El Reloj El Ocho 8" * 53

El Reloj (in Spanish "the clock") is a one of a kind cigar, made in the last operating cigar factory in Tampa, Florida, once the fine cigar capital of the world. This flavorful smoke is valued at a very affordable price. The 8" by 53 ring stick features quality aged tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Honduras that are wrapped in a rich Ecuador Havana Seed Sungrown leaf.

• Brands
  El Reloj

  El Reloj (in Spanish, "the clock") cigar is named after J.C. Newman's cigar factory in Tampa where he started rolling cigars in 1954. The El Reloj factory with its famous four-sided clock built in 1910, was a focal point of the Ybor City, Tampa community in a time when most people did not own clocks or watches. In honor to this building that hosts the last operating cigar factory in Tampa, JC Newman has made this value priced cigar with quality fillers from Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Honduras, wrapped in a rich Ecuador Havana Seed Sungrown wrapper.
• Cigar Shape
  Giant

  The Giant was tipically a 9 inch by 52 cigar. Today, it is every cigar 8 inches and up with a ring gauge of 50 and up.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  8"

  This cigar is 8 inches long, or 203.2 mm.
• Origin
  USA

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Production of cigars in the United States, once a thriving industry, is now mainly machine made cigars. They are still being produced in the last remaining cigar factory from the 1890s, the JC Newman Cigar factory in Tampa. However, in recent years boutique brands have flourished and are being handmade by select rollers in Miami, Florida.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  53

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 53, so his diameter is 53/64 inches or 21.08 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

  Established in 1895, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is America's oldest family-owned company making premium cigars, which include the cigars they make at the last operating cigar factory in Ybor City, Florida, and their popular Brick House cigars made in their factory in Nicaragua.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Ecuadorian Sungrown

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Ecuadorian Sun Grown can be from any varietal of tobacco, the sun grown designation just means that the plant has received more sunshine which provides a more intense flavor.
• Cigar Filler
  Dominican Republic

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
  Filler (or “tripa” in Spanish) is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar. The Dominican Republic is considered one of the most premier tobacco growing countries in the world. The filler tobacco grown in this Caribbean island nation ranges from mild to full bodied. Olor Dominicano and Piloto Cubano are the main types of tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic.

  Honduras

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  076622210103