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Good question
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Thanks for your thoughts. I buy Breitlings for family and friends but not for myself....until the current Mrs MTF re-gifted a SuperOcean back to me 
Somebody is buying these 'Breitling for Bentley' watches and they only need to shift 500 pieces.
The associations between motorcar and watch brands has always been puzzling viz. BMW and Ball Watch? Aston Martin and JLC? Hublot and Ferrari?
Some are understandable e.g. IWC and Mercedes Benz are both Germanic in attitude. Chopard's ambassador Jacky Ickx was a Porsche works driver and introduced them to his buddy Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (co-president of Chopard), who collects Porsche cars.
I guess it has to do with personal relationships between the executives. Or the other snobby watch brands refused Bentley but Breitling were willing to cooperate. Or there was a racing association between Breitling dashboard timing instruments in motor racing and aviation...
The association between Breitling and Bentley has lasted a long time. The Breitling Mulliner Tourbillon dashboard clock is an option in the Bentley Bentayga for $160,000 so maybe they know their clientele after all...
Bentley is the most successful upper-luxury brand of the Volkswagen Group, and its USA sales are expected to more than double in 2017. Bentley sales in Europe have been rising steadily from 2009 through 2016, thanks to rising sales of its “volume” model Continental GT/GTC and the introduction of a new top-of-the-line Mulsanne according to trade figures.
Regards,
MTF
New 'Breitling for Bentley' GT Dark Sapphire Edition
Plastic. Rubber. 48mm. $15K+ (minimum, probably). Erm… I don’t think so.
very technical and interesting watch, by the way Hublot makes also carbon watches and so does Panerai but none complains about their quality
Good question
If you look in the past early 70's breitling made a series of watches called the pizza which was boasting a very large diameter it was either powered by a venus a 178 or cal 11
I accept a reason behind oversized watches if legibility is enhanced ...
for pilots wearing a very thick anti g suit in a small cockpit wearing a big sized watch gives an instant glance at the dial. One of the best buds of my uncle who was a F105F
I fully understand your arguments about the vintage models and I’m absolutely agree with you. A big size could be required at that time because the reasons for that were obvious and real
Balancing the discussion
No problem at all dear Melvyn
Interesting release...
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