Chr. Ward C70 3527 GT Chronometer, Руководство пользователя

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A few years ago historian Christopher Bennett
acquired some fragile aluminium body panels
from a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTo car during restoration
activities. Bennett’s London-based business,
TmB Art metal, scrupulously salvages original
metals from very rare historic cars and aircraft
and recycles it into unique collectible artefacts,
such as cufflinks made from the remnants of a
famous 1940 Battle of Britain Hurricane fighter.
When he approached Christopher Ward
Watches with an idea for a collaboration, the
motor racing fanatics at CW’s maidenhead
hQ took little persuading.
The “donor” material used in our 100 piece
special limited edition chronometer originates
from chassis number 3527GT, the seventh
example built which left Ferrari’s maranello
A preCIous FrAGmenT
oF moTorsporT hIsTorY
factory on 22nd may 1962 and now bears the
British registration “6 GTo”.
Following a change of ownership, 3527GT
underwent restoration in 2005/6 during which
a small quantity of excessively corroded or
damaged original exterior body panel sections
were removed. It is from this very material that
our master watchmaker, Johannes Jahnke,
has overseen the task of cutting the discs and
setting them beneath the finest museum-grade
sapphire crystal. even the number 6 of the
registration plate has been carefully laser cut
to replicate its shape perfectly.
To own a GTo may be out of reach of most
of us but wearing a piece of this fabled car
within a fine Christopher Ward timepiece is a
pretty good alternative to spending upwards
of $50 million!
Left: The new owner of 3527GT was
keen that the car should remain as
original as possible and only small
sections of aluminium panelling were
removed, these being pieces deemed
beyond recovery and that if left in situ
would only deteriorate further.
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