Wednesday, March 21, 2018

BREITLING – Navitimer Super 8



















BREITLING NAVITIMER Super 8 Titanium 46mm Military Green Dial Automatic


THE BREITLING
NAVITIMER SUPER 8

The Breitling Navitimer Super 8 was inspired by the Reference 637, a stopwatch that pilots in the 1930s and 1940s wore strapped to their thighs. The Navitimer Super 8 expresses the distinctive, practical design elements of the Reference 637 in a big, bold wristwatch that is one of the stars of this year’s collection. Every Breitling watch has a tale to tell, but the story behind this one could fill volumes.

The Backstory

The new Breitling Navitimer Super 8 took its ­design inspiration from the Reference 637 stopwatch, which was used in the Second World War by ­bomber pilots and crews. While the Navitimer Super 8 fits ­comfortably on the wrist, the Reference 637 was strapped to the aviators’ thighs, which allowed optimal­ readability­ and ease of use. The crown was ­located on the left side of the case, and its prominent­ size and positioning meant that an ­aviator’s hand – even gloved – could easily maneuver it. ­Because the Reference­ 637 was strapped to the thigh, the crown was ideally located at the top of the case. The pusher­ was used to activate the count-up and count-down functions that allowed the aviators to execute their missions with precision.

The Huit Aviation Department

The Reference 637 was created by Breitling’s Huit ­Aviation Department, which was established in 1938 by Willy Breitling. He was aware of the strict requirements for military and civil aviation, and the Department’s name – the French word for “eight” – was chosen to reflect the eight days of power reserve offered by onboard­ clocks and other dashboard instruments. The clocks developed by Huit Aviation were also admired for their lightweight cases and their ease of ­installation.

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Willy Breitling understood that aviators worked in ­demanding, unforgiving environments that required instruments that were not only highly legible but also capable of outstanding performance in the harshest of conditions. The Huit Aviation Department ­created a battery of challenging tests that proved that its ­instruments – including the Reference 637 – were more than a match for the shocks, vibrations, extreme temperatures, and magnetism that pilots and crews­ were likely to encounter in the cockpit.


The Legendary Future

The Reference 637 also inspired the big, bold, and mus-cular Breitling Navitimer Super 8. The 46 ­millimeter case is available in titanium or ­stainless steel with a screwed caseback that ­matches the case metal. The statement-making timepiece is presented on a brown NATO leather strap.

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With its distinctive rotating bezel,­ the Navitimer­ Super 8 has a total diameter of 50 ­millimeters. Thanks to the prominent screw-locked crown positioned on the left side of the case, the watch offers exceptional comfort to wearers in spite of its impressive dimensions.

The stainless-steel model has a black dial while the titanium version features a military green dial.

Both have large, luminescent Arabic numerals and a ­convex sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides. The hour and minute hands are also luminescent, making the Navitimer Super 8 easy to read in all light-ing conditions.

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An ingenious and practical triangular pointer is adjusted by rotating the bezel, making it ­particularly easy to track elapsed times. The watch also features a central second hand.  At the heart of the Breitling Navitimer Super 8 is the Manufacture Caliber B20, based on the Caliber MT 5612, an automatic ­movement with exclusive finishing that is wound by a dual­-acting ball-bearing rotor­. It delivers an impressive power­ reserve of over 70 hours. The watch is water­-­resistant to 3 bar­ (30 ­meters) and, like every Breitling, the Navitimer Super 8 is a COSC-certified chronometer.

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With a direct link to our heritage and its twenty-first century sophistication, the Navitimer Super 8 is the perfect embodiment of Breitling’s legendary future.

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Technical Specifications

Model : NAVITIMER SUPER 8

Reference: AB2040

WATCH MOVEMENT
Caliber: Manufacture Caliber B20
(Based on the Tudor Caliber MT 5612)
Diameter: 30.8 millimeters
Depth: 6.5 millimeters
Winder: automatic with dual-acting ball-bearing rotor
Power reserve: at least 70 hours
Balance frequency: 28,800 a/h or 4 hertz
Display: hour, minute, second
Certification: COSC-certified
CASE
Version features
Material:
  • Stainless steel Black dial
  • Titanium military Green dial
Diameter: 46 millimeters for the case and 50 millimeters overall including bezel
Height: 14.4 millimeters
Water resistance: up to 3 bar (30 meters)
Glass: sapphire, convex, double anti-reflective
Caseback: solid, screwed
Crown: screw-locked
Bezel: bidirectional
DIAL/HANDS
  • Black
  • Military Green
Super-LumiNova® luminescent numerals and hands
STRAP
Brown NATO leather strap with pin buckle

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Press Release - 2018
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Contact: Romy Hebden media@breitling.com
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