La Chaux-de-Fonds is the land of the Big Watch Brands. And back in June, I visited the Swiss city, together with some peers, to toast to AAA Swiss Breitling replica watches‘ 140th anniversary.
Three Very Important Watches awaited our arrival: super special variants of the brand’s Premier, Navitimer and Chronomat styles. Evidently, they had all received the same memo as they came dressed to the party in the same shiny rose gold (sorry, “red gold”). Each also flaunted an exhibition caseback that showcased their gold rotors engraved with an outline of the cheap 2024 Breitling fake watches‘ Montbrillant Manufactory. A back tattoo, if you will.
Their new looks were to be kept under wraps. Until today, that is – their official launch day.
So, without further ado, allow me to acquaint you to this celebratory triad of wristwear, each of which is equipped with an ingenious new caliber – Caliber B19 – that promises a century of precision.
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81 has never looked so good (except for maybe on Mick Jagger). The 140th Anniversary high quality fake Breitling Premier watches‘ secrets? Some 18kt red gold, and some alligator leather (so, same as Jagger).
And the best bit is that it’s still recognisable; it resembles the youngling that “took the chronograph out of the cockpit and into society” back in 1943. The Arabic numerals, the contrasting minutes scale, the signature square pushers – it’s all in tact.
Looking just as good for the big 140 is the luxury UK replica Breitling Navitimer watches, which you might know from that time it was the first Swiss wristwatch in space. If you were around in 1962, that is. Admittedly, I wasn’t.
Anyway, same elixir of youth as the Swiss movements super clone Breitling Anniversary Premier watches: alligator leather; 18kt red gold. And, of course, it’s complete with a slide rule – the defining feature of the design.
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Red gold perfect Breitling Chronomat copy watches UK– a model that has its origins in another anniversary: Breitling’s 100th (1984) – rounds off the trio. For the occasion, it sports a rubber take on the brand’s steel Rouleaux bracelet. And better than that, it has stripped down to a skeletonized dial (for the very first time in 40 years!).
The new best UK replica Breitling Premier Heritage B15 Duograph 42 watches is currently Breitling’s most elegant timepiece and an homage to the pioneering spirit of the company’s founders. Like its predecessor from the 1940s of the same name, it can record time intervals and is breaking new ground as it goes. We take a closer look.
Three generations at Breitling made their mark in the history of timekeeping: Léon Breitling founded the company in 1884. He later submitted a patent for a simple timer with a tachymeter that could measure any speed between 15 and 150 kilometers per hour.
About 30 years later, his son Gaston created one of the first wristwatch chronographs with a separate pusher at the 2 o’clock position. This innovation made it possible to separate the start and stop function as well as the reset function from the crown — a tremendous advantage for timing sporting events.
In 1934, Léon’s grandson Willy registered a patent for the second separate chronograph push-piece at 4 o’clock. Willy Breitling was not only technically talented, he also recognized the desire people had for elegance and glamour. This inspired him to create the “Premier” in the 1940s.
At that time, Breitling was an established customer of the ébauche manufacturer Venus. Willy Breitling was already purchasing movements from this company in the 1930s. He also acquired the Venus 179 caliber and presented it in 1944 inside the “Premier Duograph” model. This was a hand-wound, rattrapante chronograph movement, which Venus produced in modest quantities between 1940 and 1952. The 1:1 top Breitling fake watches was operated using two pushers and a rattrapante button integrated into the crown.
Rattrapante Module Hidden Beneath the Dial
In 2017, Breitling picked up this loose thread in history with the Navitimer Rattrapante. The in-house automatic Caliber B03 introduced with this timepiece now also serves as the basis for the hand-wound B15 caliber created for the Premier Heritage B15 Duograph 42, our test Swiss made replica Breitling watches.
The watchmakers initially placed the complicated splitseconds mechanism with its additional column wheel, rattrapante wheel and clamps directly beneath the dial because highly precise drilling of the long chronograph tube is challenging. With the Venus 179 caliber, the split-seconds mechanism was moved to the back of the movement.
With the Caliber B03, and subsequently, also the B15, high quality Breitling copy watches has returned the split-seconds complication, including the rattrapante wheel, column wheel and clamps, to the front of the movement. Placing the complication directly under the dial was done for more than simple historical reasons. These days, modern watchmaking and construction methods allow for various technical solutions for a rattrapante mechanism. Breitling went its own way, resulting in two patents.
The modular construction of the B03 movement, and thereby also the B15, permitted shifting the rattrapante mechanism to the dial side of the movement, now situated between the mainplate and the date ring. Unfortunately, this makes it invisible through the sapphire caseback window. The rattrapante mechanism uses traditional gearing and a stainless-steel split-seconds wheel. The second patented innovation is an isolating system that works as an energysaving separation between the stopped split-seconds from the actual chronograph mechanism. The rattrapante wheel has a rubber O-ring that replaces the geared edge. The entire split-seconds mechanism comprises only 28 individual components.
Hand-wound B15 Caliber with No Date
From its inception, the modular design of the B03 caliber offered a variety of options. A self-winding mechanism may be used in this caliber to wind the movement, but the B15 does not offer this; instead it follows the growing trend of hand-wound luxury Breitling replica watches. And unlike the B03, the B15 has no date indication, just like the original Premier Duograph from the 1940s.
The bicompax layout of the counters shows the running seconds at 9 o’clock and the elapsed chronograph minutes at 3 o’clock. In the past, the chronograph counter measured up to 45 minutes, but the modern Duograph uses the now more common 30-minute counter. Taken directly from its predecessor are the elongated line markers at 3, 6 and 9 minutes. These were once useful for timing telephone call charges. Does anyone need them these days? Admittedly, they are attractive and authentic. Less attractive are the cut off numerals 2, 4, 8 and 10, but this design does have a historical basis. Generally speaking, we find the first Swiss movements replica Breitling Premier Duograph watches from 1944 had clearer indications.
Expert Stopwatch Function
The box-style sapphire crystal is definitely a retro design element, but the dramatically curved edge tends to distort the tachymeter track. Otherwise, the double-sided anti-glare coating on the crystal ensures clear visibility of the trendy blue dial. The sunburst pattern shifts in color from the center, and the recessed counters have concentric circular ridging. The tachymeter track around the dial is printed on a slightly elevated ring. The stopwatch track on the inner ring has highlighted numerical 5-minute markers and, as befits an expert chronograph, accurately marked fractions of a second in accordance with the 4-Hz rhythm of the B15 caliber. The hand-wound movement is housed in a sturdy stainless-steel case with a narrow, polished, stepped bezel on top, a brushed finish on the grooved middle section, and the signature Breitling caseback with sapphire crystal viewing window, which can only be opened with a special tool. The B15 has a very high-tech look. As we saw during our test of the cheap Swiss fake Breitling Aviator 8 B01 Chronograph Mosquito watches, unfortunately we also see signs of wear from the chronograph levers here.
The stopwatch function is operated using elongated pushers with secure pressure points. Despite the column wheel, starting the chronograph requires more effort than the stop and reset. The rattrapante pusher has a supple feel to it and works consistently well inside the crown. The deeply grooved crown itself is very easy to grasp for daily winding. And should you forget to wind the Breitling replica watches for men, the B15 caliber, like all modern in-house movements produced by Breitling, has a 70-hour power reserve with good rate results and reliable amplitudes, even when the chronograph is engaged for an entire day.
A Shimmering Dial with Long Hands and Applied Markers
Since only a few manufacturers offer this complex rattrapante technology, it’s a pleasure to see and experience it on the dial of Breitling copy watches site. As a reminder, rattrapante is from the French word rattraper, which means “to catch up.” A rattrapante chronograph has two stopwatch hands that can be stopped independently and rejoined at a later point. One chronograph hand can “catch up” to the other. If both hands are running simultaneously, the actual stopwatch hand carries the second one along, which is why one often speaks of a split-second chronograph. The two long needle-like hands differ very little in appearance but their short ends are easy to tell apart. The thicker top stopwatch hand ends in a ring, while the slightly thinner rattrapante hand below it has an arrowhead tip. These symbols were already part of the Duograph from 1944. Sometimes the steel hands and applied markers shimmer and reflect light so you have to move the watch a little to read the elapsed time. In the dark, only the main time with hours and minutes is visible, glowing bright green.
The strap is lined with a vibrant yellow that contrasts with the golden-brown sheen of the alligator leather on top, which recalls Willy Breitling’s notion of fulfilling people’s wishes for elegance and glamour with the Premier collection. Today, the wholesale China super clone Breitling Premier Heritage B15 Duograph 42 watches is being offered to those who are seeking a sophisticated chronograph, just as he intended.
Introducing six new Premier models, updated with a heritage-inspired design and equipped with the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01. Their launch coincides with a new book chronicling the genesis of perfect Breitling replica watches’ most collectable chronograph.
By 1943, Willy Breitling had built a name for himself as a maker of aircraft instrumentation and tool AAA online Breitling fake watches that met the functional needs of wartime. But the third-generation Breitling founder also dreamt of a time after the war, when utility would give way to unbridled optimism. With that future in mind, he designed a series of elegant chronographs and assigned them the best materials, the best finishings and the best calibres. He called his new line the Premier.
Reintroduced by Breitling in 2021, the high quality replica Breitling Premier Heritage chronograph collection watches revived Willy’s dream of seeing the functional chronograph made undeniably elegant and infinitely wearable — in his words, “the unmistakable stamp of impeccable taste.” Today, the Swiss watchmaker adds six new references to the Premier assortment, all of them powered by the self-winding Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01.
“We are committed to preserving Willy Breitling’s bold vision of combining the precision of a professional tool watch with the sophistication of a modern dress watch,” says Breitling CEO Georges Kern. “The Premier embodied the hopeful energy that emerged in the postwar era, and we are proud to continue that tradition with a modern-retro version for our times.”
Breitling’s height of precision, innovation and style
Cheap UK Breitling copy watches’ speciality has always been the chronograph, and each of the brand’s three founding fathers had a role in shaping it. From the moment he started his business in 1884, Leon Breitling put his expertise into perfecting the pocket-watch timekeeper. His son Gaston introduced the first wrist-worn models that included an independent pusher at 2 o’clock. And his grandson Willy added the second pusher at 4 o’clock — establishing the form of the modern chronograph that is used across all of watchmaking today. Willy would then go on to take the family vision one step further, giving the chronograph style as well as function.
The new luxury replica Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 watches assortment also lives up to Willy Breitling’s uncompromising technical standards. The six models are powered by the self-winding Breitling Caliber 01, a manufacturing movement designed for maximum precision, reliability and functionality.
First released in 2009, it is one of the most highly regarded chronograph movements in the industry. As with all of Swiss made Breitling fake watches’ mechanical calibres, each one has achieved the rigorous COSC certification for accuracy within -4 and +6 seconds per day.
Just as gruelling is top Breitling replica watches’ in-house 16-year-ageing equivalent that includes shock testing (approximately 60,000 shocks at 500 G), crown testing (more than 100,000 crown winds), winding of the oscillating weight (3,456,000 weight turns) and chronograph pusher testing (approx. 5,840 start-stop-reset engagements).
The latest iteration of the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01 found in the new Premier chronograph was redesigned in 2022 and features a trimmer profile and more compact oscillating weight that can be admired through the transparent sapphire-crystal case back.
The movement comes with a five-year warranty and provides an approximately 70-hour power reserve. In keeping with Willy’s desire to marry usability with elegance, the 1:1 Breitling Premier super clone watches now comes with a 100 m (10 bar) water resistance.
To create the design of the new Premier, Breitling preserved distinctive vintage-Premier design details, including the smooth fixed bezel, twin-register dial, streamlined rectangular pushers, and applied Arabic numerals. At 42 mm, the case diameter is slightly larger than the 40 mm found on the existing B09 (manual-wind) models.
The tone-on-tone subdials with chronograph minutes at 3 o’clock and running seconds at 9 o’clock lend a polished style, while new dial shades in salmon, blue, green, black, and cream add a contemporary twist to the stainless-steel models. A further variation in 18K red gold features a classic cream dial. The replica Breitling watches for sale come with a choice of classic alligator leather straps or sleek 7-row metal bracelets.
Breitling Premier’s journey revealed in a new book
The launch of the new Premier B01 Chronograph 42 coincides with the publication of Premier Story, part three of the Watch Stories series that chronicles some of the world’s most celebrated timepieces.
Author Fred Mandelbaum, Swiss movements Breitling fake watches’ official brand historian and the world’s foremost Premier collector, guides readers through Willy Breitling’s ultimately successful (but often tumultuous) quest to take the humble chronograph out of the aircraft cockpit and onto the wrists of the world’s style-setters — a journey that began 80 years ago.
“As Breitling’s historian, I’ve been living the wildest dreams of any passionate collector,” says author Fred Mandelbaum. “For this book, I was granted unprecedented access to the Breitling company archives and, through Gregory Breitling, son of founding-father Willy Breitling, was privileged to gain access to the family collection of watches, documents, photographs, and a wealth of personal memories.”
Illustrated in exquisite photography, including rarely-before-seen vintage China replica Breitling watches, Premier Story not only provides an account of the Premier’s history, but also offers invaluable resources for collectors on how to authenticate vintage models, along with how to date pieces by hands-shape, logo, and serial number.
A chapter on calibres reveals the evolution of the Premier movements from 1943 to 2023, with content connected by QR code to videos of the intricate mechanisms in action. Premier Story is a fascinating — and exceptionally practical — deep dive into one of history’s great fake Breitling watches shop.
