Rally Reward: The Austin-Healey Rolex
Words by: JPS for duncan quinn
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We love cool vintage watches as much as cool vintage cars. So when the two come together we feel it’s worth a squib.
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Healey was a Royal Flying Corps pilot in WWI, and started racing cars in the early 1920s and ‘30s, winning seven Glacier Cups in the legendary Alpine Trials. At the time he worked for Triumph and designed the beautiful supercharged Triumph Dolomite, which he then drove in the Alpine Trial of 1936. The Rolex was a “reward to himself” for his rallying success, according to his grandson, Peter Healey. In 1945, Donald founded his own company building Healey cars, creating the Austin-Healey in the 1950s and the Jensen-Healey in the ‘70s. As a memento of the man who did so much for British motoring his Rolex is well worth a bid. |