog

Admittedly, one of us in the Autoblog offices has a watch fetish. Either formed out of an excess of bills burning a hole in our pocket or a significant other who spoils us, its reached critical mass. However, this little piece of horology will not be finding its way onto our Christmas list this ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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