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, …
Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23, 1972) is a Brazilian racing driver who began his Formula One career in 1993 with Jordan Grand Prix, a team he raced for until 1996. His first Grand Prix podium came in his second season, one round before losing compatriot and mentor Ayrton Senna at the San Marino …
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE (born January 19, 1980) is a British racing driver and the 2009 Formula One World Champion. F1 Career and World Title Button’s Grand Prix career began with Williams in 2000, making him Britain’s youngest ever Formula One driver. By his second race, Button became the youngest driver to score …
B.R.M Chronographes was founded in 2003 by former racer Bernard Richards, and specializes in motorsport and golf watches. The following year, French watchmaker Jean-Paul Crabbe joined B.R.M (Bernard Richards Manufacture) Chronographes in what Richards declared to be “the greatest collaboration of my life”. Caterham F1 B.R.M Chronographes became the Official Watch Partner of the Caterham …
Meister Watches (MSTR Watches) was founded in 2009 by Kingson Tse and Ryan Pietersz. The independently owned and operated company is currently based out of Los Angeles, and has a focus on limited production timepieces. Designs are inspired from automotive, streetwear, video games, basketball, and music industries. Honda and the RB16 In 2022, MSTR released …
Seiko was founded in 1881 by Kintaro Hattori as a watch and jewelry shop called K. Hattori in Tokyo. Hattori started producing clocks under the company name Seikosha in 1892, and officially changed its trade mark to Seiko in 1924. In addition to being a household name today even amongst non-watch enthusiasts, Seiko has the …
Casio was founded in April of 1946 as Kashio Seisakujo by fabrication technology engineer Tadao Kashio. The Japanese company initially enjoyed early success with a cigarette-holding finger ring called the yubiwa pipe. The profits from this obscure non-electronic device allowed the Kashio brothers to develop calculators, which would go on to serve as a foundation …