Maserati

The Maserati brothers founded their workshop in Bologna in 1914 and built racing cars that won the Targa Florio and the Indianapolis 500. The trident emblem comes from the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna.

The watches are a licensed line produced by Morellato Group in Italy, not by the carmaker. They draw openly on automotive design: tachymeter bezels, perforated leather straps recalling racing gloves, dashboard-style dials, and case shapes referencing grilles and instrument binnacles.

Movements are quartz and bought-in automatic. The appeal is the association and the styling rather than the mechanics.

Maserati holds 91 models, from £109 to £429. Half cost less than £209, and a quarter less than £179. 17 of 91 are automatic. Prices are checked nightly against the retailers’ own feeds.

1914

The Maserati brothers found their workshop in Bologna.

1926

The trident emblem first appears on a racing car.

2013

Morellato Group begins producing Maserati watches.