Paul (1971 - left) and Tino (1975 - right) were both born in the Netherlands. After a relatively international education, having also gone to school in Singapore and the UK, Paul completed a study as civil aviator and Tino studied business management. In 1998 they founded the Classic Drivers Club, a club for members who were not in the posession of a classic car, having grown up amongst classic Alfa Romeo's and Bugatti's. In 2000 this grew into Classic Rally Events where the classic cars were put to good use offering tailormade company events. In 2003 the idea was born for a simple and affordable barchetta styled car, with the looks of a fifties racer but with the more reliable and readilly available technique of the early seventies. The HB Special is the result, and it made it's first public appearance on the RAI motorshow of 2007. To finance the project Paul and Tino introduced a small, limited and thus exclusive line of watches, the HB watch series. This series comprises of, up to date, the HB Benefactor, the HB Benefactor Nero, the HB Patron, and the HB Benefactor 2.
The Original Spirit - explained
The time when courtesy was a common good, when men held doors open for their female counterparts, when TV was still an amazement and not a necessity, when people knew their neighbours and spent evenings playing family games. The days when goods were mostly handmade and not mass-produced in some far corner of the globe. When the word of a man didn't have to be accompanied by a pile of legal papers. When bonuses were given for performance, not for a contractual agreement. When cars were cars, not merely a form of transportation and when roadside repairs were often succesfully done by the AA-service mechanic. When people understood that a slow dollar was always better than a quick buck. When going with an airliner was still an adventure. When there was always a place to park,..... for free. When racedrivers were put on a pedestal but also had a short life expectancy.
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