Douglas Grand Prix Professional Racing Watch – Veritas RSII Coupe Limited Edition
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This Douglas Grand Prix Professional racing watch features a grey sunray dial with BGW9 Super-LumiNova®, a highly legible arrow shaped second hand, a Hesalite glass and a stainless steel case water resistant to 100m.
This grey dial automatic racing watch - powered by the Japan made automatic movement Citizen/Miyota 8315 with a 60-hour power reserve (approx.) - is equipped with a choice of a two-piece black vegetable tanned Italian rally leather strap, or a 316L stainless steel beads-of-rice bracelet.
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VERITAS RSII COUPE 1964 - LIMITED EDITION CASEBACK
The Grand Prix Professional - Veritas RS II Coupe 1964 Limited Edition - is secured with a screw-down caseback and the first 964 pieces come with a limited edition caseback.
The special casebacks of these racing watches are individually numbered and feature, along with the technical markings, a deep engraving with enamel of the proverbial moto “THE PROOF IS IN THE DRIVING” and the Veritas RS II Coupe 1964.
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VERITAS: A LEGENDARY
GERMAN SPORTS CAR MANUFACTURER
Founded by Ernst Loof, Georg Meier and Lorenz Dietrich, Veritas was a West German post World War II sports and race car company, that ultimately found its way to the Nürburgring.
The first car was used in 1947 by its owner Karl Kling to win at Hockenheim and subsequently become the 1947 German 2-litre champion.
VERITAS RS II COUPE
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NÜRBURGRING 1964
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THE VERITAS RSII COUPE:
A ONE OFF MECHANICAL MASTERPIECE
In 1964, a wealthy American ordered a sporty light coupe, one of the 3 left Veritas RS Roadster chassis was put to good use. A new tubular frame and body work were designed.
The result? A one and only two-door two-seat coupe masterpiece equipped with a six-cylinder front engine and a sculptural aluminum bodywork. The Veritas RSII Coupe road performance and maximum speed of 175km/h were - for the era – whooping.
DOUGLAS GRAND PRIX PROFESSIONAL - VERITAS RSII 1964 - lIMITED EDITION OVERVIEW
• AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT
60h power reserve / Hacking-second / Quick date setting
• HESALITE GLASS
High impact resistance & transparency / Low reflection
• STAINLESS STEEL CASE
Ø 40MM / 316L stainless steel
• 3 CHOICES of STRAPS & Bracelet
Italian vegetable tanned leather strap / Rally Tropic rubber strap / Metal bracelet
• WATER-RESISTANCE
100M≈10ATM
• SWISS SUPER-LUMINOVA®
BGW9 Super-LumiNova® on all hands and indices
• UNI-DIRECTIONAL BEZEL
120 clicks / 60 graduations
• ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE
Hand-assembled / Regulated to ±15 seconds per day
• AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT
60h power reserve / Hacking-second / Quick date setting
• HESALITE GLASS
High impact resistance & transparency / Low reflection
• STAINLESS STEEL CASE
Ø 40MM / 316L stainless steel
• 3 CHOICES of STRAPS & Bracelet
Italian vegetable tanned leather strap / Rally Tropic rubber strap / Metal bracelet
• WATER-RESISTANCE
100M≈10ATM
• SWISS SUPER-LUMINOVA®
BGW9 Super-LumiNova® on all hands and indices
• UNI-DIRECTIONAL BEZEL
120 clicks / 60 graduations
• ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE
Hand-assembled / Regulated to ±15 seconds per day
GRAND PRIX PROFESSIONAL - VERITAS RSII 1964 - LIMITED EDITION OVERVIEW
• AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT
60h power reserve / Hacking-second
• SWISS SUPER-LUMINOVA®
BGW9 Super-LumiNova® on all hands & indices
• HESALITE GLASS
High impact resistance & transparency / Low reflection
• STAINLESS STEEL CASE
Ø 40MM / 316L stainless steel
• ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE
Hand-assembled / Regulated to ±15 seconds per day
• WATER-RESISTANCE
100M≈10ATM
• SCREW-DOWN CROWN
Fast & easy time setting / Water & dust resistance
• UNI-DIRECTIONAL BEZEL
120 clicks / 60 graduations
• 3 CHOICES OF STRAPS & BRACELET
Italian vegetable tanned leather strap / Rally Tropic rubber strap / Metal bracelet
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DEPENDABLE & SOLID RACING WATCH
• Tachymeter scale and rotating bezel to measure average speed and elapsed time
• Hand finished brushed 316L stainless steel case
• Glass box Hesalite glass
• Drilled lugs for easy strap changes
• Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100m
• Screw-down crown
AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT: JAPANESE RELIABILITY & QUALITY
Citizen / Miyota 8315 Automatic (Self-winding mechanical):
• 60 hours power-reserve
• Hacking-second
In-house modifications and operations:
• Disassembly of the date disk to make the movement "No date"
• Control and setting with a tolerance of ±15 seconds and a beat error of 0,6ms
TACHYMETER:
MEASURE AN AVERAGE SPEED
How to use the tachymeter to measure the average speed of a car between two points at 0km (A) and 1km (B)?
1. When the car passes the point A, start timing with the bezel by placing the 12:00 o'clock arrow of the bezel at the time the second hand is / was.
2. When the car passes the point B, read the elapsed time in seconds on the bezel. For instance, 20s.
3. Rotate back the bezel to 0 and read on the tachymeter scale the speed matching the elapsed time from step 2. For instance, if a car passed the point B at 20s you can read 180km/h on the tachymeter scale, so the car had an average speed of 180km/h between the point A and the point B.
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HESALITE GLASS: THE PRO’S CHOICE
From the 1960s and earlier, armed forces around the world along with NASA issued wrist-watches secured with Hesalite glasses to service men, pilots and astronauts. Why? Hesalite offers high transparency, strong impact resistance and do not shatter like glass or sapphire would.
To this day, above or under the ocean, in a cockpit, or even in space, the possibility of having tiny bits of glass floating around or having the face of the watch exposed to the elements is considered an unnecessary risk and a direct threat to mission success.
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ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE
Like Wolbrook and Douglas watches back in the 1960s, the Grand Prix racing watches are carefully assembled by professional and trained watchmakers in France, nearby Besançon.
The movements are customized – removal of the date disk in the case of the Grand Prix Professional - and regulated by our watchmakers.
THE GRAND PRIX PROFESSIONAL - VERITAS RS II COUPE 1964 - LIMITED EDITION IN "MM"
40mm diameter x 48mm lugs to lugs x 13mm thickness / 20mm lug width
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