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Ateliers deMonaco participates in Top Marques Monaco 2018

Ateliers deMonaco is delighted to participate in Top Marques Monaco 2018.

The latest novelties of the brand are presented for the first time this year in Monaco.

Feel free to visit www.topmarquesmonaco.com for more information about the event.

 

 

A distinguished partnership between Prato Automobiles & Ateliers deMonaco

Coming from two distinctive industries, Prato Automobiles and Ateliers deMonaco have yet many common values. Passion, design, performance, technology, innovation, craftsmanship and know-how are the shared values of this car manufacturer and this watch manufacture.

Prato automobiles

Car manufacturer stem from the passion of two men: Bruno Prata, automobile designer and Rodolphe Tousset, mechanical engineer. Both wanted to create a car with an aggressive and dynamic look and thus giving raw and pure sensations.

Ateliers deMonaco

Ateliers deMonaco is a watch manufacture issued of a watchmaker’s dream, Pim Koeslag, about creating its own tourbillon minute repeater movement. Founded in 2008, the brand counts today 6 in-house movements blending tradition and watch making know-how with technical innovation.

When the automobile industry meets the watchmaking industry

Prato Automobiles and Ateliers deMonaco have worked on a spectacular project which becomes today a reality.

After several years of research and development, the supercar called Orage from Prato Automobiles is born. This car is a pure marvel which offers to its driver an experience and pure, raw and dynamic driving sensations. Thus respects the core values of the car manufacturer. Concerning the technical aspect, three technologies are turning this car to an innovative concentrate:

  • World’s most powerful naturally aspirated V8 engine mounted in a production car with 900 hp
  • World’s first car to use full OLED technology for its optics
  • World’s first car to use aerospace electronics with sterling 24 carat gold connectors for full reliability in extreme conditions

 

The car is intrinsically linked to the watch Ateliers deMonaco Tourbillon Oculus 1297 ORAGE. Indeed, this timepiece is in actually the hypercar ORAGE’s key. An electronic chip is placed in the watch strap and allow the opening of the car.

The Tourbillon Oculus 1297 Orage watch is equipped with the patented Tourbillon XP1movement which had needed several years of research and development and presents the below technical specifications:

  • One of the most precise tourbillon movement in the world with a tolerance between 0 to 2 seconds per 24 hours.
  • A perfect tourbillon’s cage balance
  • A silicium escape wheel and lever
  • A 22 karats gold hand-engraved rotor.

The car and its watch will seduce their users. They both made of ultra-light carbon fiber and are limited to 19 pieces. In addition, the car chassis’ number is carved on the watch dial. The whole making a combo of sporty and refined design.

Ateliers deMonaco official sponsor of Top Cars Rally 2017, Barcelona, Spain

For the 3rd time, Ateliers deMonaco was the official sponsor of the Top Cars Rally. An intimate rally between car lovers and bon vivants.

This year, the race took place in Barcelona, Spain, passing by the Domaine de Verchant in Montpellier.

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Ateliers deMonaco co-sponsor of the Retrospective Ollon-Villars 2017, Switzerland

Ateliers deMonaco was delighted to be one of the sponsor of the Retrospective Ollon-Villars 2017 which is an international motor race that took place on August 26th and 27th in Switzerland.

The 7th edition of the Retrospective Ollon-Villars have gathered about 250 drivers in the heart of the vaudoises Alpes.

The amazed onlookers have had the chance to see collection’s cars like:

Sauber type C1, C2, C3, C6, C9, Tecno Formule 2, Abarth, Shelby, Ferrari, Pygmée, Porsche, Mc Laren, Lotus, March F1/F3, Matra F1, Brabham, F2 & F3, Cooper F1.

Sharing the same passion of the mechanics, precision and aesthetic, the cars lovers have had the opportunity to try the Ateliers deMonaco timepieces at the VIP corner.

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Ateliers deMonaco received the visit of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco during Top Marques Monaco 2017

Ateliers deMonaco was delighted to receive the visit of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco during the event
Top Marques Monaco 2017.

The 2017 Monaco’s motor-show hosted a record number of visitors with more than 45’000 people that visited the exhibition along the four days.

It was a pleasure for Ateliers deMonaco to present its latest horological creations to the Monaco’s lovers in an authentique atmosphere.

Top Marques Monaco 2017, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Pim Koeslag, CEO of Ateliers deMonaco

Feel free to visit www.topmarquesmonaco.com for more information about the event.

 

 

Top Cars Rally 2016

Since 2014, Ateliers deMonaco is delighted to be the official timekeeper of the Top Cars Rally.

The Top Cars Rally is a friendly gathering, only few crews participate and this makes the event very pleasant.

This year, the rally takes place from 11th October to 16th October. Fifteen teams will drive through Austria on board of luxurious cars. They will have the pleasure to drive on the famous circuit A1 ring, the official circuit of the Grand Prix of Austria.

Our master watchmaker and co-founder, Pim Koeslag, is part of the rally as a pilot and will have the pleasure to present Ateliers deMonaco timepieces to the participants during a nice diner in Vienna.

To know more about the race, please check out: http://www.sdf1.ch/TCR/