Cuervo y Sobrinos was founded in 1882 by Spanish immigrant and jewellery store owner Ramón Fernández Cuervo in Havana, Cuba. After Cuervo’s death in 1907, his nephew D. Armando Fernández y Río began running the company. The brand continued to expand over the next several decades, and established facilities in Pforzheim, Germany and Paris, France. …
Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (born April 17, 1986) is a French and Swiss former Formula One driver with 10 podium finishes to his name. Perhaps ironically, he may be best known for his last F1 race at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. F1 Debut Grosjean’s Formula One career began in 2008 as a test driver …
Sarpaneva Watches was founded in Helsinki by Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva in 2003. Sarpaneva is a graduate of the Finnish School of Watchmaking, studied at the Swiss Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program (WOSTEP), and has worked for multiple watch brands including Piaget, Parmigiani, Vianney Halter, and Christophe Claret. Sarpaneva is also the founder …
Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri “Jacky” Ickx (born January 1, 1945) is a Belgian former Formula One driver who has 25 podium finishes including eight wins. Racing Career Ickx made his Formula One debut in 1967 driving a Cooper T81B-Maserati at Monza, and took his first Grand Prix win in 1968 with Scuderia Ferrari at …
Scalfaro is based in Neuhausen, Germany and was founded in 2001 by brothers Alexander Kuhnle and Dominik Kuhnle. The company name comes from the Italian word for “lighthouse”, and their watches are primarily inspired by motorsport and yachting. John Surtees Scalfaro worked with John Surtees, the only person to have won Grand Prix world titles …
John Norman Surtees CBE (February 11, 1934 – March 10, 2017) was an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer and Formula One driver. He remains the only person to have won premier class world championships on both two and four wheels, having won the F.I.M. 500cc Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix title in 1956, 1958, …
James Clark OBE (March 4, 1936 – April 7 1968) was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. Clark made his F1 debut in 1960 at the Dutch Grand Prix as a substitute for John Surtees who at the time was competing in the Isle of Man TT. In addition to …
James Simon Wallis Hunt (August 29, 1947 – June 15 1993) was a British racing driver and the 1976 Formula One World Champion. F1 Career Hunt began his Grand Prix racing career in 1973 when he competed in several races with Hesketh Racing, with two podium finishes at the Dutch Grand Prix and United States …
Franck Muller was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1991 and named after its founder. Muller enrolled in watchmaking school at the age of 15, and eventually graduated from the Ecole d’Horlogerie de Genève. By 1984, Muller was designing tourbillon watches. This was during a time when the complication was beyond most watchmakers which laid the …
Omologato is a British watch brand founded in 2015 by designer Shami Kalra and is based in Windsor, England. Inspired by cars and motorsport, the brand also has direct involvement in racing via their partnerships with racing series, teams, and circuits from around the world. Early Omologato Models Early timepieces included Grand Prix nods right …