Peter: We create a limited “Healey” edition whenever Frederique Constant serves as chief sponsor of a Healey meeting. Aficionados can choose among several different variants and we limit each series to preserve its exclusivity. Of course, as a genuine goodie and eyecatcher, we deliver each watch together with a highquality miniature model of an AustinHealey motorcar in a wooden box. The Frederique Constant watch brand, which is strongly affiliated with automotive sport, found another interesting field of activity at international rallies. The Carrera Panamericana is one of the last remaining highspeed road races. Local police keep ordinary traffic and pedestrians safely off the roads while the vehicles traverse more than 3,000 kilometers across Mexico. Police cars actually accompany the roadsters over large stretches of the route. The Carrera Panamericana began in the 1950s. After the Mexican portion of the Panamericana highway was completed in 1950, the Mexican government organized a fiveday road race that spanned the entire country. The event was intended to attract international businesses to Mexico and to serve as an advertisement for the road, which was a masterpiece of engineering in its day. The racecars drove at a very fast pace along the route, which led almost entirely along the new highway that traverses the nation from north to south over a total distance of 3300 kilometers. The legendary race took place four times before it was ultimately called off. (1) Thanks to the efforts of a group of Americans and Mexicans who were united by their mutual enthusiasm for motor sports, the Carrera Panamericana celebrated its revival in 1988. The route was divided into “transit” and “speed” sections. The participating vehicles drove together with ordinary road traffic during the “transit” part of the race, when all participants were obliged to obey traffic laws. The rally's drivers were then permitted to put the pedal to the metal in the “speed” section of the race, for which Mexican police cleared individual stretches of roadway. The participants started at thirtysecond intervals and could really have fun. There's a theoretical speed limit of 144 mph or 232 kmh, but who would dare to drive so fast in a historical vehicle and on sometimes outrageously curvy roads? The fact remains that the Carrera Panamericana is one of the last remaining races where drivers are allowed to travel at such high speeds Ð and to do so under the watchful eye of the police! No Fields Found.