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As a tribute to the automotive and watchmaking industries, L’Epée 1839 has unveiled Time Fast II. This creation featuring a smooth, mirror-like surface goes beyond the simple status of a mechanical demonstration to become a true work of art.
This model celebrates the Iconic Lines of 1960s racing cars. Renowned in the automotive industry for its ability to elevate car parts, chrome finds new expression in the skilled hands of L’Epée 1839, as it adorns the full bodywork, recalling the iconic lines of car models.
Time Fast II, built on an H-chassis in aluminum as the racing cars were then, offers a three-spoke steering wheel (that sets the time) and the spoked stainless wheels are meticulously crafted just like the originals. Their soft compound rubber tyres are filled with special foam to replicate the pressure of tires on their full-sized racing counterparts. The time displays (hours and minutes) of the Manufacture 8-day movement are on the dual air filters feeding the V8’s two banks of carburettors.
Under the driver’s helmet sits the perpetually animated 2.5 Hz escapement and turning the ignition key starts the pistons of the V8 engine moving realistically up and down.
And naturally, Time Fast II sports a functional manual gear stick that selects between winding the time movement, winding the piston automaton movement, and neutral. Winding is done by turning the rear wheels. Pushing Time Fast II backwards along a table to wind the two movements brings back childhood memories of playing with those toy cars that you pulled along to charge the spring before letting them fly across the room under their own steam.
August 24, 2023