BREITLING – Continues its “140 Years of Firsts” Editions

BREITLING – Continues its “140 Years of Firsts” Chronograph Anniversary Editions  2024

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 BREITLING CONTINUES ITS “140 YEARS OF FIRSTS” CELEBRATIONS WITH A NEW DEBUT: ITS FIRST EXCLUSIVE PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENT

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Breitling unveils limited 140th-anniversary editions of its three flagship models — the Premier, Navitimer, and Chronomat. Each is equipped with the revolutionary Caliber B19, which promises a century of precision without major adjustments and an impressive 96-hour power reserve.

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Founded in 1884, Breitling is marking its anniversary with a yearlong celebration of its “140 Years of Firsts.” Now, there’s a new addition to that roster of pioneering achievements: the Caliber B19, Breitling’s first perpetual calendar chronograph movement. 

The new caliber makes its debut in three limited-edition 140th-anniversary pieces representing Breitling’s icons: the Premier, Navitimer, and Chronomat.

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“The Premier, the Navitimer, and the Chronomat are the most impactful collections in Breitling’s history,” says Georges Kern, CEO of Breitling. “We couldn’t single one out to showcase the new Caliber B19 for our anniversary — it had to be all three.”

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Before delving into the details, here are some of the Breitling firsts that lead to this moment:

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⦁    1884: Founder Leon Breitling established a business centered on measuring time, speed, heartrates, sound, and just about everything that could be clocked with a pocket chronograph.

⦁    1915: His son, Gaston, launched the first wrist-worn chronograph with an independent pusher at two o’clock that could start, stop, and reset the chronograph seconds, independent of the crown—a significant advancement in user control.

⦁    1934: Leon’s grandson, Willy Breitling, released a watch with a second independent pusher at 4 o’clock, establishing the form of the modern chronograph still used across all of watchmaking today.

⦁    1969: Breitling co-developed the first automatic chronograph caliber to reach the market

— a breakthrough that solved the watchmaking challenge of its era: how to combine a chronograph with an automatic movement.

⦁    2009: Breitling released its first in-house-developed movement, the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01, widely recognized as the gold-standard chronograph caliber.

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Breitling’s three “One of 140” limited-edition timepieces add a new first to this legacy: the Caliber B19, fully designed and assembled at the Breitling Chronometrie.

THE CALIBER B19: A NEW BENCHMARK

Breitling is one of only a handful of independent watch companies producing its own manufacture movements. It began in 2009 with the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01 and continued with a progression of chronograph calibers: the B02 with 24-hour function, the B03 with split-seconds, and the B04 with GMT. Many more innovations followed. 

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The new Caliber B19 is the brand’s first exclusive perpetual calendar movement, and naturally, it is also a chronograph—Breitling’s specialty from the beginning. It features a full calendar and moonphase, automatically correcting for leap years and months of 28,30, and 31 days, so it can run for nearly a century without a major adjustment. What’s more, it has a remarkable power reserve of approximately 96 hours.

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The movement’s solid-gold rotor is decorated with an engraving of Breitling’s historic Montbrillant Manufactory at 3 rue de Montbrillant in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Montbrillant was more than a factory: 

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Its west wing was a villa-style home that housed three generations of the Breitling family. The Montbrillant building, which served as Breitling’s manufacture for more than 80 years, had pride of place in company advertisements. Its name even appeared on watch dials in the 1930s and ’40s.

CELEBRATING TRADITION: BREITLING’S 140TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS

Premier B19 Datora 42 140th Anniversary: 

The Premier made its debut in 1943 as the watch that took the chronograph out of the cockpit and into society. 

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It was the gentleman’s chronograph, a symbol of good taste that also happened to be a highly functional tool watch. 

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The anniversary edition in solid 18 k red gold retains the Premier’s distinctive Arabic numerals, contrasting minutes scale, and signature square pushers. 

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The strap is black alligator leather with elegant tone-on-tone topstitching and an 18 k gold folding buckle.

Navitimer B19 Chronograph 43 Perpetual Calendar 140th Anniversary: 

The Navitimer was the first watch for pilots to combine a chronograph with the brand’s proprietary circular slide rule flight computer. 

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Originally developed in 1952 for members of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the Navitimer quickly found favor with a broader audience that included celebrities and astronauts—in 1962 it became the first Swiss wristwatch in space. 

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The anniversary edition features the famous slide rule in black on an attention-grabbing 18 k red-gold dial. 

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The strap is alligator leather with contrasting topstitching and an 18 k gold folding buckle.

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Super Chronomat B19 44 Perpetual Calendar 140th Anniversary: 

The Chronomat first launched in 1983 as the official watch of Italy’s aerobatics team, the Frecce Tricolori. 

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The popularity of its design led to a wider release a year later. This quartz-era timing was significant—the Chronomat was instrumental in restoring the popularity of mechanical chronographs. 

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The anniversary edition features the model’s distinctive design with four raised rider tabs at the 15-minute marks, an “onion” crown, and a rubber version of the model’s classic Rouleaux bracelet. 

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Ceramic inserts give it a supercharged look. Plus, it marks another first for Breitling: a dramatic skeletonized dial.

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EXCLUSIVE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S ITEMS

Each anniversary limited-edition is presented with a sumptuous suede-lined wooden watch box that can be configured to display up to three timepieces. 

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Additional features include a drawer for storage and a removable travel pouch. Owners will also receive a deluxe edition of the book Breitling: 140 Years in 140 Stories (Rizzoli, 2024) personalized with their selected anniversary piece on the cover and showcasing Breitling’s illustrious heritage in vivid storytelling and photography.

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“With the Caliber B19 and our anniversary limited editions, we’re making history again,” says Georges Kern. “This launch is about being as groundbreaking as our 140 Years of Firsts demand.”

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SUPER CHRONOMAT B19 44 PERPETUAL CALENDAR 140TH ANNIVERSARY

Reference:
RB19301A1G1S1 - 🔴 Price  US $ 59, 000.

 

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PREMIER B19 DATORA 42 140TH ANNIVERSARY

Reference:
RB19401A1B1P1 - 🔴 Price  US $ 59, 000.

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NAVITIMER B19 CHRONOGRAPH 43 PERPETUAL CALENDAR 140TH ANNIVERSARY

Reference:
RB19101A1H1P1 - 🔴 Price  US $ 59, 000.

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REMY COOLS – Tourbillon Atelier Platinium Edition

 

 REMY COOLS – Tourbillon Atelier Platinium Edition

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 « Inspired by the past , rooted in the present , shaping the future »

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After his impressive debut with the subscription series, young independent French watchmaker Remy Cools has created his first production watches series, the Tourbillon Atelier, in the same spirit of perpetuating tradition and passing down know-how. 

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Dedicated to the ceaseless refinement of his work, the Tourbillon Atelier is born out of Remy Cools’ motto, “evolve, don’t repeat''.

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With a passion fuelled by the works of the great watchmakers and notable marine chronometers of the late 18th and 19th centuries, Remy Cools seeks to continue the legacy of French fine watchmaking and perpetuate the traditional approach to haute horlogerie where artisanship, precision and superlative quality reign supreme. 

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While the Tourbillon Atelier shares the same classically inspired yet instantly recognisable aesthetic as his subscription series, the movement itself as well as the case, dial, hands and crystal are all entirely new, designed and built from scratch for his first production series.

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With his background in restoration watchmaking, Remy Cools strives to incorporate as many handcrafted and traditional fabrication methods in his work as possible, to create watches that can be durable and serviced in the distant future, in the same way that he restores timekeepers from centuries past to their former glory. 

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The choice of materials as well as the techniques employed are to ensure this longevity.

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In designing the Tourbillon Atelier, particular attention was paid to keeping the proportions as compact as possible. 

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The platinum case measures 39mm in diameter and 12mm in height, including the raised and domed 3mm height sapphire crystal that allows for a panoramic view of the dial-side tourbillon and off-centred, seemingly floating small hours and minutes dial. 

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Set atop either a rose gold or yellow gold dial plate with a finely grained finish, the silver dials are paired round-polished convex steel hands, crafted and finished by hand.

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Following his « Evolve, Don’t Repeat » motto, Rémy Cools maintains the familiar spirit of the distinctive traits of his first series with a fresh mechanical approach and new signatures.   

 

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The Tourbillon Atelier stands out by its now emblematic domed sapphire crystal with a new case and movement.

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While maintaining the symmetry and simplexity that defines Rémy Cools beautechnicality, the second series is visually differentiated by the introduction of the crown at 3 o’clock.

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The evolution goes beyond aesthetics, as every aspect has been reconsidered, reworked and refined. Pushing boundaries to reflect Rémy’s three years of additional experience and expertise.

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The centrepiece of the dial, the tourbillon, is held by a single bridge beveled and polished by hand. Within the tourbillon carriage measuring 13.2mm in diameter with three polished spokes, the hairspring features a Breguet overcoil that has been painstakingly formed by hand. 

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Oscillating at a frequency of 2.5Hz (18,000 vb/h), the balance wheel and tourbillon mechanism are carefully adjusted  and poised for optimal chronometric performance. 

 

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Finished in a yellow gold tone matching the dial, the hand-wound movement is composed of 235 components, each of them decorated by hand – including the ones that the wearer will likely never see. Remy Cools firmly believes that decoration is there to embellish a piece, not to define it. 

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The finishing techniques of the Tourbillon Atelier were chosen to be coherent with the overall design and architecture of the movement, without even a single element feeling superfluous of serving solely as a demonstration of the watchmaker’s prowess.

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The Remy Cools Tourbillon Atelier is a limited series of 36 pieces in total, with 12 pieces made per year according to the customers’ choices of yellow gold or rose gold dials.

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Sustainability

The different precious materials that compose the watch (platinum and gold) come from recycling.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICITIES

Collection : Tourbillon Atelier

 Model: Tourbillon Atelier Pink Gold Plate 39mm Platinium Edition

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  Model: Tourbillon Atelier Yellow Gold Plate 39mm Platinium Edition

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 Numbered and available in two versions: Yellow gold color and Rose gold color

 Movement
- 33mm diameter
- 9mm thick
- 50 hours chronometric power reserve
- Frequency 2,5Hz ( 18,000 vb/h )
- 60 seconds Tourbillon
- Specific balance wheel and Swiss anchor escapement
- Hand formed Breguet hairspring
- Entirely hand finished ( visible and not visible parts )
- 235 components

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Case and buckle
- In Platinium
- 39mm diameter
- 12mm thick including 3mm higher sapphire crystal domed
- All sapphire glass
- Engraved Buckle and pin buckle in platinum
Dials and hands
- Hours and minutes dials in silver with black indications hand printed

• (Yellow Gold Plate)
• (Pink Gold Plate)

- Hand-formed and hand-polished steel hands.
Decorations:
- All the decorations of the watch are made in the traditional way, by hand.

 🔰 Limited Edition: series of 36 pieces in total, with✅12 pieces made per year

🔴 Price:  RRP excluding VAT: 159,000 CHF / $ 180,000 💰

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