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A long-awaited return to beautiful Italian designs.
I’m admittedly a Porsche/form-follows-function kinda a guy, but this new[er] Ferrari model really grabbed my attention with its beautiful curves and retro design. Seems like Ferrari are doing a ‘Longines’, and digging deep into their back catalog for their new iterations. Not sure what the Ferrari faithful think, but I sure like it.
Wish panerai could do the same with their current offerings
Sadly, not. This was displayed at an amusement park, and I was stressed out to make sure I don’t lose a kid.
I recognized the Ferrariworld Amusement Park - and I've never even been to Abu Dhabi!
Mon ami, there is a Montblanc fountain pen that emulates this Ferrari's design...
Just so you know... It does cost a fortune though!
Not that good though.
The most disappointing part to me is that they used a small fountain pen nib. I'm not referring to the F/M/B size.
I'm saying the gold hood nib itself is rather small. Expensive fountain pens are characterized by one dominant factor.
The size of the gold nib itself (how big the piece of gold it is), and the diameter of the feed size (4mm/6mm/8mm/9mm).
Seems here that Montblanc used a very small gold nib, probably a 4mm to 6mm feed.
And it's just not a very special for the 25.000 Euros they want for this pen!
You wouldn't buy a chronograph for 25.000 Euro without a column wheel system.
I wouldn't buy a 100.000 Euro sports car without a double wishbone front suspension (although a lot of people who don't understand certain important aspects do this).
I find this pen to be a little strange because the price is not matched with the components.
Montblanc 4mm, 6mm, and 9mm feed from left to right. Notice the nibs go from regular sized, to large, to HUGE. A larger nib gives you a more flexible and bouncy writing experience. Thus, imagine the metal bodied pen, with its small and firm nib, if you were to write a long time with that and with short strokes, it'd feel tiresome and rough!
Great pic and great car
That being said, just the sight of the carbon front lip makes me nervous, even with nose lift it looks like a disaster waiting to happen!
Very sensual Ferrari 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻
The one difference with the watch world is that it has technically not progressed nearly as much as the automotive world in the last 50 years.
If the progress was comparable…
You would have mechanical watches with accuracy at a couple of microseconds off per day at a cost point of under US$1.000, with power reserves of 2 weeks or more 😉
The watch industry R&D is a microscopic fraction of the automotive R&D and as most watches beyond the quartz sphere are Veblenian goods performance doesn’t really matter, so…
The watch industry R&D is a microscopic fraction of the automotive R&D and as most watches beyond the quartz sphere are Veblenian goods performance doesn’t really matter, so…
My Longines MN re-issue has better material tech and performance than any Patek or vacheron from 30-40 years ago, and only cost me 1800 USD.
That’s progress from
R&D, if you ask me. Meanwhile, the progress from R&D has increased the asking price for new Porsche and Ferrari (also Veblen goods) by almost two fold in the last decade. Hard to call one success and another failure IMHO
R&D, if you ask me. Meanwhile, the progress from R&D has increased the asking price for new Porsche and Ferrari (also Veblen goods) by almost two fold in the last decade. Hard to call one success and another failure IMHO
You’re right 👍🏻
There’s a Veblen element in the automotive world as well. But like for like a modern car will have drastically raised its performance and efficiency. Even if one goes down the Porsche route a 25 or 30 year old would hardly know where the equivalent modern model went after a handful of corners. That’s not to say that there’s no charm or appeal to the vintage experience but the modern one happens at a much higher level of performance and efficiency (in spite of massively higher weight and size).
With the exception of restomods the use of engines over periods of decades would be practically impossible in the car world but is the standard in the watch one.
That’s all not to denigrate the one or the other industry - they are simply different and cater to a different need profile 😊
We probably agree more than we disagree.
But the same can be said about the ruggedness and reliability of a 2025 omega manual chrono caliber compared to a 1970’s lemania.
I also think we do 😊👍🏻
The only difference being the the watch manufacturers are still trying to flog us the old calibers that car manufacturers could probably no longer get away with 😉
I spotted one out and about earlier this year.
Castle Rock, CO. In person, perhaps the most mesmerizing car I have ever seen. I was on my way to a bible study. What a blessing to see this one in the real!
