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2 weeks ago | 
gq.com.tr | Simon de Burton
Sevilen “Speedy”, Omega’nın amiral gemisi, göz bebeği, adeta altın yumurtlayan tavuğu. Tüm bunları da Apollo 11’le uzaya çıkmasına ve Buzz Aldrin’in bileğinde Ay yüzeyinde yürümesine borçlu. O zamanlar sosyal medya olsaydı, Aldrin kesinlikle #firstwatchonthemoon etiketiyle paylaşım yapardı. Neil Armstrong’un da bir Speedmaster’ı vardı ama söylenene göre onu Ay modülünde bırakmış – saat 1973’ten bu yana Smithsonian Enstitüsü’ne bağlı Ulusal Hava ve Uzay Müzesi’nde sergileniyor.
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2 weeks ago | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Simon de Burton
Cici Muldoon at Bicester Heritage in her 1934 MG PA Cici Muldoon at Bicester Heritage in her 1934 MG PA If classic cars is a man’s world de ned by conversations on understeer, dog-leg gearboxes and ‘red lining’ in third, the scientist and entrepreneur Cici Muldoon is air-cooled freshness personified, says Simon de Burton. Meeting Cici Muldoon: The Car Collector Cici Muldoon probably knows as much or more about the history, provenance and workings of old cars than anyone on the classic car...
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2 weeks ago | 
thetimes.com | Simon de Burton
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3 weeks ago | 
ft.com | Simon de Burton
Swiss timepiece sales might be on a downward spiral, but it seems there is still a healthy enthusiasm among teenagers to embark on...
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3 weeks ago | 
ft.com | Simon de Burton
What makes a watch industry veteran working for a luxury conglomerate ask for a step down the corporate ladder?
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3 weeks ago | 
ft.com | Simon de Burton
Patek Philippe’s release of the Cubitus model polarised the horological world in a way not seen since the launch of the Audemars Piguet...
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3 weeks ago | 
motorsportmagazine.com | Simon de Burton
Sold by Artcurial, £52,180Citroën’s solution to making a four-wheel-drive 2CV was simply to put one engine in the front and a second one in the back. Originally developed to explore for oil in the Sahara Desert, it was soon adopted by privateers who needed to negotiate tricky terrain and public agencies that needed a practical off-road vehicle. Just 693 were built during a six-year run from 1961, with this one rolling off the production line in Vigo, Spain.
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3 weeks ago | 
motorsportmagazine.com | Simon de Burton
This very early Porsche 911 2-litre might appear relatively ordinary at first glance. And it was, until 30 years into its life when the then-owner had it converted to race specification by top Porsche engineers Oliver Bienert and Manfred Rugen – under the watchful gaze of none other than rallying legend and erstwhile Porsche test driver Walter Röhrl.
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3 weeks ago | 
motorsportmagazine.com | Simon de Burton
Were this car a battle-hardened soldier, it would have been the type on which fortune inexplicably smiled, the type who could zig-zag through a minefield without setting anything off, or whose tin helmet would be just lightly grazed by a bullet. Why? Because, despite having spent most of its 56 years on track, it has emerged unscathed to present as possibly the most genuine, original and storied of the 16 T70 Mk3Bs to leave Lola’s Slough factory at the close of the ’60s.
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3 weeks ago | 
gq.com.tr | Simon de Burton
Dünyanın en pahalı saatiyle ya da tüm zamanların en yüksek fiyatlı saatleriyle ilgilenmek için illa bir rapçi ya da milyarder olmanıza gerek yok. Banka hesabımızda ne kadar para olursa olsun, hepimiz hayalimizdeki saate sahip olduğumuzu bir kez olsun düşündük. Para sorun olmasa en çok hangi modeli isteyeceğimizi hepimiz kendimize sormuşuzdur, değil mi? Ama zaman (bazen), çok büyük bir para demek!Dünyanın en pahalı saati hangisi?
