IN PRAISE OF SPEED
Two limited editions have just celebrated 25 years of the partnership between the brand from Le Locle and the organizers of the MotoGP World Championship.
A quarter of a century ago, Tissot became the official timekeeper of the MotoGP World Championship. Two years later, the first MotoGPTM watch entered the track. Since then, the T-Race collection has continued to expand with new chronographs, evoking the passion of competition through aesthetic details inspired by the design of supercharged “two wheelers”. This year, the T-Race MotoGPTM 75th Anniversary comes in a limited series of 2,024, made with a 45 mm-diameter steel case crowned with a black PDV bezel in the shape of a brake disc. The body with the pushers and crown has the lines of handlebars and engine cooling fins. On the semi-transparent deep blue dial circled with a tachymetric scale, touches of red add energy to the display of time information, while the sub-dials and the small seconds are reminiscent of speed indicators. This reference stands out with the presence of a pusher at 10 o’clock for setting the date.
The rotations of the hour and minute hands, along with the short time measurement, are orchestrated by an automatic Valjoux A05 movement fitted with a NivachronTM spiral, which is insensitive to magnetic fields. This model is supplied in a box in the form of a helmet. This original case also accompanies another, more affordable special edition, produced in 8,000 copies, powered by a quartz caliber with its own styling, but with the same sporty spirit.
