Horological Meandering

"Better late than never" This belongs to the "mini-Grail" realm for me for almost 15 years, harking back to a golden era when watch brands crafted no-frills timepieces designed for rugged use. It possesses a distinctive quality: tailored for both commerci...  

I used to work behind the counter for a Breitling AD and went to a handful of trainings for this watch. Mounting your watch on the tester I see in the back of one of your photos is pure nostalgia for me. This looks great on you!

Thank you. Awsome to hear that you actually had a training for this model. And yes, that tester is a pure quirk, it just sits on my desk and I turn it on every few hours because - why not

Of course you can test your watch by placing it directly on the machine. What people don't realize is that you can depress the little button on the bottom of your watch with a toothpick and the tester will pick up the signal if you're somewhat close. Make... 

Thank you for that info, it worked

I have a Breitling Colt and I can say that I am quite impressed. They make great, solid and reliable watches at good prices 👍

And how very heavy it is in stainless steel. Your titanium version probably weighs a pound less. Here are more pictures! Cheers, Cazalea PS — No, I didn’t buy it ...  

Wow, that steel model looks humongous. But the titanium version is far smaller. The steel one, also called The Mission had a diameter of 45mm, thickness of 19,2mm and weight of 155g. The titanium (the one I have) is 43mm in diameter, 15mm thick and weighs... 

Thanx mon ami! For that type of new records I only take one watch out - G-Shock. Believe me, I tried it with a Speedy Pro and the crystal didn't look right the next day

Just imagine how nice is to polish that hesalite still hangover. I hated that day

Book a visit to your surgeon first though Cazalea ...  

...but he's a pilot and flies his own plane, so it makes sense...

Does it count that I have a fleet in Flight Simulator?

here is my golfing buddy ...  

Something really simple, rugged, quartz would be fine. Even a rubber strap. Something like an electronic Explorer. Less than 2000 euros. It would sell like hotcakes. Something like the rare Heuer Verona pic credit Mond Luxury ...  

...rumor has it that Breitling is planning to reveal this year the new Aerospace, maybe Emergency model with in-house quartz movement. But it will certainly cost a fortune

I believe the market for 8-10k really special quartz watches is quite limited really

8k? I think it will be a lot more. Just look how much they charge for a Emergency II. That's crazy. In today's market which is going soft

Breath for a new Aerospace. New Emergency still might cost USD 20K.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised, the watch prices these days are bonkers as it is. The current Emergency II in black titanium is 18.600€, so with in-house, that could rise even higher than 20k

NT

But the weight is much too much like the cost

Under 100 for a whole day.

so it's around 85g. You're good

In Ti is not going to be under 100 grams. Watch with no strap is ~148 grams.

The one in the pictures is a titanium one

And don’t much care for the newer examples. I still have a Crosswind Special that I wear occasionally. Weird how they don’t even have a Breitling sub forum here. It’s as if they don’t think it’s worthy. Lol.

I love the fact that they, alongside with IWC, made no-BS tool watches for Men! Period. Watches like SuperOcean Steelfish, Emergency, Aerospace with UTC bracelet, Cosmonaute....yes they made these watches in different form today, but they are all environm... 

But I can’t for the life of me recall who in my circle had this same watch. As others have said it’s pretty wearable in the titanium (smaller, lighter) and it looks a lot cooler too. Great pictures too by the way, I really like the first one. The jacket f... 

the watch is pretty wearable. And the ultra lightness really helps with that, I won't say that the watch is big, but if you're someone that is used to, let's say 44mm Panerai, this will feel smaller. Thanx for the comment about the jacket, I love that com... 

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