Breitling x Triumph Top Time Watch

You know when luxury Swiss watchmaker, Breitling, work on limited edition, collaborative timepieces, the end result is invariably awesome and, as you might expect, when they’ve teamed up with British motorcycle brand, Triumph, the level of coolness really gets knocked up a notch. The Breitling x Triumph Top Time Watch is a stunning timepiece which taps into the ethos of both brands to deliver the sort of high-end, adventure ready accessory we love here at The Coolector.

The Breitling x Triumph Top Time Watch retails for $5500 and it takes its design inspiration from the 1960s café-racer culture. The Breitling Top Time is an unconventional chronograph that has been purpose built for young and active professionals and this shines through in its uncompromising aesthetic and unparalleled day to day performance. It quickly became the watch of choice for a sporty in-crowd of men who were drawn to the watch’s bold proportions. This has been bought back to life with this spectacular new Top Time collaboration between Breitling and British motorcycle brand Triumph.

AUTOMOTIVE INSPIRED AESTHETICS

For this collaboration, Breitling is producing a Top Time Triumph watch with a eye-catching brushed finish in the bow-tie motif nicknamed “the Zorro dial” by Top Time collectors. Triumph, for their part, is launching 270 co-branded motorcycles—the Speed Twin Breitling Limited Edition—whose buyers will have the privileged chance to buy a special owner’s version of the Top Time Triumph, this one with a sun-ray dial and engraved case-back which showcases the individual number of the bike.

The stars of both watches from the Breitling and Triumph collab are their ice-blue dials. This unique colour has two major references: namely, a blue Triumph Thunderbird 6T from 1951, and a rare, blue-dialed Breitling Top Time Ref. 815 from the 1970s. Some of the other stand out features of this effortlessly classy watch include an understated racing-themed calfskin leather strap that lets the hero dial shine; Breitling and Triumph logos that sit subtly at 12 and 6 o’clock; oversized mushroom pushers that allow for simple control of the chronograph’s stop-start and reset functions; and a high-contrast tachymeter scale that provides clear legibility of speed readings.

These first class timepieces are powered by the Breitling Caliber 23, a COSC-certified chronometer with a power reserve of around 48 hours. And one more cool feature collectors will appreciate: the fact that the case-backs are etched with a detailed design sketch of Triumph’s parallel twin engine. At a 41 mm diameter, the Top Time Triumph is, like the original, a perfect fit for all wrist sizes. For fans of the Triumph brand and prospective owners of the Speed Twin Breitling Limited Edition motorcycle, it’s an absolute essential.

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