The Breitling Watch Blog

The new 602HP 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed has a brand new Breitling Clock in it… which is very cool for new prospective Continental GT owners. As a Breitling Enthusiast, I think it’s really cool that there is now an applied logo on the Breitling Clock that’s in all the new Continental GT Speed models!

The Breitling script that adorned previous models is gone, now replaced with the applied Winged B Logo in Gold with silver-plated hands. There is no second hand.

Here is the old Breitling clock in the Bentley Continental GT:

And the new Breitling clock in the Bentley Continental GT Speed:

I think the new one is a significant improvement over the last one. I haven’t been able to find any information on the clock itself. I assume it uses some sort of Breitling Quartz movement… not like the instrument clocks in aircraft.

Its the perfect clock for the perfect car:

Maybe it’s my age, or the age of people around me now, but it seems like the whole world has been struck with automatic watch fever. All my friends around me have slowly become interested in the world of watches and I’m meeting more and more people with the same addiction and enthusiam to watches that I have!

My father has gotten into Breitlings as well having two peices that I picked up for him, with his friends getting into the Breitling brand. One of our friends that owns a Bentley Continental GT just bought a Breitling for Bentley Mark VI. Other friends of ours are now getting into the hobby and I’m finding that all my friends are asking me to help them pick up deals on certain watches on the secondary watch market. Its quite remarkable really.

Even small brands like Fossil are making automatics, with entry levels brands like Invicta creating increasingly expensive watches, and even making Swiss made watches. Invictas watches are very well made, but their involvement with Chinese made watches cheapens their brand in my opinion.

Antiquorum, the market leader in Watch Auctions broke 8 world records with a sale of $9,283,000US. Rolex sales broke record after record, and the future of watch collecting looks extremely promising. Even pocket watches, that I picked up on ebay a year ago would cost me double what I paid now! Now is the time to buy watches, as they will continue to cost more and more.

Being outside of the US, its very beneficial for us to buy our watches from the US right now, as there is such a significant discount from the lower US dollar.

Ask around.. you might notice an increase in watch enthuisiats around you. I certainly do!

I have just posted a new video review of the Schaumburg Lindburgh & Benson Aquamatic COSC Certified watch. Really nice watch, with fantastic wrist presence.

The L&B Schaumburg Aquamatic watch really stands out from the wrist and has a neat military look to it. Goes super deep and has a helium valve like any good diver watch.

Check it out:

Got another vintage Breitling Identification question from a visitor… any help would be appreciated! The question goes like this:

“I recently purchased this ladies Breitling watch that I am trying to find information on. Here are the markings I can see on it: It has a very unique gold case 7/8″ square (art deco looking) marked PLAQUE G 20. The dial face is 1/2″ Dia and is marked with a stylized B BREITLING GENEVE SWISS it is black with gold markings and hands.

The back looks like steel and is marked with the stylized B BREITLING 5519 on the outside and FOND ACIER INOXYDABLE 742452 MOD DEPOSE F.F.M (and some other no’s scratched in probably by a repair man that are hard to see) on the inside. There is a metal cover over the movement, the movement is marked with a stylized B and BREITLING. It has been almost impossible to find any info, any information would be greatly appreciated.”

Here are the photos, and some insight in addition to the video review that was posted earlier.

The Breitling for Bentley Motors is my favourite watch, and probably draws the most looks and remarks… some for its sheer size, and some for it’s beauty.

With the distinctive Knurled Bezel that is a Bentley trademark, the watch does not go unnoticed, and the wide, shallow dial gives extremely easy reading with a bold statement in style. Applied stainless steel indexes and a gloss white dial, guilloche subdials all add to the elegance of the watch.

The beautiful large applied wings logo looks fantastic in the 12 o’clock position, and inside beats a 30 second chronograph which is more accurate than your standard chronos. Subseconds are located at 3 o’clock. Slide rule bezel with inner gear system that allows the watch to be more water resistant white still using the inner bezel and without the inconvenience of using a crown to turn the inner bezel like the IWC Aquatimer and Sinn 903.

The back of the watch is simple, with the model and some text engraved. Serial number and model numbers as well. The Breitling Bentley 6.75 has a much nicer caseback, and I wish this one did too.. but oh well!

But as you can see from the shot above, its all about wrist presence and class… and the Breitling for Bentley Motors has them both! This watch looks incredible on the wrist with it’s enourmous size yet maintains a level of class rarely associated with wrist clocks of this size such as the Breitling Super Avenger which tends to be less class, more bling/sporty.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and short review of the Breitling Bentley Motors watch!