Boat International – June 2017

http://www.boatinternational.com | June 2017

BOAT LIFE

T

he forthcoming America’s Cup, taking

place in Bermuda, has attracted the

involvement of no fewer than seven

watchmakers. The event overall is sponsored

by Louis Vuitton, while Omega supports

Emirates Team New Zealand and Ulysse

Nardin is the official watch supplier of the

Swedish team Artemis Racing. Panerai

sponsors the defending champions Oracle

Team USA and supports

SoftBank Team Japan, MAT

watches supplies Groupama

Team France, and Bremont

has created an entire line of

America’s Cup models.

Britain’s challenger, Land

Rover BAR, is being backed

by the decidedly Swiss Zenith brand, which

has equipped each crew member with

a special timepiece launched at the

Baselworld show in March. The catchily

named Zenith El Primero Sport Land Rover

BAR Team Edition is also being made

available to mere mortals at a price of £6,700

• in a limited edition of 250 examples. It’s a
  conventional chronograph with
  a tough ceramicised aluminium case that
  houses Zenith’s highly accurate El Primero
  movement. Since its launch in 1969, it has

remained the only mechanical chronograph

mechanism capable of recording elapsed

times to an accuracy of one tenth of a second.

The grey dial of the watch has a soft velvet

finish. The transparent case back carries the

Land Rover BAR logo and is water resistant

down to 200 metres. There’s also a rubber

strap coated with carbon fibre that lends

a nod to the boat’s high tech construction.

Zenith’s association with

Land Rover has resulted in

two other special models.

The first will be made in 1,000

examples and is dedicated

to the Range Rover SV

Autobiography, while the

second complements the

just-launched Range Rover Velar. These

El Primero chronographs are delivered in

presentation cases made from the same

gloss lacquered wood found on Range Rover

interiors and lined with a similar type of

leather as used for the cars’ upholstery. B

A strap coated

with carbon fibre

lends a nod to the

boat’s high tech

construction

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Brits go Swiss

The Land Rover BAR team aim to be El Primero,

says Simon de Burton, with a little help from Zenith

WATCHES

Annabel’s nightclub is decamping to Bermuda during the

America’s Cup. Luis Simoes, group beverage director,

has come up with three tongue-tingling cocktails. Just

stir, serve in an Old Fashioned glass and enjoy

ILLUSTRATION: PATRICK HRUBY

A Goslings Black

Seal Rum Boom

· 35ml Goslings

Black Seal rum

· 10ml yuzu juice

· 20ml lime juice

· 10ml gomme syrup

· 25ml grapefruit,

Riesling and Lillet

Blanc reduction

The Annabel’s

Rum Swizzle

· 35ml Goslings

Black Seal rum

· 25ml Herradura

Plata tequila

· 30ml Falernum

· 3 dashes Creole

bitters

· 15ml lime juice

· 10ml sugar

· 40ml Rooibos-infused

Absolut Elyx vodka

· 10ml Pisco

· 20ml saffron syrup

· 20ml lime juice

· 25ml Belsazar apricot vermouth

Annabel’s Vodka Cooler

aka the Land Rover BAR Buoy

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