Tissot Pinarello Special Edition 43mm Mens Watch Grey

Ref. T1624089706100

Tissot's first watch made in direct partnership with Pinarello marks something genuinely new for both brands: a case material and a silhouette borrowed wholesale from the bicycle, not merely gestured at through colour or badging. The forged carbon composite that gives Pinarello's frames their strength-to-weight advantage is the case here, and the asymmetric profile — crown at 10 o'clock, the whole outline echoing the ForkFlap — means the watch reads as Pinarello before you notice the dial. Fifteen Tour de France victories were won on Pinarello bicycles, and the collaboration earns that association rather than simply borrowing it. On the wrist, 74 grams in carbon sits noticeably lighter than a steel case of comparable size, and at 12.15mm it is proportionate enough to disappear under a jacket. The box-cut sapphire, coated on both surfaces, holds legibility across the grey dial without glare, and the "P"-shaped seconds hand in Borealis blue is the one moment of colour the design permits itself — well-judged against an otherwise restrained palette. The Powermatic 80.611 inside is COSC-certified and carries a Nivachron balance spring, which handles magnetism and temperature shifts that a cycling environment delivers without ceremony. The quick-release bars mean the rubber strap that ships alongside the padded grey leather can be swapped without tools, which is less a convenience feature than a practical necessity for a watch genuinely intended to move between contexts.

Reference

T1624089706100

Brand

Tissot

Case size

43mm

Case thickness

12.15mm

Lug width

20mm

Case material

Carbon

Case shape

Round

Dial

Grey

Crystal

Sapphire

Movement

Automatic

Calibre

Powermatic 80

Functions

Small seconds

Water resistance

100m

Bracelet / strap

Leather strap

Strap colour

Grey

Clasp

Buckle

Lume

Super-LumiNova

Retailer

Goldsmiths