1927 Mercedes-Benz 680 S Torpedo Roadster by Saoutchik

1927 Mercedes-Benz 680 S in The Baroness and the Butler, Movie, 1938

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
antp ◊ 2017-05-03 17:50	Also seen here:
fortengo ◊ 2017-05-03 21:54	1927-28 680 S Torpedo Roadster by Saoutchik, I think.
andrepa ◊ 2019-11-06 13:57
Commander 57 ◊ 2019-11-06 14:47	Did not realize they had trip odometers that far back. Wonder what was the first car to feature them?
andrepa ◊ 2019-11-07 00:09	Right now i only can say Otto Schulze invented the odometer in 1902 Link to "www.t-online.de" here a 1925 model with trip odometer Link to "de.wikipedia.org"
Commander 57 ◊ 2019-11-07 14:32	Thanks for that post. Yes, I knew the odometer was older, but a separate trip odometer I had thought was much more recent.
andrepa ◊ 2019-11-09 02:31	Wonder, who made it? The watch is a 'Junghans' Link to "en.wheelsage.org" and now something astonishing: in 2016 Junghans anounced a watch celebrating the introduction of trip odometer in the 30ies. Link to "www.junghans.de" But it has to be VDO predecessor DEUTA ~ 1925 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDO_Automotive