Giuliano Mazzuoli, Creative Designer of prestigious fine Italian watches like the Manometro and other luxury objects of design, participated in the 2006 edition of the historic Mille Miglia rally race (www.millemiglia.org) with the Alfa Romeo 750 Competizione car from the Alfa Romeo historical museum. The car, created in 1955, is one of only two prototypes ever created for racing competitions within the 1500 cc sports category, a category that was very popular at the time. Because of the heavy workload of the Alfa Romeo factories during the 1950s, the small production contemplated for the car was never completed and the sports program behind it abandoned. It was a real shame because no other car in the Alfa Romeo line had an engine with the kind of capacity the 750 Competizione had. The power of the engine is nearly 100 horsepower per litre with a weight of only 690 kilograms. The gearbox was one of the first ever created with five gears (all synchronized).

The Mille Miglia rally race which began in Brescia on Thursday 11th May went to Rome and then back up to Brescia ending on Sunday 14th May. It is one of the most renowned historic automobile rally events in the world, drawing crowds at every leg of the 1000 mile (mille miglia) journey. The race takes participants through some of the most spectacular landscapes and historic towns of Italy. Giuliano Mazzuoli described his experience in the Mille Miglia as “an emotion that lasts 1000 miles.†The race passed through Mazzuoli’s home town of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and this was a particularly special moment for him perhaps as much as entering the breath-taking Piazza del Campo in Siena or the magnificent Piazza della Signoria in Florence.



Mazzuoli’s participation in the historic rally race with the rare Alfa Romeo car is a prelude to the launch later this year of a very exclusive watch tied to one of the brands of the FIAT Group (Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lancia). The much anticipated limited edition watch will be called ‘Contagiri’ and it combines complication, mechanics and Italian design. Mazzuoli, who transforms objects originally created for function, and not necessarily beauty, into what are considered by some to be works of art. This time he has used the revolution counter of the historic Alfa Romeo GTA sports cars he raced during the 1970s as his inspiration for the watch.

Source: Giuliano Mazzuoli

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