An Eberhard Tazio Nuvolari/31030, having minute and hour chr...

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£1,000 - £1,400

An Eberhard Tazio Nuvolari/31030, having minute and hour chronograph dials, tachometer scales to perimeter of dial for speed in miles and kilometres per hour in a steel case on a tan leather strap, caseback with screws and with perlage finishing, commemorative inscription 1892-1992, with original case, box and guarantee cards.

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari was an Italian racing driver, having first raced motorcycles until concentrating on sports cars and Grand Prix racing. Overall he won 70 races and was called "the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future" by Ferdinand Porsche. (C)