108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 428
Minerva Watch Co.Ferrari Duostop Post Berlin Amsterdam
A rare timing board for car races, equipped with two mono-pusher DuoStop stopwatches and another stopwatch (not capable of running) with original transport carton
Sold
estimated
1.200—1.800 €
Price realized
2.000 €
specific features
Case
Coated aluminium panel with three screwed-on metal mono-pusher stopwatches, diameter 51 mm each.
Dial
Enamel, outer 100 seconds scale, 30 minutes counter.
Movement
1/2 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, monometallic balance.
Diam.38 x 30 mm
Circa1960
Ctry.Switzerland
In the late 1950s and 1960s, Hanhart made a series of timepieces for the Ferrari factory team. There were four versions, the Two-Stop, the Duo-Stop, the Tri-Stop and the Addi-Stop. The special feature of the Duostops was the lever mechanism for starting, stopping and resetting the stopwatches.