Breitling’s latest Top Time collection introduces the Caliber B31, the first three-hand manufacture movement designed and developed by the brand. Breaking from its chronograph roots, the time-only Top Time B31 represents a return to the fundamentals of watchmaking, delivering robust performance in a classic 38-mm case. Staying true to the collection’s design codes – where the original 1960s chronograph design featured a bold tachymeter scale – this three-hand version keeps the focus on minutes and seconds in the contrasting rehaut. The Super-LumiNova filled applied indexes on the inner-dial are interrupted at 3 o’clock by the magnified date aperture. While a bright orange seconds hand adds a defining detail across three colorways: white on blue, black on green, and sky blue on white.
The Top Time B31’s thin profile ensures a comfortable fit that hugs the wrist. Two key features make this possible: tapered lugs and the crystal with two curved tiers, refining the profile for a streamlined look. Four years in the making, the Caliber B31’s unique architecture incorporates Breitling’s signature components: the free-sprung balance wheel for improved precision, and the skeletonized bidirectional oscillating weight powering the automatic movement. These features are visible through the watch’s open caseback, with elements finished in Geneva stripes and perlage. The Top Time B31 comes on either a perforated leather strap with contrasting stitching ($5,600.00), inspired by the collection’s racing roots, or a three-row stainless-steel bracelet with an asymmetrical center link ($5,900.00).
Breitling Top Time B31 – breitling.com
