The Breitling Watch Blog

In the spirit of my budget watches series of articles, I bring you a video review of the budget Swiss Army Ambassador automatic Day-Date. This is a very well made watch for the money, and is crafted very well. The case work is substantially better than many watches in the price range.

One of the users over at Panerai Source forums posted an awesome video of his Pam 104 going scuba diving. This is a sweet video, and I really enjoyed it. Check it out!

I just picked up the Breitling The Book from an Authorized Dealer, and it is a beautifully crafted peice of kit, with some amazing photographs and very nicely made, 336 pages of information and photos of everything that is Breitling starting from the beginning and ending at the present with the creation of the B01 Caliber movement.

I have shot a video of the book with several shots of more pages on the inside, which will give you a better idea if you want to spend the scratch on this beautiful book.

Yet another iPhone app.. this one from Piaget. If you’ve always wanted a Piaget Polo 45 on your iPhone telling you the time, your dreams have come true! The Piaget Polo Forty-Five app from iPhone will display the watch with corresponding time and date.

Just one more watch-related iPhone app of many… and what looks like many more to come.

Sinn launches a new model, and this one departs a bit from the Sinn mold as once in a while their models do. While not quite as different as the 6100, this one still shares a much less “Tool Watch” style than most Sinns. The Sinn 917 has a Destro, or left-hand, crown and pushers, along with a crown at the 4 o’clock position on the right hand side for rotatiing the inner bezel. The case is Argon-filled, and measures 44mm x 15.5mm. Water resistances is good to 100m.

The movement inside the Sinn 917 is the ubiquitous Valjoux 7750, with an additional Power Reserve complication in addition to the standard Chronograph and Date. Watch is fabricated in Germany as all Sinns are.

Or at least attempts to. British pop star Lily Allen, famous for her quick wit brazen attitude, advertised that she was selling her brand new Breitling Watch, a new-style Chronomat with white dial and Arabics, for 3200 UK Pounds. She said she paid 4400 Euros for it, but its was too big.

Its a shame, I would have liked to add Lily Allen to our list of Celebrities!

Original Article

I just got the most peculiar looking clock photos emailed to me in the mail today. A Breitling clock, with a wood box enclosure, and what appears to be an atomic radio-controlled clock. Based on the photos of the back, it is obviously a very old incarnation of the atomic clock, as new movements are quite a bit smaller. The clock does not function properly at the moment, and was asked as to value, which I haven’t a clue. I question it’s authenticity, as it does not look Breitling-like, but who knows what those folks were up to back then.

It is an interesting peice, and while it may not be work fixing, it is certainly intriguing and would be neat to have on the wall.

German made, with Swiss movements and Steampunk inpsired designs, this line of watches from Retrowork will seriously get you some stares from bystanders. These are truly steampunk inpired designs with Brass and Steel tumble finished cases complete with pistons and compasses and other neat design features.

The watches are available with both Swiss Quartz and Swiss Automatic ETA movements with the Automatics running $1098, and the quartz watches costing about half that.

Retrowork Compass

Case Diameter: 46 mm
Thickness: 24 mm (17mm without compass)
Crystal: Hardened Mineral
Movements: ETA 2824 (Auto), Ronda 515.24 H (Quartz)
Water Resistant: 200m

Retrowork Piston

Case Diameter: 44mm
Thickness: 18mm
Crystal: Hardened Mineral
Movements: ETA 2824 (Auto), ETA 805.111 (Quartz)
Water Resistant: 200m