RACEMATIC TJL 3 " Jacques LAFFITE "

The TJL 3 is the automatic version of the popular TJL 2 chronoquartz dedicated to Jacques LAFFITE. The watch is attached for this version to a particular moment in the history of Ligier, the "temporada 1979". This is the word used to describe the South American F1 "tour" that began its season in Argentina and then in Brazil. Ligier showed up in 1979 after a complicated season in 1978, with a new car, the JS11, which reset all the counters to zero: the JS11 abandoned the Matra V12 in favor of the more than proven Cosworth V8, and offered a chassis designed for optimal exploitation of the ground effect introduced by Lotus the previous year. And it was an "airplane": Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler dominated these two races, with 2 victories for Jacques and a 2nd place in Brazil for Patrick Depailler. The season was looking bright, but it would actually be complicated in its second part, due to limited budgetary means and a hang glider accident that would keep Depailler off the circuits. Laffite and Ligier, however, had demonstrated that year: French drivers and teams could dominate and win in F1. Both Alain Prost and Renault would illustrate this in the years that followed. < Diameter = 42.5 mm < Case thickness = 13.8 mm < MIYOTA caliber 9132 movement with power reserve and 24-hour counter < Grade 316 L stainless steel case < Screwed button < “Triple layer” technology dial < Sapphire crystal, scratch-resistant except by diamonds, anti-reflective treatment < Glass case back with sapphire crystal < Rotor decorated with Jacques Laffite's helmet < Waterproof 10 ATM < Limited series numbered on the back to 300 copies < Calfskin strap with folding clasp and quick-release system (except on Monthléry strap model) < 2-year international warranty < Assembled in Bordeaux - France