Be Bond for a day
Jaeger-LeCoultre is offering a select few an exclusive opportunity to push the Aston Martin DB9 to its limits on the track on September 11. This is no ordinary test drive. Guests will take on circuits including the Hill, where the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" was shot, at Millbrook in Bedfordshire.
This kind of track day is usually only available for serious Aston Martin buyers. But Brummell can open the doors for six guests to drive the DB9 themselves, then buckle up extra tight for a super-high-speed lap with an Aston Martin driver at the wheel.
The six lucky guests will be chosen in a prize draw at the Brummell/Jaeger-LeCoultre event on September 8. Only attendees can enter the draw.
The sports version of the DB9 is the DBS (pictured bottom right), prices starting from £165,000, which will be parked outside the Jaeger-LeCoultre boutique on the evening of the event. With its six litre V12 engine providing 510 break horse power, Ulrich Bez, the chief executive of Aston Martin calls it "explosive power in a black tie". Proud owners can impersonate the secret agent 007 by purchasing a Jaeger-LeCoultre Amvox2 chronograph that locks, unlocks and even starts the vehicle.
While the partnership between the car manufacturer and Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre goes back more than 70 years, their relationship has only borne horological fruit in recent years. The new Amvox3 Tourbillon GMT (pictured top right) combines the two companies' love for mechanical precision. Its engine is an automatic 988 tourbillon movement made from platinum and iridium, the densest non-toxic physical body currently machinable. This can be admired through the openworked dial.
The Amvox3 strikes a perfect balance between strength and performance. In making its ceramic case, Jaeger-LeCoultre's Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux opted for a cutting-edge process mixing zirconium and yttrium oxides treated at high pressure and temperature. This material is then ground in order to shape the case. The final stage uses special tools coated in diamond crystals and powders for polishing. The type of ceramic used by Jaeger-LeCoultre is as hard as titanium, as well as far lighter and twice as hard as steel.
The black hue of the case, the numerals and the dial echo the characteristic structure of car radiator grids, contrasting with the 18-carat pink gold of the polished crown. And just as car enthusiasts love to lift up the hood to admire the running of the engine, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s designers have fitted the case of the Amvox3 with a sapphire crystal case-back.
Like the exclusive cars, the watch is a limited edition of 300 pieces.
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