EBERHARD & CO. AND THE 100th TARGA FLORIO EDITION
may 5-8, 2016

EBERHARD & CO. AND THE 100th TARGA FLORIO EDITION

SPONSORING

PALERMO – MAY 5-8, 2016. THIS YEAR, ANOTHER MEMORABLE EVENT HAS BEEN ADDED TO EBERHARD & CO.’S RICH PROGRAMME OF SPONSORSHIPS IN THE WORLD OF VINTAGE CARS: THE RENOWNED TARGA FLORIO, WHICH HAS CELEBRATED ITS 100TH EDITION AND AT WHICH THE WATCHMAKER HAS BEEN THE OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER AND PRESENTED A CHRONOGRAPH ESPECIALLY CREATED FOR THE COMPETITORS IN THIS RACE.

SET UP IN 1906 THROUGH THE ENLIGHTENED GENIUS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF VINCENZO FLORIO – A HIGHLY CULTURED MAN ENAMOURED OF HIS NATIVE LAND – THE “WORLD’S OLDEST AND MOST FAMOUS” AUTOMOBILE RACE, AN ICON OF ITALY AND OF SICILY IN PARTICULAR, WHICH HAS LEFT ITS MARK ON THE HISTORY OF MOTOR SPORTS, LOOKED PROUDLY TOWARDS THE FUTURE THROUGH A FOUR-IN-ONE EVENT: TARGA FLORIO RALLY, TARGA FLORIO HISTORIC RALLY, TARGA FLORIO CLASSICA AND TARGA FLORIO HISTORIC SPEED.

IT HAS BEEN SET TO BE THE MOTOR RACING EVENT OF THE YEAR, BRINGING TOGETHER EXTREMELY VALUABLE CARS, GREAT CHAMPIONS, CREWS FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD, COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS. THE HISTORY OF THIS DISCIPLINE CAME TO LIFE AGAIN IN THE VERY PLACES WHERE IT WAS BORN, PASSING ON A CULTURE WHICH, BESIDES BEING ALL-ITALIAN, IS PART OF OUR GLOBAL HERITAGE. THE CARS AND THE STREETS WHICH SAW THE FEATS OF GREAT DRIVERS SUCH AS FANGIO, VARZI, NUVOLARI, MERZARIO AND VACCARELLA FEATURED ONCE AGAIN PROMINENTLY IN THE EVENT.

EBERHARD & CO. HAS COME UP WITH THE CHAMPION V TARGA FLORIO WATCH TO CELEBRATE THE RACE’S CENTENARY, A SPORTS CHRONOGRAPH THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS (1 PER CREW). ELEGANT, SOPHISTICATED AND SPORTY, CHAMPION V IS A MECHANICAL, SELF-WINDING CHRONOGRAPH WITH TWO COUNTERS, ONE FOR THE MINUTES AND ONE FOR THE HOURS, WHERE STYLE AND TECHNOLOGY MERGE IN A HIGHLY VERSATILE EQUILIBRIUM. THE DIAL OF THE SPECIAL EDITION TARGA FLORIO IS CUSTOMISED WITH THE LOGO OF THE 100TH EDITION AND ITS STYLE AND COLOURS ARE EVOCATIVE OF MOTOR RACES. WATERPROOF AT 50 M, IT HAS A 42.80 MM STEEL CASEBACK WITH CONVEX SAPPHIRE GLASS, A CASEBACK FIXED WITH 6 SCREWS AND ENHANCED BY POLISHED SATIN FINISHES, A STEEL BEZEL WITH A CIRCULAR ALUMINIUM INSERT THAT HAS BEEN TREATED WITH ANODIC OXIDATION AND IT COMES WITH A LEATHER STRAP WITH A CUSTOMISED “E&CO.” BUCKLE.

BESIDES THE RACE PARTICIPANTS, SOME CHAMPION V TARGA FLORIO CHRONOGRAPHS HAVE ALSO BEEN GIVEN TO SELECTED CELEBRITIES THAT HAVE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION TO BE PRESENT AT THE ANNIVERSARY.
THE TARGA FLORIO CLASSIC WINNERS ARE GIOVANNI MOCERI AND DANIELE BONETTI ON FIAT 508 C (1939), FOLLOWED BY ANDREA VESCO AND ANDREA GUERINI ON FIAT 508 S BALILLA SPORT (1934). MARIO PASSANANTE AND ANNA MARIA PISCIOTTA RANKED THIRD ON THEIR FIAT 1100 103 E/ 1955 AND ON THE FOURTH POSITION WE FIND FRANCESCO AND GIUSEPPE DI PIETRA ON FIAT 508 C (1938), THE TWO PILOTS OF THE CLASSICTEAM EBERHARD, THE SCUDERIA THAT THE MAISON SUPPORTS IN ALL THE VINTAGE CAR RACES AND EXHIBITIONS.