L’Epée 1839 has taken its mechanical race automotive clock a step additional by including a cigar lighter.
Paying homage to the Bugatti Kind 35 the T35 Race Automobile Clock and Cigar Lighter not solely look nice but in addition tells the time and incorporates a detachable twin flame torch lighter that cleverly doubles because the engine block and resides within the engine bay, and may be popped out to mild your cigar by way of the automotive’s hand brake, when not in use.
Measuring 440 mm in size by 180 mm in width and 120 mm in top, and weighing virtually 10 kilos (9.92 lb) the aluminum, chrome steel, and nickel and palladium-plated brass automotive clock will impress whereas sitting in your desk, shelf, desk, bar, or show case.
Swiss clockmaker L’Epée 1839, which was acquired by LVMH in June of this 12 months, makes the wheel wound caliber 1855 MHD in-house. Nevertheless, the corporate doesn’t state who manufactures the refillable butane double torch lighter. The two.5Hz motion drives the hours and minutes show on the facet of the automotive and when absolutely wound the clock can run for 8-days.
Out there in 4 colours — French racing blue, British racing inexperienced, Obsidian black, and Rosso Corsa — every model is restricted to 100 items. The T35 Race Automobile Clock with Cigar Lighter shall be accessible starting October 2024 and can retail for CHF 35,000 (roughly $41,000). Be taught extra at L’Epée 1839.
Photographs by L’Epée 1839.
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