Archive 1938 Austin Seven Supercharged: The six-million dollar car When Herbert Austin converted his billiard room into a drawing office and tasked a young draughtsman from the ‘works’ to help design a small car, the result was the landmark… February 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision: Let us prey — Chopard Alpine Eagle Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele must be one of few car enthusiasts to have competed in every Mille Miglia since his firm became its official sponsor way back in 1988. As… February 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision: Gauge appropriate Allemano There’s no shortage of watch brands that have been set up to take advantage of the link between timekeeping and road vehicles, but seldom do they have a back story… January 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Lotus 47: Behind the mask It’s difficult to imagine a Lotus 47 ending up in a scrapyard nowadays, but that was allegedly where this one was saved from during the early 1970s, a time when… January 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive 1981 Laverda Jota 180: orange crush In 1976, Pete Davies won the Avon Roadrunner race series riding a bike that was virtually street-legal. The machine in question was the original Laverda Jota, a model developed by… January 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Classic car auctions 2020: look on the bright side Now that it’s time to wave good riddance to a true annus horribilis, it’s also a chance to dip in to the latest edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook,… January 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision Winter 2020: Forzo Regular readers of Motor Sport’s Precision page might recall a British brand called Geckota, which featured in the April 2020 issue. The Gloucestershire-based business grew out of eBay-founded trading platform… December 2020 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision 2020: Bremont IonBird Bremont has majored on pilot-themed watches since it was launched by aviation-mad brothers Giles and Nick English back in 2007, and fans of the British brand have proved especially keen… December 2020 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision Winter 2020: HERO-ERA Wristwatch We all know that cars and watches go together like a horse and carriage so it’s no surprise that classic rally organiser HERO- ERA is dipping a toe into the… December 2020 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision Winter 2020: Richard Mille RM 72-01 It’s probably fair to say that Richard Mille watches are something of an acquired taste. Indeed, when non-horophiles see one for the first time they invariably respond with a look… December 2020 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision Winter 2020: Vertex 75 It might be 81 years since the start of World War II, but it seems that time has done little to diminish the appeal of the classic military wristwatch. In a… December 2020 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision Winter 2020: Omologato Dakar Chronograph Until June 2015, no one had heard of Shami Kalra’s Omologato brand because it didn’t exist. But the designer’s decision to shift from making promotional goods for the motor sport… December 2020 Issue By Simon de Burton