At the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Montblanc was the event’s official timekeeper, and its automotive-inspired TimeWalker collection shared the spotlight with the cars on the hill. This retrospective photo report covers the Festival’s racing and display scenes alongside two TimeWalker chronographs introduced there.
What was the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2017?
The Festival was presented as an annual hill climb at the Goodwood Estate, bringing historic and modern motor-racing vehicles together with parades, historic-car exhibitions and manufacturer displays. Lord March established the event at Goodwood House in 1993.
The hill climb was central to the report: its images and descriptions range from early motorized vehicles to vintage Ferraris and cars that had raced at Le Mans. The varied field made the event more than a showcase for contemporary supercars.
Cars and displays in the report
A supercar parade featured Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Maserati, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Porsche and Pagani. Among the individual cars called out in a photo description was an Eagle E-Type Low Drag GT.
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What was Montblanc’s role at the Festival?
Montblanc served as the Festival’s official timekeeper in 2017. The report connects that role with the TimeWalker collection, whose design drew on automotive and racing themes. It traces the inspiration to old Minerva stopwatches used to time racing events and identifies Davide Cerrato as Montblanc’s Head of the Watch Division.
Which Montblanc watches were introduced?
The report focuses on two TimeWalker models presented at the event. Their details and prices below are those reported in 2017 by Monochrome Watches; the prices are historical figures, not current offers.
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| Model | Case and dial | Movement and complications | Edition | Price reported in 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TimeWalker Chronograph Automatic, red-gold version | 43 mm; red-gold version with brushed case, ceramic bezel and black dial | Automatic chronograph | Not stated in the 2017 report | $19,500 — Monochrome Watches, 2017 |
| TimeWalker ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph, black-DLC version | 44 mm; black-DLC version with black dial and red accents | Monopusher column-wheel chronograph, off-centred hours and minutes, and Montblanc Exo-Tourbillon regulator; black-plated movement | Limited to 100 pieces, according to the 2017 report | Around $52,000 — Monochrome Watches, 2017 |
How the two watches differ
The red-gold Chronograph Automatic pairs a conventional automatic chronograph with a ceramic bezel and brushed case. The black-DLC ExoTourbillon adds a monopusher column-wheel chronograph and an Exo-Tourbillon regulator, with off-centred hours and minutes. The report describes the latter as a 100-piece limited edition; it does not state an edition size for the red-gold model.
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This is historical event coverage of the 2017 Festival, not a guide to current event arrangements or a current watch catalogue. Its prices are figures printed by Monochrome Watches in 2017, not evidence of present-day pricing, stock or availability. It does not establish current ticket information or commercial programs.
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The report offers descriptive coverage of the cars and watches but no independently reported attendance, crowd-size or economic-impact statistics. It also does not provide a basis for treating either model as currently available.
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