Tissot T-Race watches

The Tissot T-Race is the brand's motorcycle-racing chronograph, tied to Tissot's role as official MotoGP timekeeper, which it has held since 2001. Tissot has made MotoGP-inspired watches since 2004, and the T-Race is where they live, renewed with regular limited editions.

The case borrows from a race bike. The bezel is cut like a drilled brake disc, the crown guard is shaped like a brake caliper, the pushers stand in for foot pegs, the floating lugs echo rearsets, and the rubber straps are stamped with a tyre-tread pattern. On the automatics the caliper guard runs into the magnifier over the date.

The range splits by movement. The T-Race Chronograph comes in a 43 mm steel case, plain or with PVD accents; the 2018 MotoGP edition in that case is quartz and takes a 22 mm strap. The Automatic Chronograph is a thicker watch at 16.6 mm, built around ETA's C01.211, an automatic chronograph derived from the Lemania 5100 that runs for 45 hours and counts to six hours. The Swissmatic 45 has a 45 mm case in steel or with rose-gold PVD. The T-Race Quartz measures 45.3 mm, with a 36.65 mm ladies' version in colours from pink to orange.

The editions are named for riders and seasons. Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez, both Tissot ambassadors, have their own T-Race runs, and the 2022 Márquez and MotoGP pieces moved to a 45 mm case in aluminium and steel. The 2022 Automatic Chronograph was limited to 3,333 pieces, with a vertically brushed black dial and woven carbon sub-dials. A separate T-Race Cycling line, 44.5 to 45 mm, carries special editions for the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia; Tissot is also an official timekeeper of cycling's world championships.