Horological Meandering

Marcus Hanke
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Unfortunately, your post appears to replicate Breitling's gigantomaniac design ....

... by opening a huge video (?) picture completely obscuring your text, whenever I try to open your post.

All I could read was some kind of praise of the chronograph movement. However, my negative experiences with this movement alone, and my information collected from other owners are likely to consume more space than a text dedicated to its advantages.

The B01 is certainly not a bad movement, but it had (hopefully not "has") its flaws, mainly connected to the automatic winding mechanism and the friction of the hands. Originally, it was designed to be a very conventional chronograph movement, no special escapement, no special materials, the vertical clutch being the only tribute to current state of the art. That Breitling released a special version with silicium escapement in my opinion demonstates an effort to bycome problems that showed up since the start of the production.

My second B01 watch is without problems so far, but the first one started misbehaving only seven months after purchase, so there is still time.

Regarding the general manufacturing quality, however, I can state that Breitling shows the highest level of perfection even in small details that I have seen on mass-produced timepieces. All components, be it hands, applied markers, movement bridges, wheels, etc. appear to be practically flawless, which I cannot attest to competitors like Omega, for example.

Marcus