Following exquisite watches such as the Can-Am,
Ecurie Ecosse, 722, and Hesketh, the Maranello 1961 automatic movement hits all
the right notes. Designed as a tribute to all things great about Ferrari’s
motorsport history, the 45-mm diameter timepiece will be in Omologato's stock
in June 2017.
Other than himself, von Trips’ collision with Jim
Clark’s Lotus-Climax resulted in the death of 14 spectators. Hill kept the
Scuderia’s sporting spirit alight by scoring the most points in the 1961
season, thus becoming the first and only American-born driver to do so in F1.
Although American and a world champ, Mario Andretti was born in a Croatian
village that was then under Italian rule.
