As we’ve witnessed in the past couple of months, it feels like whenever the big dogs in watchmaking have a trump card to play, Breitling always has something to see or raise it with. Like when Rolex lowkey announced Leonardo Dicaprio as its latest official wearer of fancy Rollies; Breitling let the news sink in and the buzz die down then bam, it was like ‘look, check out our new racy campaign with none other than the internet’s boyfriend Austin Butler’. I know people who are still recovering from that news (oh to be that motorcycle beneath the Hollywood actor) – not to mention the killer new perfect replica Breitling Top Time B31 watches tied to Butler’s grand unveiling.
Similarly, in honour of Tag Heuer being back in the big time in F1 (if you hadn’t noticed, we want to know that’s possible), Tag dropped some pretty badass titanium Formula 1 Chronographs. So, on the eve of the biggest watch fair in the world, what does Breitling have up its sleeve to remind the world of its long storied history and massive heritage in motorsport? A lush trio of new best fake Breitling Top Time Racing watches, of course.
Cast your internet searches back to chronographs that dropped in the 1960s and you’ll see that it was the time for racy chronograph high quality copy watches. TAG Heuer’s Autavia, Zenith’s El Primero and Rolex’s Daytona Cosmograph all originated from that decade, as did Breitling’s boldest Top Time chronos. And clearly now feels like the right time to tap back into those bold designs – with some souped-up modern technical improvements.
What sets them apart from other more traditional-looking chronographs are the 38mm cushion cases as well as what Breitling describes as two ‘squircle’ subdials inside the very striking dashboard on the dial. The Swiss made fake watches are a flagship Manufacture Caliber 01 firing up 70 hours of power reserve and the COSC-certified chronometer means you’re getting next to perfect precision no matter what paces you are putting the watch through.
Of the three new pieces to drop this week, we’re into the Martini Racing one most. Think watches and martinis, your mind might stray to James Bond, who goes weak at the knees for an Omega Seamaster Diver 300m. But Breitling’s Martini is stronger and certainly punchier on looks alone – the go faster red and blue strips of the drinks brand really helping to make the AAA replica Breitling watches pop and feel racy on the wrist. And want to know a weakness of ours? Clock a pair of mushroom pushers and you just want to push them, right? The ones at 2 and 4 o’clock on this piece couldn’t be any more pushable if they tried.
The other two top super clone Breitling Top Time Racing editions come in black and white, or green and white, and the trio is limited to 750 pieces each. Breitling CEO Georges Kern knows a winner when he sees one, so it’s no surprise he’s chuffed to bits with these new Top Time Racing chronographs: “With these new limited editions, we put a modern spin on classic 1960s designs, returning this watch to what it’s all about: timing races and measuring speed.”
