As the new season of the professional tennis tour gets underway in Australia, Maurice de Mauriac and Racquet are proud to introduce the fourth edition of the Rallymaster. A tennis-themed wristwatch collaboration that is being launched in Melbourne on January 15th. After a first instalment in 2022, a follow-up in 2023 and a third chapter in 2024. This year’s iteration explores darker and electrifying night sessions of modern championship tennis.
MAURICE DE MAURIAC: THE RALLYMASTER IV
Meanwhile, each timepiece of the series evokes one of the major tournaments. Following the dusty Parisian terre battue. Blue American hardcourts and green British grass, the Rallymaster IV features an all black outlook. Combining a black PVD steel case and a grained black dial with a kaleidoscopic small seconds subdial in three neon hues. The Rallymaster IV‘s design frames classic vintage details within a modern tennis-world lens. Drawing inspiration from the uniquely graphic dials of chronographs from the ‘60s & ‘70s, the fourth edition however feels more ‘rebellious’. With its black outfit and the Australian courts are a perfect setting to showcase contemporary tennis outerwear.
THE TENNIS’S TRADITION
Australia has a longstanding tennis tradition and hosts one of the four Grand Slam tournaments. And it is on the eve of the first major of the year that the new Maurice de Mauriac x Racquet Rallymaster IV collaborative timepiece is being unveiled with a launch party at the Time+Tide Watch Discovery Studio in Melbourne.
THE DESIGNER: CARLTON DEWOODY
Naturally, the Rallymaster series is authored by Carlton DeWoody, a California-based designer and avid watch collector. “For the final edition, we really wanted to flex the versatility of the platform and show how different the watch could look and feel. The black and neon challenges traditional tennis archetype in much of the same way that Maurice de Mauriac and Racquet challenge the status quo.”, he says. Maurice de Mauriac and Racquet connected with DeWoody because the designer’s passion for tennis. And knowledge of vintage timepieces made him the ideal collaborator for the project. “I aimed to bridge past and present, reinterpreting classic design with a contemporary lens.”, DeWoody explains.
The Rallymaster IV is a limited edition of 100 pieces.
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