fresh from the Showcase here at SwissWatchExpo. Today we have
an incredibly complicated watch which might not be something you think of when you think
of the brand Breitling but hopefully, this piece will change that perception.
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Breitling's always known for making big really modern looking sport pieces that seems to be
their real bread and butter now and one of the best examples I could think of now one of the
most unique and definitely the most complicated one I've got in my hands on recently is this
incredible Super Chronomat and I thin taking one look at this watch it should not be any surprise
why they called this super this has got a lot going on compared to a standard Chronomat a
beautiful design it's a pretty big beefy 44 millimeters with a pretty thick profile the
first thing you'll notice so again this has got a lot of Breitling DNA in it even though it's a
lot more complicated than a lot of other pieces that I've seen from them recently so this is as
you can tell ton going on with the dial this is an annual calendar chronograph or what they what
Breitling calls a four-year calendar they Mmrket this as a four-year semi perpetual calendar that
only needs to be set once every leap day which to me is the essential definition of an annual
calendar so while they don't describe it is this it does have all the trappings and look and walk
and quack like an annual calendar so I see no reason to call it anything different but that
is still not taking anything away from how just incredibly complicated and well put together this
piece is a ton going on with the dial which as a pilot's watch makes it probably busier than
just about any Navitimer I've laid my eyes on but I do really like the way that they use this space
as you can see the date will start at 12 that the date window at 12 is sharing its space with
looks like the second hand and then you'll see at 9 o'clock if we actually move counterclockwise you
actually have the 30 minute register as well as the month indicator and then at 6 o'clock
you will have the day of the week as well as the 12-hour register and the reason I saved this next
one for less one of my favorite complications is a moonphase indicator it looks beautiful and they
did include this on this watch and what's interesting is that it has the 3 o'clock
register all to itself I feel like almost every annual calendar that incorporates them moonphase
somehow combines the moon phase with some other register one because that would be the easiest to
read for some reason Breitling felt compelled to give the moon its own little platform here which
I think is unique I do love the way a moon hase indicator looks and I think Breitling agrees with
that and they really wanted to separate this from the more complicated side of the register which is
perfectly fine even if it does make the actual date I think a little harder to read otherwise
zooming out ever so slightly we do have rose accents on this ceramic bezel which I really
like just the just the smallest bit of precious metal here I think rose gold is the right choice
you'll see on the actual raised indicators here this is a unidirectional bezel even though it's
not technically a dive watch but this does have a real big thick ceramic bezel which does make
it super sporty and I think this is an appropriate choice the other piece you'll see ceramic in rose
gold accents is going to be on the crown here which I really love and then the pushers which
are screw down pushers this is water resistant to 100 meters by the way so for all the complications
that are contained within this movement the screw down chronograph I believe is safe to operate up
to 100 meters under the surface but you do have the actual pusher inside the screw down little
sleeve there is going to be ceramic as well this does not have an exhibition caseback sadly this
is such a complicated movement I bet it would be a sight to behold but this case back high
polished in fact showing you know the Breitling Chronomat here as well as I believe it does say
chronometer on the other side not the water resistance advertised on the case back but it
is 100 meters per the spec sheet and then on the other side these are actually the small push pin
buttons that you can actually use to manipulate the date and actually set this calendar of course
that is absolutely vital for something like this this will definitely be a piece for your watch
Winder even though I'm sure they made it very easy to set the time and date for anyone who's ever
had to set that annual or perpetual calendar it is tedious every time you have to do it
the bracelet again super sporty this is sort of like I forget the name that they call these links
but I call them like barrel-shaped links going all the way down and then we have the two small high
polish segments alternating on every other little Barrel here otherwise this is an all brushed
finish which I think really does lend itself well to the ruggedness of this piece Breitling does a
lot of really high polished bracelets and I'm really glad they did a mostly brushed example
on this one so this is a fairly recent offering from Breitling so again this is the cutting edge
of their movement technology of their design This is really everything Breitling is trying to throw
into the top tier end of their pieces that they're offering now I think they did a fantastic job if
you love a modern-looking Breitling aesthetically this has got everything you want and if you want
to add something a little more complicated to your collection of big beefy sport watches this
is one of the best values you can get this is one of the best examples you can get in this size and
in this design I really think so it really does stand alone in Breitling's catalog and of course
we've got a ton of others not just this one if you want the classics like an avid timer
if you want to get your first super ocean to get things started we've got all those things
in stock ready to ship to you today so give us a call let's talk about them at SwissWatchExpo.com