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                                                           LONGINES FERRARI WATCHES

 

                            Part 2 : Personalised watches for collaborators, close friends, and drivers.

Pics, from left to right :

Longines 26/50, courtesy of a private collector.
Ferrari 025, Ferrari 32/50, Ferrari gift to Sergio Scaglietti 22/09/76, 1982 Gilles Villeneuve Longines, Sergio Scaglietti Ferrari watch, courtesy of collectorstudio.com.

 

 

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                                                           LONGINES FERRARI WATCHES


Succeeding to Heuer, Longines begun his commercial partnership with Ferrari in 1980.
All the commercially available models are two-tone (steel+ gold plated) swiss quartz powered
square watches, available in men or women size.
Suble variations : white or black color dials, date at three or six o'clock, cavallino, Ferrari script or shield at six o'clock.
Personalised steel (Gilles Villeneuve engraved) or Gold Longines watches (50's to 80's) are gifts
from Enzo ferrari to collaborators, close friends, and drivers.

                                                        Part 1 : Commercially available models.

Heuer chronosplit ferrari

                                                           HEUER CHRONOSPLIT FERRARI


From 1970 to 1979 Heuer was a technical partner of the Scuderia Ferrari, providing timekeeping equipment.
The Heuer chronosplit, was, in 1975, the first fully digital electronic chronograph available in a wristwatch size.
Chronosplits in working order are extremely difficult to find today and almost impossible to restore, hence their high prices.. for an old digital Watch !

First version was lauched in 1975.
Upper LCD display : Hours and minutes
Lower LED display     : 1/10s stopwatch

Second, uprated version, was launched in 1976.
Upper LCD display : Hours and minutes
Lower LCD display : 1/100s stopwatch

The Heuer Chronosplit personalised for Ferrari was given, as usual, as present to close friends, drivers, and collaborators.

                                                                      (Pic : led-forever.com)

                                 (Gilles Villeneuve/Heuer ad for the regular (not Ferrari) 2nd version. )

                                       LUIGI "GIGI" VILLORESI BREITLING CHRONOGRAPH


This 18kt gold Breitling,ref 1190, number 797489, venus 188 powered chronograph, was given by Enzo Ferrari to Gigi Villoresi after his victory against Maserati at the 1952 Modena grand prix (14 september 1952).
It does not have "Breitling" or a prancing horse stamped on the dial, but only "chronométre suisse".
"Ferrari" is engraved on the caseback. According to the Breitling factory this particular watch was made in 1951.
Only 300 ref 1190 chronographs were manufactured in 1951.