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232The prototype ‘P1’ John Surtees watch edition byScalfaro Watch Company, offered on behalf of theHenry Surtees Foundation,the watch to be launched later this year to commemorate the 50thAnniversary of the John Surtees’ victory in the 1964 Formula 1 WorldChampionship, making him the only man ever to have won worldchampionships on both two and four wheels. John Surtees OBEpartnered with Scalfaro Watch Company with the aim to create aclassic mechanical watch marrying history and achievement withmodern technology. After two years of intensive testing, the very firstprototype was approved by John Surtees and named “P1”. Havinggained some “patina” following John Surtees’ travels around theglobe, it is now updated and marked P1 and JS on the backside.This P1 Prototype is the original master model setting the aestheticaland technical standards for the John Surtees limited Edition of 300watches which will be launched in 2014. The “P1” represents a pieceof history;38mm case diameter, watch case included, coloured SCALFAROCeramic DNA Intarsia as well as original material off John Surtees’Championship 1960 MV Augusta and 1964 F1 Championship Ferrari158, finely decorated Swiss mechanical movement (Cal. ADK 147)incl. engraved rotor, off-shape bezel, sapphire crystal, see-throughcase back incl. written overview of John Surtees’ championship years,black Horween shell cordovan strap, elegant folding buckle, waterresistantto 50m (165ft).Estimate: Refer Department233 - 300No lotsJohn Surtees OBEBorn February 11, 1934, in Tatsfield, Surrey, John Surtees, OBE,is revered as one of Great Britain’s greatest-ever motor sportsmen.He amassed no fewer than eight World Champion titles, seven ontwo wheels in 350cc and 500cc motor-cycle racing and one on fourwheels for Ferrari in 1964 Formula 1. He then added the inauguralCanadian-American Challenge Cup (CanAm) Championship titledriving the Lola-Chevrolet T70 in 1966 that he had helped perfect, andhe went on to build and race his own Surtees-Ford Formula 1 cars,winning with them twice at Oulton Park, and taking both Formula 2and Formula 5000 titles as constructor and entrant.Riding most prominently MV-Agusta motorcycles, during the period1958-1960, John Surtees won 32 of 39 races and became the firstman to win the Senior TT on the Isle of Man three consecutive years.The adoring Italian tifosi nicknamed him figlio del vento (son of thewind), then simply Il Grande John – ‘John the Great’.He was also a formidable endurance racing driver, combininghis natural driving talent with rare mechanical understanding andsympathy. For Ferrari he won the Sebring 12-Hours plus multipleMonza and Nurburgring 1,000Kms races while also excelling forLotus, Cooper, Lola, Cooper-Maserati and Honda before going hisown way. During his remarkable racing career he won 290 of the 621races he entered and claimed a further 103 podium finishes before hisswansong appearance, in the 1972 Italian Grand Prix. Today he is oneof the most respected of all surviving road racing veterans –by anystandards a great British racing warrior.“A fine collector’s timepiece commemorating my career as the onlyWorld Champion on two and four wheels” John Surtees OBEAutomobilia | 59