Gunther Philipp racing with his Speedmaster 2998-3...and more Motorsport pics

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Hey guys,

initially I was looking for a motorsport picture thread here, but looking for "speedmaster" and "racing" gives a lot of results, but not the ones I was looking for 😁

From time to time I am going through motorsport picture archives, looking for old pics with racers and their watches. Often you find drivers with Heuer or Enicar watches, but rarely seen with a Speedmaster (in my opinion!).

While browsing through the great archive of the Technical Museum in Vienna ( https://www.technischesmuseum.at/motorsport-in-oesterreich) I found some nice pics I would like to share. Most of the pics show Gunter Philipp with his Speedmaster 2998-3. Philipp was a well known actor in the German speaking region in the 50s-70s and, which was new to me, a succesfull GT racer in Austria.

Here are the pics I found:



The following pic is probably the best, to identy the watch as 2998-3. You can see the lollipop second hand, and the bezel seems to be a Black Tachy 500, better known as the classical DON.



And the last pic showing him 1970 as moderator...still wearing his Speedy:



Cheers Nico
 
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Wonderful. Very much appreciated!!!
 
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Have to admit it's the 250SWB that grabs my attention.. lovely pics
 
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Like I needed another reason to lust after the 2998!

A racing collection is a fantastic theme, although it would take some deep pockets. Those guys had great taste and a big budget. I recently learned about Jim Clark and his watches (he wore the Sherpa Guide you mentioned, among others like the Gallet Multichron.)

Really nice archive you shared. Thanks.
 
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In some of those images it almost seems as if ole Gunther was purposely staging the shots for watch geeks to notice and admire his time piece someday in the future 😁
 
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In some of those images it almost seems as if ole Gunther was purposely staging the shots for watch geeks to notice and admire his time piece someday in the future 😁

Agreed. He was totally an undercover Omega shill.
 
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That’s so cool, thanks for sharing! I have deep appreciation of anything related to car racing, so that one was a pleasure.
 
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Thanks for the pictures! In fact, I have never seen any pictures of the Speedy in her particular habit.
 
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Very very cool, thanks a lot. The right sport, with the right tool, exactly for what it has been designed for...
E x c e l l e n t pics

Pilots were so elegant at this time... Look at his gloves! His helmet!...
So nice b&w pics... Makes me think I must go back b&w
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By the way, old Gunter lived to be 85, putting to bed forever, hopefully, the issue about whether Radium watches will shorten your lifespan😀
 
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Great findings! Thanks much for sharing 👍
 
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Ah an info I forgot to add. The pics where all taken between 1962 and 65.