Eberhard & Co - The Gran Premio Nuvolari kicks off

The Gran Premio Nuvolari, a regularity race now in its 22nd edition, is being held these days. Eberhard & Co takes to the track once again as timekeeper and official partner to mark the times of the cars that will compete in one of the most important events in the world of historic car racing. This year's edition is a particularly heartfelt one: the parade of classic cars, which passes through the frames of the marvellous lands recently hit by the earthquake and now engaged in the difficult process of reconstruction, becomes in fact a symbolic ambassador of a message of trust and comfort for the populations of those areas. Among the more than 300 historic cars ready to do battle on an exciting route through the most picturesque historic centres of Northern and Central Italy, some seventy beautiful cars from the period before the Second World War stand out: a record presence that only the Mille Miglia could boast. Among the protagonists of the event are no less than 16 Eberhard crews: 4 foreign crews and 12 belonging to Classic Team Eberhard, the Mantua-based Scuderia founded by Corrado Corneliani, Ottaviano Checchi and Marco Gandino.

It is a strong bond that unites the Maison Eberhard & Co, which in 2012 marked the important milestone of 125 years since its foundation, and the prestigious classic car competition, a union that has lasted 21 years. And it is this strong affinity that has inspired the "Tazio Nuvolari" collection of chronographs, a tribute to the myth of the driver who went down in history as the Flying Mantuan: from the first chronograph that marked the beginning of this link, to the "Vanderbilt Cup", up to the "Grand Prix" limited edition in which tradition and innovation find their perfect fusion. Eberhard & Co, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great "Nivola", presents "Tazio Nuvolari Data": an automatic mechanical chronograph, with a sporty look, whose distinctive element lies in the date, being the first model in the Tazio Nuvolari collection to have a date display. On Sunday 23 September, in the splendid setting of Mantua's Teatro Bibiena, the Maison will award the 'Tazio Nuvolari' chronograph to the overall winning crew and two prestigious and exclusive silver cups to the best-placed Italian and foreign teams.

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