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In 1903, Alfred also ventured with timepieces<ref name=qpm>Foulkes, Nicholas. QP Magazine (2007). Mechanisms For the Modern (p. 61). UK: National Magazine Company Ltd.</ref> Dunhill were selling timepieces as early ago as 1903, explains Simon Critchell, the worldwide president of Dunhill. Typical of Alfred Dunhill’s ingenuity was the remarkable item known as Dunhill’s Speedograph. This highly specialised timekeeping instrument offered its user a | In 1903, Alfred also ventured with timepieces<ref name=qpm>Foulkes, Nicholas. QP Magazine (2007). Mechanisms For the Modern (p. 61). UK: National Magazine Company Ltd.</ref> Dunhill were selling timepieces as early ago as 1903, explains Simon Critchell, the worldwide president of Dunhill. Typical of Alfred Dunhill’s ingenuity was the remarkable item known as Dunhill’s Speedograph. This highly specialised timekeeping instrument offered its user a sophisticated flyback chronograph, the seconds hand of which made two revolutions per minute, thus enabling the user to count off fractions as small as a tenth of a second, while another feature enabled the user to read in miles per hour the speed of an object being timed. Such accuracy and functionality would be remarkable on a mechanical timepiece today... not least in 1903. See the full article here: [https://pipedia.org/images/a/a6/Mechanisms_for_the_Modern_Dunhill.pdf "Mechanisms For the Modern" - QP Magazine 2007].[[File:Wspipebanner.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Windshield Pipe - flyer]] | ||
[[File:WSpatent.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Wind-shield Patent]] | [[File:WSpatent.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Wind-shield Patent]] | ||
In 1904, another Dunhill's Motorities store is open on Conduit Street, N. 5. Also that same year, a department of wholesale and export was opened occupying two buildings on the Euston Road-359-361. | In 1904, another Dunhill's Motorities store is open on Conduit Street, N. 5. Also that same year, a department of wholesale and export was opened occupying two buildings on the Euston Road-359-361. | ||
<blockquote><q>In 1904, Dunhill's headquarters moved in a more fashionable direction along the Euston Road to an impressive corner site that incorporated showrooms, workshops and offices. Presumably it was where the chauffeurs and footmen came to try on their liveries.</q> Weird and wonderful - Telegraph by David Burgess-Wise | <blockquote><q>In 1904, Dunhill's headquarters moved in a more fashionable direction along the Euston Road to an impressive corner site that incorporated showrooms, workshops and offices. Presumably, it was where the chauffeurs and footmen came to try on their liveries.</q> Weird and wonderful - Telegraph by David Burgess-Wise on 16 Aug 2003.</blockquote> | ||
Still in 1904, after careful registration of patent, Alfred launches a pipe with a protective shield that aimed to combat the effects of the wind in open car - was the famous and iconic "Windshield Pipe". | Still in 1904, after careful registration of patent, Alfred launches a pipe with a protective shield that aimed to combat the effects of the wind in open car - was the famous and iconic "Windshield Pipe". | ||