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Today's choice : the Breitling Premier.
Except for the Navitimer I never really considered Breitling.
Most of their watches were just too big,too extrovert and too much bling for my liking.
The new leadership has however radically changed the direction of the brand towards more classically inspired watches with a lot of focus on better wearability.
Perhaps the best proof of this new direction is the Premier Chronograph.
A vintage inspired design in a modern package with very reasonable dimensions : 42 mm diameter, below 14 mm height and below 50 mm lug to lug width.
They have quite a few nice dial variations. Mine is the "Bentley" version with the "racing green" dial.
The green dial is in reality very discreet and seems almost black in many light situations.
A special mention for the inhouse chronograph movement which,according to the watchmaker of my AD, is amongst the very best from a technical point of view.
I believe that this a very fine modern chronograph with the legendary quality and attention to detail that Breitling is famous for.
At the chosen price point there is virtually no competition other than the 9xxx powered chronographs from Omega.
The only small negative is that manual crown winding is extremely tough (almost painful) and should be revisited by Breitling.
Thanks for looking,
Gerard
Today's choice : the Breitling Premier.
Except for the Navitimer I never really considered Breitling. Most of their watches were just too big,too extrovert and too much bling for my liking. The new leadership has however radically changed the direction of the brand towards more classically insp...
Wonderful choice
Amazing photos and a great review. Thanks for sharing. I agree that the new direction (especially with this premier line) is certainly welcome. The vertical clutch column wheel integrated chronograph movement is amazing and only matched (in that price poi...
Congrats on your beautiful Premier!
I, for one, am a big Breitling fan, and I agree with your assessment of Breitling's new direction. That Bentley Premier in green is gorgeous! I recently went with the other Bentley Premier... ;-) ...
I also would prefer it without date,but...
...in this case it is pretty discreet and not really disturbing to me. I have learned to accept reasonable date indications as otherwise many nice and interesting watches could not be part of my collection.
Looks very nice
I really like its vintage look. The green color looks surely striking in a certain angle of the light
I have always preferred...
pre Richemont IWC's. Once the current leadership took over, it was all about celebrity sponsorship and homogenisation of design aimed for mass appeal. Same is happening with Breitling. No thanks.
