The new Hamilton Khaki Aviation Converter Auto features a circular slide rule, similar to Breitling’s Navitimer. The Hamilton watch costs less. Let’s take a look at the differences.
The Breitling AVI Ref. 765 1953 Re-Edition is a beautiful watch, a loving tribute to a classic chronograph, with a prestigious hand-wound movement.
The Breitling Navitimer 01 is an absolute classic in the field of aviation watches. It was introduced in 1952, and since then it witnessed the arrival of civil jet planes, the quartz revolution, and the return of mechanical watches as luxury products. It also illustrates the progressive increase in watch size, starting at 40 mm,…
The Avenger Hurricane Military by Breitling is truly super-tough in its looks, and its gigantic 50 mm case requires a bodybuilt wrist to wear it. I’m always a bit suspicious about unfit people wearing camouflage trousers, who make me think “Hey, come on, who are you kidding?” with the same sort of annoyance that I…
Baselworld is an enormous show, and this year it ran for a week starting from 23 March. The major trends emerging from the stands were a confirmation of the popularity of blue dials, the rise of sports watches – pieces with some features of diving watches but intended for everyday use – a move towards…
Breitling has redesigned the Superocean Héritage line, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the collection. A comparison show that the new Superocean Héritage II is not so different from the 1957 model, which had an endearing arrangement of circular and spike-form hour markers, shorter hands and no date window: And it’s not so different from the…
Breitling’s Navitimer Rattrapante is an exceptional watch. It has a new in-house split-seconds chronograph movement that incorporates two patents, it is COSC chronometer-certified, and it operates using the most prestigious chronograph layout, column wheel and vertical clutch. It comes in two versions, steel and gold, and the gold version has a display caseback. The dial…
Breitling company profile Breitling is one of the few remaining independent Swiss watch brands. After years of specializing in technical watches, and in particular aviation (Navitimer) and diving (SuperOcean) timepieces, the brand has begun to expand its range to air, sea and land, with sizes appealing to the Chinese market and female customers (from 2018).…
Breitling’s new Chronoliner celebrates the brand’s long association with flight and provides a truly practical aviation watch, with chronograph and GMT function. It has a hand for a second time zone, and the bidirectional bezel makes it possible to set yet another time zone. This model has some period features, such as the piston-type pushers, the…
Many of Breitling’s models are seriously technical, usually with chronometer movements and lots of indications on the dial. This piece is large at 44 mm diameter, and more relaxed, in line with other models in the Galactic collection. It has two features that immediately appeal to me: a date window with good legibility, and a…