The Breitling Watch Blog

The second Formex watch on the choppin’ block, exposed for all to see! This is the Formex 4Speed TS350 Quartz Chronograph. Unlike a standard Chronograph however, this watch has a “speed tester” type of mechanism. It is basically a chronograph with a different readout and only a seconds counter.

The small dial at 6 o’clock is for the seconds indication, and the center mount seconds hand is for the chronograph. One complaint I’ve heard is that at “idle” the CHronograph hand obscures the date window. Very annoying, and a design flaw. But the watch has a beautiful blue carbon fiber dial, and nice crisp lettering. The watch bracelet is HUNKY CHUNKY! Solid Titanium, and the watch case is a combination Ti and Steel like most Formex watches.

Overall, This is a nice huge watch at 47mm, and sticks out lots with it’s hunky chunkiness. Great for a guy who wants a BLAM BLAM watch without the classiness of say a Breitling. Sportier in it’s look, and much more colorful!

Cool video animation of the inside of a JLC Reverso watch… neat stuff! Check out the other videos on the Blog’s Youtube page… we have all sorts of neat videos up!

Check out the two new Breitlings introduced at Baselworld, The Super Ocean Heritage and the Flying B No.3. The SuperOcean Heritage is much more Omega Seamaster looking than current Rider-tabbed Breitlings… not really my taste, but i really like the Flying B… but prefer the jump hour version myself.

Check this out! My Hunky Chunky buddy shipped off his Formex to a new home the other day and it arrived there via Canada Post (which was delivered by USPS, so who knows who’s to blame) and received in what can only be described as DESTROYED condition. This boggles the mind on how someone could even deliver a package that is so destroyed… Take a look at these pics.. a beautiful Yellow dialed Formex TS 375 Quartz Chronograph watch taken to the cleaners. This is the same Formex that will be reviewed shortly. The owner decided to upgrade to an Automatic Formex (much to my pleasant surprise)!

Check out the photos:

Look for upcoming ‘Quick Looks’ at the Formex TS 375 and TS 350 Swiss Quartz chronographs. Also have a couple of incoming watches, one of which is the Versace Madison with small seconds, swiss automatic watch. I will also be posting reviews of some Breitlings such as the B-1 and perhaps the Headwind.

Look for upcoming more in-depth reviews of the Orbita Sparta Watchwinders, and the Rapport winders as well. Now’s the time to tell me if what you guys would like to see? I will be posting up dissection of a replica Chrono Avenger as well… a very GOOD replica. The Chrono Avenger is possibly the most accurately faked watch in the Breitling line, not including the recent fakes of Breitling for Bentley Models… without having seen the actual models in real life one could be easily duped, even one that is familiar with Breitlings.

In the future I will also be doing a series in general on spotting fakes, which will inform the casual buyer of things to look for when trying to spot fake Breitlings. There should be more soon!