There she is! My Breitling Avenger Seawolf. Its been a while since I picked up a new Breitling, and considering that this is the Breitling Source, I figured it was about time. I’ve been wanting several of the new exhibition back B01 limited editions since they’ve come out, but they are pretty pricey and dealers have been reluctant to offer any discount whatsoever, meaning that they are all around $8000+. That means this Avenger Seawolf in stainless steel will have to tide me over until I can scrounge up the scratch.

Beautiful pale yellow dial doesn’t draw too much attention but gives it that little bit of “je ne sais quoi” that gives it some diver pedigree – as if the 10,000ft water resistance wasn’t enough 😉 The dial features a bit more llume than the previous Seawolf with the large markers at 12, 6 and 9 – a welcome addition to Breitling’s typically stingy lume. Arabics are not silver nor lumed, contrary to what you might think. They are a gunmetal chrome color, which seems to fit well with the dial.

The Helium escape valve is located at 9 o’clock, and is pretty necessary for a watch that is good down to 10,000ft. Even the 5000ft rated SuperOcean has an escape valve, but that’s it for similarities between the two watches. The Avenger Seawolf shares the case style of the Avenger series of watches from Breitling, being very similar to the Avenger Chronograph, but actually thicker, due to the increased water resistance.

The watch measures 45.4mm in diameter, and features the Breitling 17 Caliber automatic movement. To find out the rest of the specs see the Breitling Source page here: http://www.breitlingsource.com/watch_details/Aeromarine_181.html

The Avenger Seawolf comes on either Rubber/Leather straps or the fantastic Pro II bracelet. I think the watch works best on the brushed Professional II by far, and possibly the new Rubber Deployant if you are going to be going into the water a lot with it. Unfortunately the Pro II doesn’t have the raised Wings logo.

Another shot of the great dial featuring all the writing declaring the 10,000ft water resistance and COSC certification. The watch is only available in stainless steel, and a few dial color options: Yellow, Slate-Grey, Air Force Blue, Volcano Black and Stratus Silver. The watch is also available now with the Baton markers instead of the Stencil Arabics, though I greatly prefer the Stencils numbers.

And finally, the wrist shot! The massic 45.4mm case sits very nicely on my 6.75″ wrist, and doesn’t seem too large like the Super Avenger does. I think this is the perfect large size watch for me and am really glad they went to this size for their Not-So-Super Avenger sized Cases. Thanks Breitling for making such a great watch!