The TTT KNIEVEL is a Swiss-made restricted version timepiece produced from Evel Knievel’s closing stunt bike, the “Shark Soar” XR750. Solely 736 items might be made.
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Robert Craig Knievel (1938 – 2007), recognized professionally as Evel Knievel, was an American bike daredevil who captivated audiences together with his death-defying stunts. Immortalised as “America’s Legendary Daredevil”, he additionally holds the Guinness World Document for essentially the most damaged bones in a lifetime (35) – having damaged each main bone in his physique besides his neck!
In January 1977, CBS approached the 38-year-old Knievel a few new stay, primetime occasion to be known as “Evel Knievel’s Dying Defiers”. The Shark Soar, by which he would try to leap over “the world’s largest indoor saltwater pool, stuffed with man-eating killer sharks” (because the press launch learn) was to be the primary occasion of the much-hyped pilot episode, and was to happen on the iconic Chicago Worldwide Amphitheatre. Solely hours earlier than the stay present, Evel made an unscheduled rehearsal leap within the empty enviornment. Clearing the pool with ease on his trusted Harley-Davidson XR750, Knievel misplaced management upon touchdown. He skidded off the ramp’s facet, inadvertently crashing by means of a retaining wall and right into a cameraman.
Evel and the cameraman had been rushed to the hospital, marking the one time one in every of Knievels’s stunts had injured a bystander. Ever the showman, Evel claimed the cameraman’s eyeball was gouged out, although he was in truth solely handled for minor accidents and shortly launched from care. Evel wasn’t as lucky, fracturing his collarbone and proper arm.
Evel by no means returned to the daredevil scene, and The Shark Soar in the end proved to be his closing, high-profile, nationally broadcast efficiency. The mission was made potential in collaboration with Kelly Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, who provided REC with the handlebar levers of the XR750 utilized by Evel Knievel through the Shark Soar, which have been repurposed into the KNIEVEL timepieces.
At center-stage, the star on the 12-o’clock dial marker is produced from reforged aluminium from the handlebar levers of Evel Knievels XR750 Shark Bike. Including each visible and historic depth to every watch, the recycled materials seems distinctive in each single TTT KNIEVEL timepiece. Because of the pure limitations of repurposing the unique supplies of the XR750 Shark Bike, the KNIEVEL timepieces are restricted to a grand whole of simply 736 items, and won’t be reproduced.
The TTT KNIEVEL incorporates a dial closely impressed by Knievel’s persona and look, whereas the case takes inspiration from the engine of the XR750 Shark Bike, this contains exhaust pipes and cylinder heads, the hidden star of the case is the in-house developed twin case building, permitting the person to change between RIDE and DRESS sporting mode utilizing the crown or bezel.
Discover extra info and pre-order with a 15% low cost at: www.recwatches.com/timepieces/ttt-knievel/
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