Hey everybody today, we're going to be talking about the Breitling Montbrillant
Legende. Of course this is going to be a larger version of the
legendary Navitimer. Stick around and find out more.
Yeah. Hmm. Okay. So today, like I said, we're going to be talking about the Breitling
Montbrillant Legende. Now, when you see that word written, it's going to be spelled like
legend with an E at the end, but it is pronounced leh-joon. It is going to be obviously not a native
English word, but that is how we would pronounce it. But if you're looking
forward on the internet, just know that it's spelled legend with an E at the end of it.
Now this is going to be a 47 millimeter watch. And of course, if you're familiar
with Breitling and the Navitimer is that comes in a 42 millimeter size slightly under it, but
that's the size that they classify it as now, like I said, this is going to be a 47 millimeter piece,
and that's going to be from one side of the case to the other across the case as a dimension.
One thing about that, it is a pretty large piece, but if you're,
if you're familiar with the Navitimer and it's a little bit too small for you,
you are trying to move up to a larger piece. Of course, you've got the Bentleys, you've
got the Panerais out there. There are a whole bunch of watches that come in much larger sizes
than 42 millimeter. But if you're trying to stick with that, like iconic Navitimer look and feel
the Legende might be your best bet, because it does have a lot of striking features
that we can identify with that of the Navitimer. Of course, the primary thing that I'm discussing
right now is going to be the slide rule on the bezel, which is of course a functional tool that
allows you to make quick calculations, multiplication and division on the fly.
And we've done a couple of videos, of course,
on the Navitimers. Done another video on Montbrillant. I recommend checking it
out. I go into a good bit of history about where the term comes from — Montbrillant.
A quick little recap. It was a road behind the factory at the Breitling factory when they first
created a factory. Now this watch came out in 2007 and was only in production for about five years,
ending around in 2012. This particular one, the one that we're showcasing here on this video
is from 2010 and it is a full set. You'll see the box here. It comes with the papers and of
course the watch, but you always get an 18 month warranty when you buy it from SwissWatchExpo. So
this watch has everything that you would need. If you're, if you're looking for a significant piece.
Now I talked about it being a larger size, and of course it is 47 millimeters when you're kind
of measuring across the diameter of the case. But if you were to measure the lug to lug with
across the entire piece of the case, the watch itself it in at about 59 millimeters. And of
course it's 15 millimeters thick. So it is a decently thick watch, but because of how
long it is and how wide it is, it doesn't stick out really thick. Like you would expect for the
Rolex Deepsea, or like a Sea-Dweller. It is a little bit lower profile, but know that it is
a 15 millimeter watch. So there's a whole lot of metal in this piece, a lot going on.
And I definitely want to dig into some of the some of the elements of the movement itself.
Now, before I go there, I do want to talk a little bit more about the size. And
the reason I bring that up though, is more about the weight. This watch weighs just a little bit
under a half of a pound. So it's not something that's necessarily going to like weigh you down,
but you are going to feel it on your wrist. So if you're looking for a piece that's a little bit
larger than the Navitimer this might be a little bit much for you. I mean, it is a massive watch
and it's something to take into consideration, but when Breitling was designing this piece,
they took that into account, the extra weight, the extra size,
and one of the things that they did was, well, they use the seven link Navitimer bracelet. Now
you'll notice that this has what we call in the watch industry, a Holes Case, right?
It has holes in the lugs where the pins that hold the bracelet in place are actually screwed
through. Now, this is opposed to a no holes case, which will oftentimes on the back side
of the case. You'll notice that there's a little place for a spring bar, which is just simply
a pin that goes in between the links of the bracelet that springs together, so that you
can pull it out and put it in place. Now, the reason I bring that up is not just about the
appearance itself of the case and having holes in it, but the science or the technology behind this,
the engineering behind the way that they engineered this bracelet, it's much dirtier.
It's much more durable and reliable than a traditional or like the, the spring pin.
But it is, like I said, when you have this much weight, you really want to take that into account.
So it does not surprise me that Breitling included a holes case with these screwed in lugs. Now,
of course, these links are going to be solid stainless steel. They're not semi hollow. They're
not just hollow loops of steel. Like we see in the vintage date, just it's a solid bracelet
on a solid case, which of course helps helps us understand why it comes out to be a little bit
under a half pound. Now, my favorite part about this watch is going to be that well, one of my
favorite parts is going to be the bracelet, right? And we've talked about what holds it together,
but my favorite element of it is going to be this smooth taper. You'll see that there's,
I mean, it's almost seamless going from the lugs on the case, into the bracelet,
it has a very nice taper that runs all the way down to where the clasp is.
And if you're not really too familiar with the bracelet designs, interacting with lugs, what
I've got here on my wrist is a Rolex yacht master 40 millimeter size. So this is like the standard
sport watch size and the Rolex community or the Rolex world. And it does have a taper bracelet
with thicker links near the lug that get a little bit smaller near the class, but you'll notice
there's this like offset jump from where the lugs end and the bracelet begins that just doesn't have
the same flow. And I really appreciated that because the watch and the bracelet are one,
you wear them together. It's all a part of the same look, the same appearance and the feel of it.
And this just has a really smooth continuity to it. So I just, I really appreciate that feat and
that that design element that Breitling took into consideration now, going into the actual watch
itself, it has a Breitling B23 movement in it, which is based on the Valjoux 7750 but not quite.
It's actually based on an ETA based 7753. If you're familiar with those movements,
the Valjoux is gonna have the 7750 is going to have three sub dials. And in this one you'll know
it only has twin registers. You've got a 60-second running seconds over here at nine o'clock
and you've got a 30 minute counter over here at three. Normally the date's going
to be a little offset and there's going to be a a third sub dial down at six o'clock,
but not on this particular piece. Now it does have a 42 hour power reserve and it is a chronometer
it's actually you know, certified chronometer. So it's going to have the high level of accuracy
that we're looking for and our pieces, especially in today's day and age. Now
it's also a chronograph. So it is going to have the stop start functions.
Again, the running seconds are going to be over here at nine o'clock.
So the big secondhand is going to be you're counting seconds. If you're using your stopwatch,
of course, it does have the hour and minute hands located in the center of the dial,
just like we would expect, but there are a couple of elements that really,
that kind of separate this one from some of the other Navitimers. And most importantly,
you'll notice those, this small red ring. That's almost like a, almost like a dial,
but it's really just a marker that goes around the entire dial, but it's not out of a base of 60,
it's a base of a hundred. So if you're trying to do time conversions into percentages, this is
something that could, you could use on the fly. So of course the second hand running around once it
makes one full, complete circle fix the seconds have passed, but that's 100% of one minute.
So you can actually start it at the top. And then whenever you press pause or stop on your
chronograph on the stopwatch, you can actually see how many percent of a minute had pass. Conversely,
you could set the the minute hand up at the top at 12, do the same thing for percentage of an hour.
And if you wanted to go a little bit further, get percentage of a day, you could use the hour
hand. The one thing you would have to keep in mind is that the hour hand goes around twice in
a day. So while the register is going to be, or the scale is going to read to a hundred,
just keep in mind. If you're doing a calculation with the hour hand, that that's only going to be
50, will need to go around two times to get a hundred percent of a day. Now, if you want to
learn more about this piece, or you've got other pieces that you're interested in, definitely let
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