Bentley

Breitling’s Bentley family takes its visual cues from the carmaker’s dashboard instruments and radiator grilles, often pairing densely marked dials with deeply knurled bezels. Born from a partnership launched in 2003, it stretches well beyond oversized chronographs: different generations bring big dates, travel complications, manufacture movements, and even a rectangular jumping-hour watch.

The early round chronographs are the natural starting point for understanding the range. The Bentley Motors has an unusual 30-second chronograph, with its central stopwatch hand completing two revolutions per minute; the Bentley 6.75 is distinguished by its prominent big-date display. The Bentley GT offers a more compact take on that richly detailed design language, while the Bentley GMT adds a second time zone. Similar styling can conceal quite different dial layouts and functions.

Elsewhere, the rectangular Bentley Flying B trades the familiar chronograph layout for a jumping hour and small seconds. The Bentley B05 Unitime takes another direction, combining a chronograph with world-time indication and the manufacture B05 caliber—a useful distinction from the modified movements found in many earlier Bentley chronographs.