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The AXOD was a 4-speed automatic transaxle for transverse front wheel drive automobiles from the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in the 1986 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable (with the 3.0 L Vulcan V6). The AXOD and its successors are built in Ford's Van Dyke Transmission plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Production of the final member of the family, the 4F50N (a renaming of the AX4N), ended in November 2006.

The AXOD has a code letter of "T" on its data plate. The AXOD transaxle has 17 bolts to retain its fluid pan.

As link my good pal Oren covered in his original story for GQ, Pitt appeared to be wearing an IWC Ingenieur SL ref. 1832 on link his wrist, and it looks to have been modified from the original spec with a green dial. While the IWC part makes full sense (IWC is a notable sponsor of link the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team), the option for a modified vintage model is, well, rather intriguing.

The other model is particularly exciting because if there is one complication that vintage watch lovers associate with Longines more than link any other link it's probably the chronograph and specifically the 13ZN. While the hand-wound 13ZN is no link longer in production at Longines this automatic bi-compax chronograph hits the right notes from a design standpoint.