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Gran Turismo-inspired Bulgari watch includes in-game car

Just as the car industry has its fair share of ‘rock star’ designers, so does the world of watches – and one of the most admired is the effortlessly stylish…

Vertex celebrates 50 years of Caterham 7 with limited-edition watch

Don Cochrane hit on an unusual marketing method when he decided to re-establish the historic British watchmaker Vertex a whole century after it was set up in 1916 by his…

The V8 Vantage GT2 that returned Aston Martin Racing to serious competition

I shan’t forget the first time I clapped eyes on Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage in its 2005 launch year. It was at the Gaydon HQ and I was admiring one…

Vauxhall Lotus Carlton price tops £100k

1991 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton Sold by Historics, £111,524 If prices for fast Fords can hit six-figures, why shouldn’t it be the same for (very) fast Vauxhalls? This well-preserved Lotus Carlton…

Kork Ballington’s 250cc green giant

1979 Kawasaki KR250 Sold by Bonhams, £92,000 This was the machine on which South Africa’s Kork Ballington clocked up seven wins to help him secure the 1979 250cc world title.…

The V8 tiger: How Sunbeam earned its stripes

Always fancied a Shelby Cobra but never fancied the cost of purchasing one? If so, this competition-spec Sunbeam Tiger could offer a more affordable (and, dare we say) more imaginative…

Mechanical movement powers ode to Ferrari: Omolagato’s new Classic Timer watches

We’ve featured the watches of UK-based Omologato several times since the business was set up eight years ago by Shami Kalra, a car- and motor sport-loving graduate of the London…

Eight orange Aston Martins cross the block

2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Sold by Bonhams, £99,500 Some believe the V12 Vantage was the best modern-day Aston – especially, like this one, in manual. The car was still…

The best Ford Escort Mexico available on the planet

It’s an indisputable fact that the (now) classic cars we loved as kids are often the ones we want to own as adults, especially if we harbour fond memories of…

Precision Roundup Winter 2023

ROLEX To mark the 60th birthday of its celebrated Cosmograph Daytona driver’s chronograph, Rolex has given the latest versions (Oystersteel, above) a redesigned case, a metal edge around the Cerachrom…

Precision - Winter 2023

RICHARD MILLE A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit Richard Mille at his home in Brittany where, in a series of elegantly converted stables, he keeps one…

The playboy’s Ferrari that sold for £2.5m: auction results

1953 Ferrari 166 MM Spider Sold by Gooding & Company, £2.5m This spectacular Ferrari 166 was built for the celebrated Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa (who died in 1965 after crashing…

November 2023 Issue

By Simon de Burton