The Time Fast II by L’Epee 1839 is an automotive-inspired clock that is as much a precision timekeeper as it is a work of art. Its design is inspired by 1960s race cars with smooth, flowing curves, alluring aluminum bodywork, finished with silver chrome. Underpinning the build is a period-correct H-chassis, while carefully crafted functional details replicate the intricacies of a real automobile: a three-spoke steering wheel to set the time, moving pistons that imitate a V8 engine, and hour and minute displays that double as “air filters”.
The Time Fast II is a mechanical marvel, which delivers on both form and function. Winding this exquisite timepiece is a manual gear lever that switches between winding the time movement and winding the piston movement. And a perpetually animated 2.5 Hz escapement sits beneath a glass driver’s helmet. And like a child’s toy, the whole thing must be wound by pulling the car backward along a table.
Exquisitely designed and limited to just 99 pieces, the Time Fast II is a horological masterpiece.
