Briston Skeleton Streamliner

After seven years of creations with its Clubmaster cushion line, BRISTON creates a totally newline with a cambered-barrel shape opening the possibilities scope and allowing all promising areas and form of expression: The Streamliner.

For this new timepiece, BRISTON draws its inspiration from Streamline American style, created in the 1930’s and synonymous of modern design. Modern Streamline takes root from Art-Deco but stands out from it by introducing smoother and more sensual lines. These are those curves and strengths from those arches which outline this new BRISTON case in 42x42mm, all in tight curves.

With its refined design, simultaneously dynamic and fluid, the Streamliner model case was developed to provide maximum comfort around the wrist. Made from acetate or stainless steel, its curved shape perfectly fits to the wrist.

In acetate as in steel, cut sections characterize and enhance the case curve. For this purpose, BRISTON innovates with three new smoked acetates. A particular attention is paid to steel and rose gold PVD versions as the flanks, decorated with a mirror polishing finishing, adding light and contrasting with the case body which is vertically brushed finished. The angles are bevelled one by one to ensure a perfect result.

To balance with the case lines apparent sobriety, this new model’s complexity lies in its dials, composed of three superimposed  layers:

• Top layer in black PVD or steel with a “circular brushed” decoration and hollowed-out numerals
• Transparent middle layer with the indications BRISTON, Automatic as well as an applied small-second
• Lower layer in PVD gun treatment or steel with a “Côte de Genève” decoration.

The delicate work on the dial is harmoniously completed by baton-shaped hands that are both skeleton and fitted with white, blue or orange Superluminova® inserts.

Each Skeleton Streamliner watch houses a Miyota 8N40 skeleton automatic movement manufactured by Citizen. Featuring a small-seconds at 5 o’clock, this movement sublimates the work on the dial. The transparent back of the case provides an unobstructed view of this caliber, specially equipped with a skeleton oscillating weight.

Finally, BRISTON chose to introduce the Streamliner Skeleton on two-parts vintage leather straps. Specially developed by BRISTON, they are equipped with a quick pin presto system that allows the strap to be changed & to keep the interchangeability so dear to the brand. Available now on Wolfandbadger.com, from £540.

Technical details

Model: Skeleton Streamliner in Acetate

Case
Size: 42 x 42 mm
Dial opening: 35 mm
Thickness: 11.95mm
Italian grey, blue or orange smoked Acetate: handmade polished finish
Lugs / Bezel / Crown / screw-down back: polished 316L stainless steel
Polished steel crown with black ink and engraved with BRISTON blazon
Ultra-resistant sapphire glass –2,10mmthickness
See-through case-back with K1 glass
Water resistance to:50m/5ATM

Movement
Automatic skeleton movement Miyota 8N40 manufactured by Citizen
Mechanical with automatic winding
Skeleton rotor
Caliber: 11 ½’’’
Frequency: 21’600 vibrations/hour (3Hz.)
Jewels:21
Power reserve: up to 42hours

Functions
Hours, minutes, small seconds positioned at 5o’clock

Dial
Top layer: black PVD with circular brushed finishing, hollowed figures and indexes, small dots
(minutes indication) with white C1, dark blue or dark orange Superluminova®
Medium layer: transparent with BRISTON, Automatic in black printing, small seconds applied
Bottom layer: PVD gun or steel plate decorated with «Côte de Genève»

Hands
Skeleton polished steel baton-shaped Hour & Minutes hands with white C1, dark blue or dark
orange Superluminova® inserts
Cross-shaped small seconds in polished steel

Strap
Exclusive Black carbon, grey or brown Vintage calfskin leather strap: genuine leather with tone by
tone, blue or orange stitching
Traditional & interchangeable 2-part strap with pins system to remove the strap
Length:75mm/115mm
Width: 20mm
Leather loop -BRISTON engraving on the polished steel pin buckle

Retail price
£540

Model: Skeleton Streamliner in Stainless Steel

Case
Size: 42 x 42 mm
Dial opening: 35 mm
Thickness: 11. 95mm
Full 316L stainless steel or steel case treated with rose gold PVD and decorated with:
-Mirror-polished bezel, flankers and crown
-Vertical brushed case body, lugs, screw-down case-back
Polished steel or rose gold PVD crown with black ink and engraved with BRISTON blazon
Ultra-resistant sapphire glass –2,10mmthickness
See-through case-back with K1 glass
Water resistance to: 50m/5ATM

Movement
Automatic skeleton movement Miyota 8N40 manufactured by Citizen
Mechanical with automatic winding
Skeleton rotor
Caliber: 11 ½’’’
Frequency: 21’600 vibrations/hour (3Hz.)
Jewels:21
Power reserve: up to 42hours

Functions
Hours, minutes, small seconds positioned at 5o’clock

Dial
Top layer: black PVD with circular brushed finishing, hollowed figures and indexes, small dots (minutes indication) with white C1, dark blue or dark orange Superluminova®
Medium layer: transparent with BRISTON, Automatic in black printing, small seconds applied
Bottom layer: PVD gun or steel plate decorated with «Côte de Genève»

Hands
Skeleton polished steel or rose gold PVD baton-shaped Hour & Minutes hands with white C1 Superluminova® inserts
Cross-shaped small seconds in polished steel or in rose gold PVD

Strap
Exclusive Black carbon or chocolate Vintage calfskin leather strap: genuine leather with tone by tone stitching
Traditional & interchangeable 2-part strap with pins system to remove the strap
Length: 75mm/115mm
Width: 20mm
Leather loop -BRISTON engraving on the polished steel or rose gold PVD pin buckle

Retail price
Automatic Skeleton model with rose gold PVD coated steel case: £580
Automatic Skeleton model with steel case: £550