Shopping for Men's Style: Watches and Auto Racing

If you are interested in auto races and watch-making, while going shopping for watches, pay your attention to watch brands that develop their timepieces in close collaboration with famous racing teams and producers of automobiles. Isn't it great to drive a car or support your favorite racing team with a watch designed the same way as a dashboard of a race car? Let us remember which watch-makers have managed to find partners in the world of racing and what watches have been born as the result. At your disposal there is a wide choice of car-themed watches.

Audemars Piguet and Seiko

In 2004 the Audemars Piguet manufacture announced the Columbian racer Yuan Pablo Montoyo of the BMW-Williams team to become its advertising ambassador and launched the chronograph with the same name. It was followed by Montoyo's decision to join McLaren Mercedes and Tag Heuer as the watch-maker's partner, the company which has long been the official timekeeper of Formula-1 since 1992.

Audemars Piguet asked the Brazilian Barrichello to fulfill the mission and in November, 2005 presented its chronograph Rubens Barrichello included into its collection called Royal Oak Offshore. The timepiece stirred the imagination of numerous collectors who hunted for the watch launched in the limited edition of 150 pieces.

The chronograph in white-black colors was designed in the way to make it resemble the car's dashboard, with colors of the Brazilian flag in the upper part of the dial and the red-blue initials RB in the lower part. However, the union of the Brazilian and Tag Heuer will not last for a long time, as Barrichello is going to join the Honda team which has signed a three-year agreement with Japanese corporation Seiko. The racer is to present
Seiko's Sportura collection.

Seiko timepieces were initially associated with the name of Takuma Sato, a famous Japanese racer. The partners joined their efforts in the quest for top quality and precision embodied by Seiko's quartz chronograph - Sportura BAR Honda. It measures time intervals with 1/5 of the second accuracy and is no more than 15 seconds slow a month. Unfortunately, Sato managed to gain just one point in racing competition of 2005.

TAG Heuer

McLaren Mercedes team's participants were much more successful - Montoyo rose to the forth place in the 2005' championship, having contributed to the prestige of its quartz chronographs Formula 1. Moreover, the brand has developed its TAG Heuer SLR chronograph to follow the steps of Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The dial's features will remind you an auto dashboard, with individual gauges for every function. There is the Mercedes star at the polished crown. If someone has become a lucky owner of Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, he is sure to be fascinated by the idea to own the TAG Heuer SLR chronograph.

Omega

The seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher may be rightfully considered to be the king of motor sports. You will notice an Omega Speedmaster watch at the champion's wrist. Michael Schumacher was honored to become Omega's prominent partner back in 1995. The firm partnership was prolonged in October, 2005. The limited edition of Omega watches was launched every time Schumacher was awarded the title of the champion.

To mark the collaboration which lasted for ten years, Omega commemorated the champion's name with presenting its Legend Collection which comprised three Speedmaster chronographs distinguished only by their color spectrum. Omega watch-makers have put an accent not upon the watches' design but maximum practicality.

Girard-Perregaux

Have you thought of Ferrari, the legendary name which leaves an impression of accelerated motor roaring? Girard-Perregaux became the very watch-making company that took the honor of developing timepieces featuring Ferrari's emblem. This union seemed just natural - Girard-Perregaux has operated under the watchful guidance of Luigi Macaluso, a passionate racer himself. One of the company's masterpieces is represented by Tribute to Enzo Ferrari tourbillon with three golden bridges with chronograph and perpetual calendar functions.

Replica Watches

If you are really attracted by the creations of the mentioned watch brands, but are reluctant to pay astonishing sums of money for the authentic watches, there is an alternative of acquiring qualitative replica watches. You may keep it a secret that you are wearing a replica watch as top quality replica watches are not really distinguishable from the original ones. You will enjoy wearing a watch of the same design, functions and prestigious brand name.

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