Limited-Edition Breitling Watch Line Honors 007's Aston Martin DB5
Breitling and Aston Martin have teamed up to release the Top Time B01 Chronograph 41, a trio of limited-edition timepieces honoring the iconic 1963 Aston Martin DB5 made famous by Sean Connery’s James Bond in Thunderball.
The new releases reimagine Breitling’s squircle-shaped Top Time chronograph, stepping up from the last year's 38mm iterations to 41mm diameter with a 47.9mm lug-to-lug span and a 13. mm thickness. One of the most explicit visual homage to the DB5 has got to be the wood-inlay rehaut framing the dial, which mimics the car's wooden steering wheel and interior dashboard accents. Running the show sits Breitling’s Caliber 01 (B01), an automatic COSC-certified column-wheel chronograph with a vertical clutch and a robust 70-hour power reserve, visible through a sapphire caseback.
Leading the lineup is a stainless steel variant that captures the mid-century spirit of the original reference Connery wore onscreen. It pairs a silver sunray-brushed...
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