FP Journe on Pole: [Rolex] Daytona, TAG Heuer, & JLC Amvox, For The Indy 500

Instagram: @tim_mosso @watchbox_global Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@the1916company/?sub_confirmation=1 Luxury watches and motorsports go together like rubber and tarmac. This morning, Tim Mosso greets Indy 500 race day with a front row from FP Journe, Rolex, TAG Heuer, and Jaeger LeCoultre. FP Journe Octa Automatique Reserve Sport Indy 500 leads the line as part of a 2012 limited series in blackened aluminum. The watch, a 99-piece FP Journe limited series, was created for Journe's friend and compatriot, French former F1 driver Jean Alesi, a contender for the 2012 Indy 500 with Lotus. The race effort didn't pan out, but both versions of this watch - especially the 29-piece "Lotus" dial with special signatures - are highly collectible to Journe connoisseurs. Significantly, these FP Journe Octa Sports are rare variants of the already scarce 2012-2014 Octa Sport watches crafted from aluminum. The Rolex Daytona needs no introduction to the world of motorsports, and Tim choses the white gold 16519 and 116519 in with sodalite dials. This scarce Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is a scintillating example of Rolex trying a truly different approach to styling a Cosmograph Daytona for avant-garde tastes. Both diamond dial Rolex Daytona "sodalite" chronographs and numeral-only models are increasing in value after long periods of being overlooked by watch buyers. Although associated with endurance racing more than Indy Car racing, the Rolex Daytona has earned