Junghans Meister Driver Handaufzug

The early years of modern motoring a time of great technological pioneers.

Junghans meister driver handaufzug. This not only gave rise to numerous car clocks but also pioneering patents and products such as the car speed measuring device of 1905 or in 1924 the viadicator a predecessor of the blinker. Junghans isn t the first brand to spring to mind when considering horology s ties to the automotive world. Given the brand s early associations with the automotive industry the junghans meister driver handaufzug is a continuing tradition of junghans watches inspired by those motoring days. Arthur junghans was fascinated by watches and cars as were his sons.

Like no other watch the meister driver combines the distinctive charm of these automobiles with our passion for mechanical timepieces. Junghans meister driver handaufzug. Junghans maybach und daimler eine tiefe freundschaft. Meister driver handaufzug.

With baselworld 2016 right around the corner junghans has just announced its brand new meister driver handaufzug series built around two watches that pull their aesthetic influence from automotive history. Like the meister hand winding dress watch the meister driver handaufzug has a hand wound j815 1 movement based on the eta 7001 peseux calibre. As with the historic meister watches of the 1930s 1960s the meister driver is equipped with domed hard plexiglas. Jahrhunderts war autofahren keine selbstverständlichkeit sondern ein abenteuer.

This not only has a historic background but also offers the aesthetic advantage of optimal legibility due to minimised refraction. After the junghans meister driver handaufzug the german based brand now introduces the junghans meister driver chronoscope in three variations. Geschichte ein spannendes stück automobilgeschichte. Kleine sekunde meister driver chronoscope.

Not only does the meister driver display the time it also evokes an entire era. The new meister driver handaufzug from junghans was inspired to classic cars of the 1930s and in particular to the maybach ds 8 zeppelin built in 1932. Combining bang for buck watchmaking with some proper heritage we wanted to go hands on with this baselworld 2016 novelty. Junghans had some very influential friends in the early automotive industry think gottlieb daimler and wilhelm maybach for instance so it is a logical step to name a collection the meister driver.