Peter: A few years ago, we decided to expand our activities into the field of classic car rallies. Our first sponsorship was for the famous Peking to Paris rally (1). At the same time, we gave the name “Frederique Constant Vintage Rally” to our new collection of classic car watches. Our partnership with the Carrera Panamericana fosters this still relatively young collection of watches. In the future, we'll be part of other classiccar rallies and thus continue to actively promote our Frederique Constant Vintage Rally design. I'm convinced that classic cars and Frederique Constant go very well together. Our customers appreciate classical design, which equally distinguishes vintage motorcars and our wristwatches. Furthermore, automobiles and watches both reflect a passion for mechanisms, which is shared by men around the world. . The Peking to Paris rally is perhaps even a bit crazier and simultaneously also much more adventurous. The most recent repetition of this famous race occurred in 2010 and was aptly entitled “Peking to Paris Ð Driving the Impossible.” Its 107 participants and their historical vehicles attempted to travel a route from Peking, along the great Wall of China, through Inner Mongolia, the gobi Desert and Outer Mongolia, to Ulan Bator, through Kazakhstan to Tashkent, onward through Uzbekistan to Samarkand, from there to Turkmenistan, into Iran to Tabriz, into Turkey to Istanbul, then through greece, Italy and France to Paris. That's a total of 14360 kilometers or 8923 miles! The oldest automobile in the rally was built in 1922 and the most recent one was manufactured in 1954. Incidentally, the route followed the historical Silk Road so the drivers could enjoy their wellearned days off in fabled cities such as Almaty and Samarkand. This monster of a rally traces its historical roots to 1907, when it was first organized. The idea for the race was born when the Parisian daily newspaper “Le Matin” published a daring challenge on January 31, 1907. It read, “Now the task is to prove that a man with an automobile can do whatever he wants and drive wherever he wants. Would anyone accept the challenge of driving an automobile from Peking to Paris?” No fewer than ninety years passed before the second Peking to Paris rally took place. The next staging occurred in 2007 and the race will now be driven more often and more regularly. Incidentally, the next running of the rally is scheduled for 2013, when “Peking to Paris 2013 Ð Driving the Impossible” will, of course, begin in Peking. Other points along the way will include the great Wall of China, Inner Mongolia, the gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Khovd, Russia, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tyumen, Samara, Ukraine, Kiev, Poland, Krakow, Bratislava, Salzburg, gstaad, France and Paris. No Fields Found.