L’EPEE 1839 TIME FAST D8
WHEN 1950s RACE CARS MEET SWISS WATCHMAKING
L’Epée 1839 takes us behind the wheel of the Time Fast. This vintage-inspired race car and a modern clock in one is a kinetic sculpture that tells the time.
It was designed by Georg Foster, a promising young newcomer and major contributor to this second collaboration between ECAL (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne) and the Swiss manufacture.
Brand: L’EPEE 1839
Model: TIME FAST D8
Exclusive Limited Edition: Time Fast D8 is produced in a limited edition of 100 pieces per color (seven color versions available)
Design & Display:
- Hours and minutes display
- Inspired from 1950 Formula one racing cars
- Full bodywork in aluminum as in every racing car at the time, H-shape car frame
- Automotive laquers
- Blown glass dome to simulate the driver’s helmet
- 289 Components
- 38.5 cm long x 16 cm wide x 12 cm high
- Weight: 4.7 kg
- Tiered mechanical movement
- L’Epée 1839 1855 MHD in-house caliber
- Power reserve 8 days
- Nickel and palladium-plated brass, stainless steel,
- Blown glass dome
- Front and rear bodywork in aluminum
- Spoked rims in stainless steel
- Tires in hard-wearing rubberPolishing and sand-blasting, satin-finished parts
- Painted bodywork (Automotive paint)
- Construction and materials inspired from the Automotive
- Time set via counterclockwise rotation of the steering wheel
- The clock is wound using the rear wheels, carefully wind the movement like a pull-back toy car.
- Each color reminds a specific racing team / auto brand
$36,800
