Bugatti brand is founded by a French company Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S., which deals with motor industry and automobile production. Basically it constructs very expensive luxury cars.
Today the company is a part of a German concern Audi AG which is a part of Volkswagen Group.
Bugatti automobiles had a huge success in racing competitions and thousands of times let their drivers to get the first prizes.
The first lap brought to a small racing car Bugatti Type 10 the first four prizes. Bugatti Type 35 issued in 1924 is considered to be the most successful racing car of all the times/ It has more than 2000 prizes also it was keeping the first prize at Targa Florio Bugatti racing for many years.
Louis Alexandre Chiron was the driver of Bugatti racing car for many times. The car he was driving was called in honor of him Bugatti 18/3 Chiron. One of the latest huge racing achievements of Bugatti was the wing of Pierre Veyron and Jean Pierre Wimille at the Le Mans #39 racing. It was the time when they had only one car and minimal quantity of resources. Creative union of automaker company and watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier caused a new model? Based on non-traditional idea creation. The idea was to impart movement to a horizontal state. The first movement had to be spread through three plug-ins, placed along the horizontal axis. It was Bugatti Type 370 a which came as a result of Parmigiani Fleurier and Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. close collaboration. The collection of watches is designed with a reference to a car engine. The placement of movement's details is also done according to the scheme the details of engine are organized.
The lines of a case edges are look like a side rack and like an aerodynamic wing of a legendary racing car. An inside movement of Parmigiani Fleurier 370 supplied with manual winding is completely handmade. Two barrels are placed one by one and provide 10 days power reserve which is displayed on one graduated barrel. Bugatti Type 370 balance frequency rate is 21 600vph and the movement has 37 gems, which are responsible for the accuracy of the movement. Some wheels of the movement are look like the wheels of a car engine – it is the main particularity. Also there are some other particular things, the gear is made in a conic type as the conic differential in Bugatti engine is made.
The case, which size is 53 õ 32,7mm is made of gold and contain 8 parts which have 6 holes, covered by concave and salient sapphire crystals. Thanks to the crystals, gear wheels are well observed from different sides. The time is displayed at the front side of the dial which cam be made of black, red or gray gold. If a dial is made of gray gold rhodium coated, like bouchonne for example. The dial has flashing hour marks and Delta shape hands of Parmigiani design, which are also rhodium coated. Unusual way of time setting and movement rewind are also the main particularities of this model. At the back side of the watch winding crown and time setting crown are placed. The time setting crown makes an aluminum device and a device of dinamomether system move. Every model is supplied with a genuine leather strap Hermes of red or black color decorated by a folding buckle.
Bugatti automobiles lovers will surely appreciate new idea of Parmigiani Fleurier which reminds of a favorite car every time.
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