Thank you Jeff for the wonderful tribute.

Such sad news to hear the passing of Gianvittorio, for years I have been inspired by his
passion for racing inspired watches.

Despite not meeting GVM I was lucky enough to have exchanged many messages with him, the last as recently as last week.
We spoke about the mystery Sterling Moss unidentified Mono pusher.

He will be sorely missed.

RIP my friend.
Jason

: Today, we received the sad news that Gianvittorio Molteni has
: passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly. As I understand it, he
: had not been ill.

: Amazingly, his last posting on the International Vintage Heuer
: Owners Club, a few days ago, was about his pride that the new
: book "Time to Race", included three of GVM's watches.

: Here is what he posted -- "John Goldberger's beautiful book is
: for sale, there are several watches from my collection inside,
: but I'm especially proud of these three."

: Below, I am including the photos that Gianvittorio included in this
: last IVHOC posting, and I am also including two photos of GVM.

: On his Instagram account (BoldWatches), you can see that he posted
: as late as yesterday -- https://www.instagram.com/boldwatches/

: Gianvittorio was a huge contributor in the early days of our
: vintage Heuer community, and his discoveries of the racers
: wearing their chronographs were fantastic. He had incredible
: passion for the watches, the racers, music, cars and
: motorcycles, and his MoMo brand coffee, as well as design and
: style. Fueled by this pure passion for the watches, he had
: little tolerance for the speculators and investors. And, of
: course, he always pointed out that the true "Rindt"
: Autavia had the minutes bezel, rather than the "Hours"
: or the "Tachymeter". I believe that the Heuers were
: his first love, but Gianvittorio was also passionate about the
: Enicar chronographs and other watches worn by the racers. Jim
: Clark was a favorite driver; Lotus a favorite car.

: Of course, his friends should feel free to post photos or tributes,
: in the language of their own choosing.

: RIP GVM . . . you will be missed by the community of vintage watch
: enthusiasts.

: Jeff

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