Hunting Porsche’s greatest motor legends with Michael Schnabl

A fierce passion for special and rare Porsches, particularly exceptional early and racing-derived 911s, led Michael Schnabl to stand down from the family textiles business he helmed for 20 years and dedicate his professional life to the cars he fell for at the turn of the 2000s. Situated in a large and impressive renovated industrial building in Ammersee, between Munich and Starnberg, Motorlegenden specialises in the sourcing, acquisition, and sale of the rarest and most immaculate Porsches in the world.

A customised skeleton Rolex Daytona for Juan Pablo Montoya

It’s fair to say the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is a watch with which Juan Pablo Montoya is rather familiar. “I probably have about seven or eight of them,” he comments. “I won the Rolex 24 three times, and it’s a watch that really relates to all of my racing.” The modern-era racing legend’s interest was clearly piqued, then, when the independent Swiss watch customisation boutique Artisans de Genève presented the idea to build a skeleton version of the classic chronograph. 

Spearing towards the Spa Six Hours with Graf von Faber-Castell

It’s early on a Thursday morning in Stein, Germany, and what was looking like a beautiful day has all of a sudden turned rather grey and miserable. But a spot of rain won’t dampen our spirits – we’re heading on a road trip to the Spa Six Hours with the luxury writing instrument and leather goods brand Graf von Faber-Castell, which is making its first foray into the world of historic motorsport as the event’s title sponsor.

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