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Combine a prestigious Swiss watch company with the maker of exotic Italian super cars, make it limited edition, and you will get the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo. Cars and watches have always gone together and we have seen less eloquent pairings than this, but coming from Lamborghini, it is a surprise this watch is as understated as it is. In fact, this watch is relatively normal looking, but there is nothing normal about it. 85 Uniqueness The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo was created to commemorate a new series of races taking place around the world this year. This series will feature only Lamborghini cars and include six of the most legendary race tracks, *** it the most demanding single-make championship in the history of racing. There will only be 300 of the commemorative watches made available to the public, many of which have already been promised to the series' sponsors and drivers; getting your hands on one will be very difficult. Read more 75 Durability A watch like this is meant to be worn while racing and, as such, it is made from some of the strongest materials in the world. This includes a case made from DLC (diamond like coating) carbon over stainless steel, an NAC coated movement and our personal favorite, a strap made from Alcantara leather -- the very same material used to cover the Lamborghini’s seats. Since Blancpain has taken no real risks with the design of this chronograph, it runs little risk of fading out of style, which is more than we can say for many auto-inspired sport watches. We love the race-inspired red chrono pusher and skeletonized hands. The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo is a timeless sport chronograph that, while not the most interesting looking watch in the world, is more than competent. We suspect many collectors are already revving their engines to get one. Ben Clymer is the Executive Editor of Hodinkee.com, a daily blog of the most interesting watches in the world.

Dear All!I spent a day now at the Basel fair, after recovering from my Flyback excitement yesterday!I was most excited to see how many news they had. It seems that Marc Hayek could shed much fresh wind in the Blancpain ateliers. Generally, the finish of the movements has improved, on the collection Leman blued screws are now standard. Additionally, and many will cheer now, we'll getting more display backs!But let me start from the beginning. These are the most interesting and eye-catching news, more during the next days. I'll start with the Anniversary moonwatch and the Leman Collection of the more sporty watches:Celebration of 20 years moonphase watch from Blancpain1983 the first moonphase from Blancpain was presented, which started a complete boom for moonphase and which was a catalyst for the growing interest for mechanical watches. Blancpain's booth this year is stamped by this anniversary: 'Blancpain is now 20 years on the moon (I hope the Omega guys do not read this!)!'. The celebration moonphase watch, a limited 38mm Villeret (300 pieces, not a Leman but a Villeret) in red is presented on a moon landscapes:The watch comes in a moon landscape sculptured grayish box manufactured in Switzerland's last existing aluminum workshop. The box bears the number of the watch on the back:The watch itself is a gorgeous simple and elegant moonphase watch with display back and a very elaborated finish, not only the engraved moon face, but also the Geneva stripes, the heat-blued screws and the anglage is just a little bit more ornate than we are used from Blancpain. What a gem:The engraving is demonstrated by Mr. Huygenin, the man who also takes care of the minute repeating automaton watches. He is a self-employed engraver an jewellry designer. In the pic he is sitting on the left. In the middle you see Edmond Capt, master watchmaker and contructeur of the famous Piguet 1185 chronograph and the Valjoux 7750. He is now head of Piguet and Lemania:Sonneur de DianeNext impressive watch is the long awaited sonneur de diane, or Reveil, if you want to call it like this. A 40mm alarm watch with GMT function:The hammers are not knocking at the case, instead they are hitting an acoustic spring, just like a minute repeater. The alarm function is coupled to the 2nd timezone (displayed as the 'center time'). At 3 o'clock you find the reveil time, at 9 the 'home time' and at 6 the small seconds. Additionally it has a power reserve for the alarm function and an on/off display.The movement is a complete new construction. If take a close look you'll see that it has a free-sprung balance without regulator. The sound is most pleasant, but not too loud. The price is about 28.000CHF in red gold:Flyback RattrapanteNow, and this was a surprise for me: A new Flyback! Now we have a Flyback with Rattrapante in a slightly larger case, 40mm in steel:2100 Double DateNow also the 2100 series comes with a double date, and with a display back. It comes also in a military dial, but I have no pic here. Steel case, 38mm. You easily see the new finish.Well, that's it for today. I hope I was not to confusing. And sorry about the pics, the light is terrible there! Tomorrow I'll show you the novelties for the Le Brassus collection, and on Saturday the new Ladies watches!Hope you enjoyed this here very much! All the best from Basel,Magnus4/3/03