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The Breitling Bentley range of watches has been inspired by the car maker of the same name, and their triumph at Le Mans. This is a particularly distinctive watch, loved by some, hated by others. There's no doubt that the Breitling Bentley can appear garish to some people, its certainly not one for those who love understated style.

Apart from the Flying B model all of the Breitling Bentley watches have the same casing in a unique rectangular shape. It also features a jumping hour mechanism with the hour hand being replaced by a disc display at 12 o'clock. The minute hand is still where you expect to find it and seconds are displayed in a subdial at the 6 o'clock position.

The Bentley 6.75, the flagship model in the range, is a very big watch. The case diameter measures 48.7mm making it the widest case of all Breitling watches and not something that is suited to people with small wrists or hands.

In overall appearance, the 6.75 is similar to the Bentley Motors watch. Both feature a distinctive Knurled bezel which is a trademark feature of Bentley cars. Both models have 3 subdials and feature a circular slide rule and date aperture.

The subdials of the Motors watch are at the 3, 6 and 9 o'clock position with a date aperture at 3 o'clock. The subdials of the Bentley 6.75 are at the 6, 9 and 12 o'clock position with the date aperture between the 4 and 5 hour marker. Nothing too different, but if you look at the date aperture of the 6.75 you'll notice that there are 2 rectangular apertures placed side-by-side; the one to the right is for the ones and the one to the left is for the tens. This is a really nice feature that helps set the watch apart from the others in this collection.

However, it's not what is immediately visible that really makes the Bentley 6.75 distinctive. On the reverse side the Bentley rim (spokes) design makes an appearance. Others have the Bentley logo (as does the 6.75) but no other Breitling watches in the collection have the Bentley spokes.

If there's going to be one watch in this collection that's going to be the most collectible in years to come it's going to be the Bentley 6.75 watch. It's not as expensive as others in the collection; the Mulliner Tourbillon for example, is specially ordered, allowing the owner to specify casing metal, dial color, even the exact shade of the leather strap. However, for a watch that you'll wear everyday the 6.75 has just about the right combination of style, rugged feel and features.