Limited to 508 pieces

DNA Edition – Collectors Page 956-106B Richard Lloyd Racing

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Made from the 1984 Porsche 956-106B, a revolutionary car in endurance racing history.

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2,995.00 USD

Limited to 508 pieces

DNA Edition – Collectors Page 956-106B Richard Lloyd Racing

2,995.00 USD

USD EUR GBP DKK

Made from the 1984 Porsche 956-106B, a revolutionary car in endurance racing history.

Select Serial Number 1-10.
Delivery from June 2026.

This is a Pre-order item. Read More
Free shipping. 3-year warranty. 30-day return. Read More
Split your payment into up to 12 interest-free installments via Split-it. Read More
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Project 956-106B

DNA Edition

Collectors Page

The 956-106B Series is a limited DNA-Edition, Swiss-made mono-pusher chronograph featuring a subdial crafted from the repurposed brake discs of Porsche 956 chassis no. 106B.

Originally built for Richard Lloyd’s GTi Engineering, the car was re-engineered with a honeycomb monocoque to challenge Porsche’s factory dominance. As 956-106 “B”, it placed 2nd at Le Mans 1985 before a crash at Spa — where driver Jonathan Palmer credited the chassis for saving his life.

Available in two liveries, this timepiece fuses motorsport heritage with Swiss precision, honoring a machine that defined an era.

Specifications

Dimensions

Case diameter: 41,00mm
Opening diameter: 34,00mm
Lug-to-lug: 49,50mm
Height: 13,60mm

Movement

Calibre name: Sellita SW562 MP
Calibre type: Cam operated chronograph, Automatic, Swiss Made
Custom rotor
Power reserve: 62 Hours
Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
Jewels: 29
Accuracy: ±15 seconds per day
Functions: Hours and minutes display in the center, small second at 6 o’clock.
Chronograph counters: 60s and 30 min.
Automatic & manual winding

Features

Chronograph 30 min. counter made from salvaged chassis #106B clutch disc
316L stainless steel case with skeletonized lugs
Double domed Sapphire crystal w. 3 layers anti-reflect coating
Exhibition caseback w. custom rotor
Swiss Super-Luminova X1 on hands and indices
Rubber strap with Quick-release system, 20mm width
Water resistance 5 ATM, 50 meters

Materials

Case, crown, pushers & clasp: 316L Stainless steel
Top glass: Sapphire crystal w. 3xAR Coating
Strap: FKM rubber strap, single injection

Strap dimensions

Width at lugs: 20,00mm
Width at clasp: 18,00mm
Strap length: 122mm/92mm

Legal disclaimer

REC Watches and its products are not in any way associated or supported by Porsche AG or any of its affiliates.

The Blueprint of Modern Endurance Racing

The Porsche 956

When Porsche revealed the 956 in 1982, endurance racing tilted on its axis. Group C regulations favoured efficiency over raw power, and the new car exploited every clause.

The aluminium monocoque was the first in Porsche history. It paired with a 2.65-liter turbo flat-six lifted from the Le Mans-winning 936 and detuned for reliability, not restraint.

The real breakthrough lay underneath. Full ground-effect tunnels generated immense downforce without massive rear wings, allowing unprecedented corner speeds while retaining low drag for the Mulsanne straight.

Results arrived immediately. The 956 locked out the 1982 Le Mans podium and repeated the sweep in 1983 and 1984. Stefan Bellof’s 6:11 lap at the Nürburgring 1000 km in 1983 held as the Nordschleife benchmark for thirty-five years, a feat still whispered about in pit lanes.

Porsche then broke with factory tradition by selling the car to customers. This single decision fertilised a garden of privateer innovation. Joest, Kremer and especially Richard Lloyd Racing treated the 956 as a blank canvas, proving that creativity could rival Weissach budgets.

The 956 became more than a model. It evolved into the template for modern endurance development, influencing everything from chassis design to aerospace-style project management. Its DNA still threads through contemporary LMDh contenders.

Out-Innovating the Factory, Lap After Lap

Richard Lloyd & Porsche 956-106B

British privateer Richard Lloyd suspected favoured treatment flowed to German teams. He chose to outthink rather than outspend.

Chassis 956-106 arrived at Richard Lloyd Racing in early 1983, and in its first year of racing, the team achieved a few respectable podium finishes. Then, in ’84, they secured an overall victory at the Brands Hatch 1000 km.

Even though they had just achieved an important win, Richard Lloyd Racing knew that when it came to Le Mans, they needed a drastic change, a competitive advantage over the factory entries.

After identifying a weakness in the standard 956 chassis, designer Nigel Stroud created a new aluminium honeycomb tub with increased longitudinal stiffness that could potentially beat the factory team. He also added a two-plane rear wing, a deeper splitter, and occasional nose winglets. The rebuilt chassis was recognised by Porsche and christened 956-106B.

At Le Mans in 1985, it outran the factory entries. But in a twist of irony, it was beaten by another privateer Porsche 956. Still, it had made its point, finishing on the podium and ahead of all factory cars.

Spa dealt the next chapter. Jonathan Palmer suffered a 250 km/h impact; the tub sacrificed itself and saved the driver. Stroud constructed a second honeycomb shell, and the machine returned as 956-106B2.

Canon colours bowed out after one more start; Liqui Moly branding carried the car through 1986. Bob Wollek and Mauro Baldi won the Brands Hatch 1000 km, providing a last hurrah before safety rules sidelined every 956.

The original 106 tub found service with Brun Motorsport, assisting their 1986 Teams’ Championship. Even when sold, the chassis continued to embarrass the establishment.

From Dawn Treader Stewardship to Track-Ready Timepieces

Living Legacy: 956-106B Today

Few Group C cars exist as they were. Chassis 106B2 remains an authentic headline act.

Patrick Morgan acquired the Porsche in 2008 and undertook a near ten-year restoration. Winters bring crack inspection and NDT analysis; summers see world class events like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where this car has set scintillating times.

Longevity demands attention to detail. Morgan has painstakingly preserved as many original components as possible, spending over three months on the bodywork repair and fit alone. Every nut and bolt has been cared for, the chassis and suspension undergoing full NDT inspection, the aging fuel cell faithfully replicated.

Period techniques have been used throughout – 106B was built in 1984 and respect has been paid to the team members that folded, glued and polished the honeycomb chassis to preserve their efforts. Every original part has been preserved, however those that have exceeded their functional life have been used to make this watch something very special.

The 956 remains a touchstone for analogue efficiency: nine hundred kilograms, two bar boost and Peter Stevens’ ground-hugging downforce made 106B an exceptional design. It personifies privateer audacity, the trait that separated Lloyd’s team from mediocrity.

Because 106B2 has been preserved so carefully, its continuity validates each lap and every spin of the BBS chronograph rotation. The story is alive, not archived.

Inspired By A Physics-Defying Racecar

Designing the Timepiece

This exclusive timepiece incorporates a unique piece of Porsche 956 chassis no. 106B – specifically, a salvaged aluminium clutch disc.

Each limited-edition watch houses aluminium cut from 956-106B’s salvaged clutch disc, embedded within the 30-minute counter at twelve o’clock.

Production is capped at 448 pieces for the Liqui Moly livery and 508 for the Richard Lloyd Racing scheme, mirroring the car’s split history. Ownership means literal stewardship of Group C heritage.

The subdial honeycomb recalls the unique chassis architecture that set 106B apart from every other 956. Typeface on the counters and tachymeter mirrors the race-number stencils once taped to aluminium.

A 374 km/h mark highlights the 1986 Le Mans speed record, a reminder that aerodynamic curves can rewrite physics. The 41 mm 316L case echoes those curves while skeleton lugs and a ventilated rubber strap reference cooling ducts for the turbo flat-six.

Flip the watch and the exhibition back reveals the SW562 monopusher calibre. Its customised rotor replicates a gold BBS rim; the surrounding ring mimics the stepped fuel cap, complete with hex-drive screws.

Form follows function yet celebrates legend. Every crown guard, lug aperture and dial motif draws a measurable line back to the car, ensuring the wearer carries engineering rather than ornament.

Limited volume secures exclusivity while the car’s ongoing race programme secures authenticity. This is not nostalgia; it is mechanical continuity, wrist-sized.

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DNA Edition – Collectors Page 956-106B Richard Lloyd Racing

DNA Edition – Collectors Page 956-106B Richard Lloyd Racing

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