moment to avoid it, without incident. He laughed, and I realized he’d still been driving with caution to spare, just in case. There I thought we were right on The Edge, and yet he was holding back. Even at such impressive speed, his limits, and the limits of the Porsche, still had a way to go.
I was glad for his caution. I prefer to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow, but I also appreciate realizing just how far engineering and aerodynamic technology has come. In the case of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, it’s come very far indeed.
THE WATCH If you buy a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, you also qualify to buy the exclusive Porsche watch, which can be colour matched to your car and retails for $15,650. The watch case is constructed from lightweight titanium with a carbon-weave face, and it is handmade at Porsche’s own watch factory in Switzerland. There’s a matching watch available for all Porsche 911 variants that anyone can buy, but the GT3 RS watch will only be sold to original purchasers of a GT3 RS, and then to one successive buyer of the car if it’s resold. It offers a choice of three bezels: either a timer, a tachymeter, or a pulsometer, where the watch will show you your heartrate. A flyback function sends the second hand back to the top of the dial where it immediately continues timing, for uninterrupted intervals and lap times. The watch is fully automatic, with a winding rotor on the back that powers everything through kinetic energy. Whichever design of wheel you choose for your car can also be chosen as the winding rotor design for your watch. Similarly, the leather of the strap is made from the same leather used for the car’s seats, and can be colour matched to your own car right down to the stitching. “We have created over six million different combi- nations with all of the options you have to make it truly a unique personalized watch,” says Adam Ward, Business Development Manager for Porsche Design. So far, about three of every four car buyers opt for the watch as well, he says, and it’s especially popular as a gift from the owner’s partner.
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