The Breitling Watch Blog

Some dood, destroying his rolex watch by beating it into the concrete.. i’m not sure if it’s a real rolex, but he’s doing it!

I dunno why a guy would take a $5-6K watch and they proceed to trash the hell out of it… but there are some interesting people out there.

I’ve been scouring the entire line of Breitling, past and present, to try and develop a must-have list of Breitling watches that I need in my collection. There needs to be a Breitling watch for every occasion, and sometimes the yearning for a non-Breitling watch affects that. Just now I purchased a new Ball Hydrocarbon GMT watch… which I have wanted for a long time. Well, I’ve wanted some sort of Ball Watch.. the GMT was just what was recently available. The 42mm Mad Cow version is quite desirable to me too.

Anyway, I feel that with approximately 12 Breitlings, you can achieve all reaches and areas of Breitlings without breaking the bank.

Classic Navitimer
You have to have a Navitimer, and the basic model is good for all-round Navitimer Goodness. Perhaps on a steel bracelet for a somewhat sportier look.

Navitimer Olympus
Next Navitimer to get is the Olympus. Get this one on a Crocodile strap, extra class, and even goes with a suit.

Breitling Flying B
How can you NOT get this watch? When i have $10K to drop on a watch, this is the one that’s gonna get bought. Big, and rectangular, and a Breitling. Very Cool. Jump hour, too!

Bentley Motors T
The new Bentley Motors T with the snazzy bezel design is very attractive to me, and would fit the bill of the one and only round Bentley in my collection. I do like the 6.75, but Between that one and the Crosswind special, i’ll take the Crosswind…

Crosswind Special
The Breitling Crosswind special… in my opinion the nicest Windrider series watch that Breitling has ever made, and now its gone. Big date, Chronograph, almost 44mm diameter.. what more could you ask for!?

Wings Automatic
You need a smaller Breitling for those days when the big watches are just a little too much.. the Wings Auto is the best small watch that Breitling has ever made. Period.

Headwind
Possibly my favourite Breitling ever. I love the day/date configuration that’s set up like the rolex, but with much more presence. This watch has got to be one of my all-time favourite designs ever.. unfortunately it was not a runaway hit for Breitling. I need one in every color!

Original Blackbird
Since we need to have a Chronomat platform based watch here, the Blackbird is a good choice. Not the new blackbird, which is essentially the same as the older Crosswind special without the character, but the original one, which is a somewhat stealthy version of the Chronomat. Very cool, subtle, and slick.

Airwolf
EIther this or the B-1 will do it. I prefer the styling of the B-1, but the Airwolf is always very pleasing to the eye. A lot of people don’t like the new airwolf quite as much, and demand for the b-1 on the secondary market has gone up because of this. But the classic dual LCD with Analog layout should be represented with this watch, as it is superior to the Aerospace.

Chrono Avenger
To satisfy our need for a Titanium Chronograph, we look to the Chrono Avenger… other Titanium models from Breitling are inferior to this popular beast of a watch. Leonardo Di Caprio wore one even!

SuperOcean Steelfish X-Plus
Gotta have a watch that goes 2000m into the water, so why not go with this revamped classic!

Colt Quartz
Last but not least, we need to have a quartz analog model in there, and the Colt is the one to fit the bill. The watch is bomb-proof and will be useful in conditions where a lot of banging around may occur… and when you dont need the complexity of the Airwolf or the B-1.

I picked up an Invicta Grand Diver not too long ago to try out what a 47mm diameter watch would feel like on my wrist. I also liked the lines of the Grand diver and how it imitated the lines of the celebrated Omega Seamaster, but in a much larger format. The Planet Ocean never looked good on my wrist, but the Seamaster did.

This watch is VERY well made and a steal at the $160US Shipped price I paid, brand new. It came in the typicall yellow Invicta box and came with all the usual goodies. The suggested retail of $495 seemed unrealistic since it seems all invictas are available at what seems to be about 1/4 of the retail price.

The movement is a Miyota 21-Jewel non-hacking movement made in Japan. The face had some debris inside it and was cleaned out by me when I opened it up for inspection. I cleaned it out nice and good with alcohol, and the watch keeps very good time.. within 5 seconds a day.

Watch has TONS of links, great for a guy with a big wrist, over 8 inches i would say. I have a smaller wrist at 6 3/4. Watch is water resistant to 500m, so would make a great candidate for diving.. but the bezel is quite hard to turn while the watch is on, i could only imagine how hard it is to do with a glove on while diving.

Case is nice solid stainless, and VERY solid for the money. If you can’t afford a Seamaster, get yourself one of these bad boys PRONTO. You will not be disappointed… like every other invicta… tremendous value for the Money.

I give this guy a 9/10 overall.