As we speak, luxurious Swedish watch model Bravur has unveiled its newest vary of cycling-inspired watches. The ‘Crew Heritage’ assortment options designs influenced by what Bravur calls the ‘golden days’ of biking, with sample and color accents paying tribute to famend workforce colors from the Nineteen Fifties to the Nineteen Eighties.
The gathering options three watches in complete, every of which comes packaged inside a full leather-based handlebar bag to finish the classic aesthetic.
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As watch manufacturers go, Bravur is the relative new child on the block. The corporate was based in 2011, by Magnus Äppelryd and Johan Sahlin, who wished to discover a strategy to put their ardour on their wrists. Each being eager cyclists and former racers, a biking inspiration appeared the plain area of interest for the model. Bravur’s first foray into the two-wheeled world was with the Grand Tour Chronograph sequence, and in 2022, they had been seen on the wrists of the EF Schooling-EasyPost.
The watches themselves are named after the abbreviations of the workforce names that they replicate, so from left to proper, the MER, the REN, and the PEU.
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Maybe essentially the most recognisable reference of the three is the mannequin MER. The yellow and purple accents are a nod to the enduring Mercier jersey, which was ridden by none aside from Mathieu Van Der Poel’s grandad, Raymond Poulidor. The long-lasting coloring, seen from the early Nineteen Fifties till 1969, reinforces the various floor buildings made up of a hoop with a radial brush, paired with a heavy frosted floor.
The mannequin REN takes a lot of its design from the attribute yellow, black and white sample of the Renault workforce jersey, as worn by the likes of Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Greg Lemond.
Essentially the most classically styled of all of them is the mannequin PEU, which revolves across the iconic sample of the Peugeot workforce.
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The entire watches characteristic a Swiss made Sellita SW200, 26 jewels, self winding, no date motion, with a 41 hour energy reserve. As for the watch circumstances, the PEU and REN can be found in both a stainless-steel or black PVD end, whereas the MER is chrome steel solely.
In step with classic watch styling the watches characteristic a barely smaller than typical 37mm face and low profile 11mm peak, which Bravur says improves consolation for on bike use.
As beforehand talked about, the bar bag which the watch is available in can be utilized as a completely functioning handlebar bag, and first impressions are that it is fairly good. Measuring 80x100x200mm, the bar bag has loads of capability to stow away spares, and even an additional layer, nevertheless, as a result of leather-based clamshell design, the bag is not waterproof, so UK readers take word!
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The entire watches within the Crew Heritage assortment retail for $1195 USD (ex VAT) / €1395 EUR (incl 25% VAT) / £1095 GBP (incl 20% VAT), and can ship from the early April.
