NEW TT- 58

A golden age for British motorsport

The TT58 not only embodies a Time and Place, but a proud celebration of British motor racing. Britain has a rich unrivalled motorsport pedigree which is just as vibrant and successful today as it was when we pioneered it. The sport courses through our veins and our senses are overwhelmed by the thrill and danger of life on the edge: man vs machine. This classic Zero West timepiece has strong minimalist lines, an instrument inspired motorsport dial, smooth case and mirror-polished DSL lugs. TT-58 is British designed and engineered and born out of our great British motorsport heritage.

The watch is powered by the stellar Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement thus ensuring it never misses a beat and is fitted with a ZW handmade strap in British racing green with vintage contrasting stitching and an engraved polished buckle. (Alternative colour straps available)

£2,200.00

Technical

Design Attributes

Latitude and Longitude reference Goodwood motor circuit
Date code references the Tourist Trophy event
Dial design takes design ques from the time
Watch back engraved with a spoked DR1 wheel design

Case

44mm diameter, brushed 316L stainless steel body
Match machined, polished, 316L stainless steel DSL lugs
22mm lug width
Weight 100g including strap

Main Crown

Screw lock & sprung 316L stainless steel with matt silver knurling and triple seal technology

Crystal

Custom double curved domed sapphire glass with blue AR coating on the internal surface

Movement

ETA 2824
28,800vph
25 jewels
Self-winding ball bearing rotor
Date function
Power reserve ~38 hours
Water resistance: 10ATM (100m) 100% tested

Dial

Black enamel dial with gloss white raised markers and 12 O’clock disc

Hands

Skeletonised drilled matt white hour

and minute hand
Sweep hand in gloss white

Dimensions

44mm diameter
14.1mm thick
22mm lug width
49.6mm lug to lug pin spacing

Strap

22/22mm Custom handmade leather strap
Single wide sliding keeper loop
Matt 316L stainless steel buckle with engraved ZW logo
180mm – 220mm wrist circumference

THE BEST OF TIMES FOR BRITISH MOTORSPORT

THE RACE

THE DRIVERS

THE CAR

THE RACE

The sixth and final round of prestigious Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy held in West Sussex was the pinnacle of endurance motor racing and drew entrants from around the world. At 14:00 the Union Jack fell to signal the start of the 4-hour endurance race and the eager drivers dashed Le Mans style to their cars. The Astons were dominant from the start and soon established an unassailable lead up against Porsche, Jaguar D-Type, Lotus and A.C-Bristol to name a few. The race was frantic and saw some accidents and mechanical failures. Multiple pit stops ensued but the David Brown Aston Martins finished 1-2-3, separated by only a few seconds and having covered 148 laps at an average speed of 88.324mph, a full four laps ahead of the fourth placed Porsche.

THE DRIVERS

The winning drivers on that day were Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks. Brooks was born in 1932 and known as the “racing dentist” because as well as racing cars he trained at his father’s dental practice. He competitively raced both sports and F1 cars between 1956 and 1961 driving for Vanwall, BRM, Ferrari and Aston Martin amongst others. Moss was born in 1927 and described by many as “the greatest driver never to win the World Championship”. He drove competitively for ten years between 1951 and 1961 in both sports and F1 cars racing for Mercedes, Maserati, Vanwall, Aston Martin and Lotus to name a few. He notably won the 1955 Italian Mille Miglia 1000-mile road race in a magnesium alloy bodied Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. That drive was described as the “most iconic single day’s drive in motor racing history”.

THE CAR

The winning Aston in the 1958 TT driven by Moss/Brooks was chassis #2 which was originally designed in 1956 by Ted Cutting and his team. It featured a multi-tubular space frame chassis, advanced front and rear suspension and a lightweight 20-gauge aluminium and magnesium alloy body shell. The shape was sleek and had distinctive vents on the side, a design feature that would become standard on many future Astons. The car was designed primarily for sports and endurance racing and though between 1956 and 1959 had many different engine configurations, the DBR1 would go on to became one of the most icon sports car of all time.

TIME: 13/09/1958 – PLACE: 50.8591°N 0.7530°W