Don't wonder where the Breitling watch of the legendary Breton sailor Eric Tabarly is. It is Mary, his daughter, who owns it. "I always saw my father with his Breitling on his wrist. Besides, I still have her watch that is very dear to me, which has been maintained by the brand, "she confides, as she officially joins the Breitling Squad France. And this half a century with his father, to whom the brand will have once dedicated entire collections to the dial marked with his name.
Marie Tabarly at the helm of Pen Duick VI. Guillaume Plisson
It was exactly 40 years ago, in 1983, that the famous navigator sports a superb Duograph, then quartz, with a metal bracelet including an amazing UTC module to display in a very original way a second time zone. A piece recently reissued by the brand, with the famous roller bracelet and the amazing UTC module integrated into the steel bracelet, with an ultra-fine quartz movement. With a diameter of 9 mm and only 1.95 mm thick, it displays a second time zone. An absolutely unique function!
Marie Tabarly, a Breitling Superocean Heritage on her wrist. Guillaume Plisson
At the age of 38, Marie Tabarly set herself the challenge, 50 years after her father Éric Tabarly and on the same boat, Pen-Duick VI, to win the Ocean Globe Race. A crewed race that celebrates the cardinal values of sailors and their passion for the sea, and in which she will undoubtedly participate with a Superocean Heritage on her wrist. A diver's watch reimagined by Breitling in 2017, and which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary. "We are very pleased to welcome Marie Tabarly to the Breitling family," said Édouard d'Arbaumont, Breitling's Managing Director for Southern Europe. With her we willtravel the world and we will accompany her in her dreams of victory."
