Baselworld 2010: Eberhard & Co. Tazio Nuvolari Grand Prix Limited Edition

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Baselworld 2010: Eberhard & Co. Tazio Nuvolari Grand Prix Limited Edition
by Kyle Stults on February 02, 2010

Here’s a racing-inspired watch by Eberhard & Co. Like the Maurice Lacroix I just blogged about, this is also a new variation on a model that was actually introduced last year. However this year’s model – which comes in a red-gold case (vs. last year’s stainless steel case) – looks much cooler, IMHO. It has a ceramic bezel, too – always a nice touch that you do not see every day!

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Actually this is a commemorative piece that was inspired by Grand Prix Hall of Famer from waaaaaay back in tha day, Tazio Nuvolari. Dedicated racing fans probably know of Nuvolari’s accomplishments, but alas I am not one of these Grand Prix historians. Ah well there’s always Wikipedia – you can read more about him there!

My only criticism of this watch is that I do not particularly care for the design of the chronograph pushers. They seem a bit too big and the shape is out of sync with the rest of the design:

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The movement is reliable, but nothing too special – an ETA 7750 base. Still, the watch has very legible subdials and also I like the black alligator strap with red stitching. It all lines up very nicely with the red gold case and bold red markings on the dial. The case is 43mm, with the autograph of Tazio Nuvolari engraved on the back. Production will be limited to just 123 pieces!

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Someone needs to tell Eberhard to try understand how a Tachymeter scale workd. This stupid scale conversion to Miles makes them look like they don’t know anything about watches.

The tachymeter scale is not tied to any unit in particular. You can use it to calculate average production rate, average speed and so on…

The same scale (in this case graded from 60 UNITS to 500 UNITS) thus applies to both Kilometers and Miles:
-If you measure how long it takes a car to cover 1 Km, you will read the result in Km.
-If you measure how long it takes to cover 1 Mile, you will use the EXACT SAME TABLE to read Miles.

Converting even tachymetric units to odd numbers is one of the stupidest things you could think of. No one is going to time a car over 1Km and want to read the result in Miles.