00:00Despite the challenges, by 1912, Bugatti was able to move from its cramped workshop in Boss
00:05to a larger facility in the nearby town of Moulton. The new factory covered an area of 8,000
00:10square meters and featured workshops, an office building, an administration building,
00:14a foundry and a steel structure, to store finished vehicles. By 1913, the company had
00:19around 100 employees and was producing about 15 cars per week. With the outbreak of World War I
00:24in 1914, Bugatti S-car production came to a halt, as the factory was taken over by the military to
00:30produce munitions and tanks. However, this did not stop the innovative mind of Ettore Bugatti.
00:35While visiting the war-torn countryside, he noticed a shortage of reliable watches and came up with
00:40the idea of producing precision instruments and watches instead. By the end of the war,
00:44Bugatti had filled 16,000 orders for aircraft parts, 13,000 for watches, and supplied 250 tons
00:50of ammunition. During this time, he also developed a reputation as a talented engineer and was
00:55invited to collaborate with various companies in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy.
01:00After the war ended in 1918, Bugatti returned to building cars and introduced the Type 13,
01:05which was an immediate success.
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