Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador Gran Premio de Cuba

The Swiss model with Cuban heritage expands its Historiador assortment with a racing-red chronograph impressed by the thrilling Cuban Grand Prix of 1957. Wanting again over its shoulder, Cuervo y Sorbinos has chosen its flamboyant vintage-inspired Historiador mannequin to host the chronograph. Decked out in wealthy colors that echo these of Juan Manuel Fangio’s successful Maserati 300S, followers of the model who share a ardour for classic motorsports are in for a deal with.

Gran Premio de Cuba

Cuervo, a jewelry and watch restore store, was established in Havana, Cuba, in 1882 by Spanish immigrant Don Ramón Cuervo. As enterprise prospered, Don Cuervo’s nephews have been recruited, changing into Cuervo y Sobrinos. The go-to institution for prestigious imported timepieces throughout its heyday within the Fifties, Cuervo y Sobrinos counted on a roster of illustrious shoppers like Caruso, Gary Cooper, Hemingway and Einstein. By the Fifties, Havana had turn into an expensive playground for the wealthy and well-known. To lift Cuba’s profile and organise an occasion to draw extra American vacationers to the island, President Fulgencio Battista staged the Cuban Grand Prix automobile race in 1957.

Juan Guide Fangio received the primary version of the short-lived race, the well-known Argentinian pilot driving a Maserati 300S. Tearing round Havana’s elegant avenues and down the long-lasting Malecón esplanade, the Cuban Grand Prix additionally attracted anti-government revolutionaries who kidnapped Fangio in 1959. Political instability marked the race’s demise, which returned for one final version in 1960 when British driver Stirling Moss took first prize in a Maserati Tipo 61.

Historiador

Cuervo y Sobrinos has chosen a mannequin from its Historiador household for this Grand Premio de Cuba 1957 version. The dominating trait of the Historiador household is its distinctive, considerably flamboyant case with distinguished sculptural lugs that hark again to a classic Fifties mannequin from Cuervo y Sobrino’s archives.

The case, which has a 42mm diameter and top of 12mm, is stainless-steel and options polished surfaces. Classic piston-style chronograph pushers and the double-curved sapphire crystal consolidate the retro temper of this chronograph. As hallmark options of the Historiador, the lugs play a elementary function within the character of this watch and curve barely for a extra ergonomic match.

Racing ColourS            

The livery of the dial captures the colors of Fangio’s crimson and yellow Maserati 300S with a predominant splash of ‘tropical crimson’ within the centre mixed with creamy chronograph counters and a telemeter scale. Legibility is enhanced with the massive, plump printed Arabic hour numerals with black profiles and loads of beige Tremendous-LumiNova of their interiors.

The peripheral black tachymeter scale, used to find out the pace of a car over a recognized distance, is handled to a number of vibrant inscriptions with crimson, orange, yellow and blue numerals printed on the observe and the phrase ‘Taquimetro’ picked out in white and spelt in Spanish. Positioned beneath the tachymeter scale is the creamy-coloured ‘telemetro’ scale, adopted one step decrease by the tropical crimson dial. This layered impact provides a great deal of depth to the dial.

The 2 chronograph counters – 30-min elapsed occasions at 3 and 12-hour totaliser at 6 o’clock – match the color of the telemeter scale and depend on darkish arrow-shaped arms alighting on the precision railway tracks with Arabic numerals. At 9 o’clock is the operating seconds counter with white markings and a white hand to match the Cuervo y Sobrinos 1882 inscription at midday. The central leaf-shaped hour and minute arms, additionally handled with beige Tremendous-LumiNnova, are topped by the white central chronograph seconds hand.

The reverse aspect of the watch is sealed and stamped with the Gran Premio 1957 de Cuba insignia, which hides the CyS 8099 computerized calibre. Primarily based on the Valjoux 7753 computerized cam chronograph, the motion beats at 28,800vph, delivers an influence reserve of 48 hours and options an engraved oscillating weight.

Availability & Worth

The Historiador Gran Premio de Cuba 1957 is fitted with a black matte racing-style leather-based strap with racy crimson stitching and perforations revealing the crimson lining and an openworked CyS clasp. It’s offered as a restricted version of 162 items, a quantity that references the 162-mile distance of the Cuban race. The watch retails for EUR 3,700 (inc. tax).

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