SHIFTING GEAR
This ever-so appealing special edition combines performance and style. Here, the watchmaker’s design blends brilliantly with the world of professional cycling.
Tissot times the most well-known competitions as well as all the great classics. This involvement in professional cycling dating back to the 80s now comes in a novel guise through one-of-a-kind collaboration with Pinarello. The Italian firm has been making bikes cut out for competition since 1953. Over the years, its expertise has fueled performance-driven series valued by champions like Miguel Indurain, Mark Cavendish, as well as Christopher Froome. In 2009, the manufacture launched a carbon model. Its frame stood out given its ultra-light 950 gram weight and its asymmetrical style. These features are now center staged in the Tissot x Pinarello, which flaunts a 42 mm-diameter carbon fiber case equipped with a crown offset at 10 o’clock.
Time data is perfectly easy to read on the frosted gray dial that conjures up the texture of asphalt. The hour and minute hands hover over an hour chapter comprising markers alone. The slender blue direct-drive, whose stylized P-shaped counterweight offers a tip of the hat to the transalpine production house, jazzes up the composition. Here, everything is energized precisely by the Powermatic 80 caliber in its COSC-chronometer-certified version. This selfwinding movement, which can be admired via the sapphire-crystal back, delivers autonomy of more than three days to the Tissot x Pinarello. This watch can be worn on a high-tech strap or on a hand-crafted Italian leather alternative.
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