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Breitling For Bentley: A Classic Car And Watch Combination

Breitling For Bentley wristwatches are some of the most successful replica watches of all the high-end chronographs available today. The company bills it as a “genuine wrist sculpture,” claiming a seamless layout that blends wristband and case for an asymmetrical lug design. The strap itself is made of rubber and available in black to suggest the world of high-performance racing, with crafted dials and subdials inspired by Bentley motorcar dashboards.

The Breitling For Bentley GMT offers an inventive multi-timezone display, with a red triangle-tipped additional hour hand that takes a full twenty-four hours to complete each turn of the dial. A pushpiece that is integrated into the left side of the case serves to move this hand forward in one-hour increments to display a second timezone even as it distinguishes between night and daytime hours. Its rotating bezel bears the names of twenty-four of the world’s major cities for quick at-a-glance readings of time from New York and London to Tokyo and Bangkok. This model is available in stainless steel and red gold versions, either of which can be paired with a bracelet or a strap. The replica watches include all these features.

Other models in the Breitling For Bentley line include the GT Racing, the Serie Flying B, and the 6.75. Named after its largest hand-assembled engine, the 6.75-liter powerhouse on which luxurious Arnage limousines run, the 6.75 model is a chronograph that offers highly sophisticated COSC-certified assembly for the most discerning of collectors. The Serie Flying B is named after Bentley’s famed “winged B” line of British coupes and convertibles, with luxury features to match, like hour-markers sculpted of mother-of-pearls. The GT Racing wristwatch was inspired by the company’s grand tourers, racers that can go the distance, and is marked by a dashboard look created through the series-production use of metallic colors, a watchmaking first.

One of the most eye-catching aspects of a luxury watch are the many powerful colors and color combinations offered. With the racing motif, these particular Breitlings really serve up some serious sex appeal that is elegant and strong. The entire collection was created to evoke Bentley racers, with their gentle curves and powerful speeds. Indeed, many cars have inspired luxurious high-end wristwatches, and there have even been models and whole collections devoted to a race. But these Breitlings are among the most successful replica watches of all, fully functional and practically identical to their original counterparts costing thousands upon thousands of dollars more.