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Eberhard. An 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with black dial
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Eberhard. An 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with black dial

SIGNED EBERHARD & CO., TAZIO NUVOLARI 1892 - 1992 EDITION, NO. 6050054-131, CASE NOS. 30047/C AND 108, MANUFACTURED IN 1991

Closed15 November 2010

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Eberhard. An 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with black dial
Signed Eberhard & Co., Tazio Nuvolari 1892 - 1992 edition, No. 6050054-131, case nos. 30047/C and 108, manufactured in 1991
Cal. ETA 7750 nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, black dial, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous hands, recessed outer ring for 1/5th seconds divisions, two engine-turned subsidiary dials for 30 minutes and 12 hours registers, applied small turtle emblem with initials TN for Tazio Nuvolari at nine o'clock, circular case, oeil-de-perdrix decorated bezel calibrated for miles per hour, facetted lugs, back secured by eight screws and centred by the engraved facsimile signature, turtle symbol and initials TN of the Italian racing car driver Tazio Nuvolari, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, gilt Eberhard & Co. buckle, case, dial and movement signed
39.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Eberhard & Co.i the present watch was manufactured in 1991.

Designed to reference the dashboard of racing cars, the present model was dedicated to the famed Italian car racing driver Tazio Nuvolari. His facsimile signature is engraved to the case back.

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (1892-1953) was an Italian motorcycle and race car driver, known as Il Mantovano Volante (The Flying Mantuan). Dr Ferdinand Porsche purportedly called Nuvolari "The greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future."