The Breitling Watch Blog

Sometimes when scouring ebay or for sale listings in forums such as Timezone, you will notice that people are selling these “American Airlines” or “15th Airborne” Edition of Breitling watches.. Usually they are Chronomats, Aerospaces, or occasionally B-1’s or Navitimers.

Ever wonder how these custom dialed versions appear? Its nothing special… Breitling does not represent these organizations or companies in any way.. they are simply making custom dials for them at a cost.

Breitlings does custom dials for customers if they will make at least 50 of them.. and the cost of the custom dial is added onto the overall price. This can be done through a dealer, but the minimum of 50 is very strict. Usually these editions go for slightly more than the standard models, as there are collects out there willing to pay a premium on them.

Here are a couple of examples.. one is the Isreali 50th and the other is a Land Rover dial.

Most of the newer Breitling bracelets are adjusted with fine screws, such as jewelers screws, rather than pins. A question often asked is how do you adjust them? In fact, here is an email that someone sent me a couple of days ago:

“hello…i stumbled upon this site in search of info on the old colt automatic. i just purchased a NOS Colt Auto I (ca. 2005) and was wondering if you can point me out to articles on how to size the fighter bracelet..”

So I figured I would post a Youtube video demostrating how this is done. I accidently went off screen at one point but its still servicable! Hope this helps:

I got an email the other day from a fellow who is on the search for another limited edition Breitling that I have never heard. This one is worthy of mentioning because it is a really neat looking watch, and is quite limited in Number. Apparently only 250 of these were made, and it is a brushed Crosswind Special with only 2 subdials, and red second and subdial hands. Very interesting watch. I would really not mind owning one myself. Take a look at this nice LE Breitling here:

http://www.breitlingsource.com/watch_details/Limited_144.html

Check out the Breitling B-1! This watch was recently replaced by the Breitling Airwolf, but many still prefer the B-1 over the Airwolf as it is a bit more traditional in it’s Breitling looks. See and decide for yourself:

Here’s a quick picture I took of nine of my Breitlings together.. wanted to get a group shot but I take lousy pictures from far away. Don’t know how to take them! Missing the Breitling Cockpit in this one, but otherwise complete. Check it out! Squadron of Breitlings!

We have from top left to right, then bottom left to right:
Navitimer, Aerospace, Chronomat, Wings Automatic, SuperOcean Steelfish, Headwind, Chronomat Evolution, B-1, Chrono Avenger