Breitling and Triumph have collaborated on a new chronograph and limited edition motorcycle that both take inspiration from 1960s café-racer culture.
The result is a Breitling Top Time Triumph watch with an icy blue “Zorro” brushed dial that creates a distinctive bow tie pattern.
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Triumph is also making 270 co-branded Speed Twin Breitling Limited Edition bikes whose owners will be offered the opportunity to buy a special “owner’s version” of the watch with the matching bike’s number engraved on its caseback.
“Triumph’s heritage and modern-retro aesthetic are just two of the many things we have in common,” says Georges Kern, CEO of Breitling. “Their blending of tradition with technology is completely in sync with what we do.”
The café-racer scene appeared in London in the early 1960s as young motorcyclists with modified, streamlined bikes met at cafe’s such as North London’s Ace Cafe.
The Triumph Speed Twin Breitling Limited Edition is out now via Triumph, priced £16,000 GBP (approximately $21,800 USD) while the Top Time Triumph, is available via Breitling, priced £4,500 GBP (approximately $6,100 USD).
Elsewhere in watches, Girard-Perregaux revives a classic with the Casquette 2.0.
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