Since it was initiated in 2015, Baume & Mercier’s partnership with the Carroll Shelby Company has produced several notable timepieces, the most recent being a limited-edition chronograph from the brand’s Clifton collection, co-designed by automobile design guru Peter Brock. Now, aficionados of classic motorcycles can also rev their motors in anticipation of some special watches from the Swiss brand, which just this week announced a new exclusive partnership with Indian Motorcycle, known as “America’s First Motorcycle Company.”
Baume & Mercier CEO Alain Zimmermann (left) and Indian Motorcycle EMEA Vice President Grant Bester
Baume & Mercier announced the partnership at a venue well known to motorcycle history buffs ? Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, where 50 years ago motorcycle trailblazer Burt Munro set the world land-speed record on his Indian Scout Streamliner, a feat dramatized in the 2005 film The World’s Fastest Indian. To celebrate the anniversary, Munro’s great-nephew Lee Munro re-created the record-setting ride at Bonneville on a modern Indian scout with a modified power train. According to Baume & Mercier, the collaboration between the two historic brands, both boasting more than a century of history, will “capture the iconic spirit and translate it into a series of limited edition watches paying tribute to Indian Motorcycle’s iconic history.” The company also announced that the watches...