Tissot’s long partnership with motorcycle racing gave birth to the T-Race, and the silver-dial T141.417.11.031.00 is the version for the rider who also owns a good suit. The latest generation was redesigned around a cleaner, more elegant dial, yet the 45mm case is still built from motorcycle parts if you know where to look.

The bezel takes its form from a brake disc and caliper, the chronograph pushers echo handlebar grips, and the case flanks are cut with fins like an air-cooled engine block. A silver dial lets those mechanical shapes do the talking, while slim indexes and Super-LumiNova on the hour and minute hands keep reading the time straightforward day or night.

At 11.76mm thick it has real presence without feeling top-heavy, and the full steel bracelet with diver extension is easy to size over a jacket cuff or a bare summer wrist.

Tissot T-Race Chronograph 45mm silver, T141.417.11.031.00

• Case: 45mm 316L stainless steel, 11.76mm thick, cooling-fin flanks
• Bezel: stainless steel, brake disc and caliper design
• Dial: silver with index markers and date window
• Movement: Swiss PowerDrive quartz chronograph, 1/10-second and 30-minute counters, ADD and SPLIT
• Crystal: scratch-resistant sapphire, anti-reflective underside
• Water resistance: 10 bar (100 m)
• Bracelet: stainless steel, folding clasp with safety lock, diver extension and double push-buttons
• Lume: Super-LumiNova on the hour and minute hands

Bright, technical and unmistakably T-Race.