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  1. At a conservative estimate, the timepieces’ design, engineering, sculptures, miniature painting, marquetry, bespoke movements and cases took a total of 3,000 hours to complete.

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  2. The timepieces created for Boat Tail have specially-designed 18K white gold cases and feature matching front dials. The gentleman’s timepiece is highly polished; the lady’s is ornately engraved then filled with blue lacquer.

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  3. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Swiss master watchmakers, BOVET 1822, have created a pair of unique timepieces for Boat Tail and its owners. Made as a pair - they are reversible, and housed in BOVET 1822's patented Amadeo case

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  4. Employing age-old individual hand skills and craft, a living canvas is created from metal – honing and optimising the aluminium body, creating a clarity of surface and continuation of line that is unable to be achieved by machine.

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  5. The manual techniques of coachbuilding offer new realms of design opportunity. The discovery of the form is enabled with a full-sized sculpture in clay, allowing hand-crafted manipulation of the expansive surfaces to perfect its shape.

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  6. The fascia is purposefully reduced to provide a modern aesthetic. This minimalist canvas accentuates the jewel like features of the completely unique BOVET 1822 timepieces specifically commissioned by the client for Boat Tail

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  7. The interior leather reflects the bonnet’s gradient colour tone transition, with the front seats swathed in the darker blue hue, recognising Boat Tail’s driver focused intent, while the rear seats are finished in the lighter tone.

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  8. A hand-painted, gradated bonnet, a first for Rolls-Royce, rises from a comparatively subdued deeper blue which cascades onto the grille, providing a progressive but informal aesthetic and a solidity of overall volume when viewed from the front.

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  9. A strong horizontal graphic with deep-set daytime running lights forms Boat Tail’s intense brow line and frames classical round headlamps, a design feature recalled from the design archives of Rolls-Royce.

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  10. The veneer treatment extends to Boat Tail’s bold truncated rear end; a subtle reference to the hull lines of classic boat tail bodies.

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  11. A specially-adapted wood veneer was used for Boat Tail’s Aft Deck. Typical of motor car interiors, the material was made suitable for the exterior in a feat of engineering mastery.

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  12. It is the rear where Boat Tail’s nautical references become most apparent; its Aft Deck is inspired by the pinstriped sterns of classic wood-built yachts.

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  13. In profile, Boat Tail’s nautical references are very suggestive. A wrap-around windscreen recalls the visor on motor launches, while the tapered rear evokes a motor launch rising out of the water under power.

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  14. The telescopic movement of Boat Tail’s parasol opens the beautiful canopy inversely, ensuring effortless deployment.

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  15. Boat Tail houses a unique parasol in anticipation of fine weather – a delightful design twist on the classic Rolls-Royce umbrellas, which were created in anticipation of poor weather.

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  16. The commissioning clients favourite vintages of Armand de Brignac champagne are housed in Boat Tail’s bottle cradles, which have been colour matched to the bottle.

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  17. Boat Tail’s Hosting Suite includes the perfect accoutrements for a true Rolls-Royce al fresco dining experience.

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  18. Boat Tail challenges the notion of what a motor car is. It is not just the method to reach a destination, but the destination itself.

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  19. From initial sketch to finishing touches, a Coachbuild commission is realised in true partnership.

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  20. Boat Tail’s minimalist fascia accentuates the jewel like features of the completely unique timepieces and instrument panel dials adorned with Guilloché – a technique perfected in workshops of fine jewellers and watchmakers.

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