{"product_id":"breitling-top-time-as04470","title":"Breitling Top Time","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen it comes to vintage chronographs, Breitling can be somewhat polarizing. While best known for their Navitimer line of aviation computer watches, some collectors find their dials too busy and difficult to read for daily wear. As a result, these chronographs don’t always get the same appreciation as some of their contemporary counterparts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe'd like to change that, and this watch, the Top Time, is the best way we know how.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1960s, a few years after the Navitimer Reference 806 ‘Cosmonaute’ orbited the planet on the wrist of Scott Carpenter, Breitling launched a line of simpler, more subdued chronographs called ‘Top Time.’ Unlike the Navitimer, the Top Time was meant for more basic tasks than timing an orbital burn. Therefore, its design was less complex than that of the Navitimer, but no less appealing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts clean lines and splashes of color (and lower price tag) were meant to attract the eye of its intended audience: the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyouth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As Willy Breitling said upon the Top Time’s release in 1964, “Our special models [like the Top Time] are particularly suited to the needs of young and active professionals…”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThis particular Top-Time, a Reference 2002, features an excellent 36mm steel case housing an always desirable white 'panda' dial with applied indices and black subsidiary registers, a matching handset, a signed crown, and the venerable Valjoux 7733 hand-cranking movement powering it within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eWith sharp looks and an appealing style, the Top Time has become a classic, and it's not hard to see why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd that, dear friends, is what collecting vintage is all about\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breitling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40092094169175,"sku":"40940009","price":4350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS04470_4094009_BREITLING_TOP-TIME_2002-7.jpg?v=1674577529","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/breitling-top-time-as04470","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}