BREITLING – Endurance Pro IRONMAN 44mm SuperQuartz™ Chronograph

BREITLING – PROFESSIONAL Endurance Pro IRONMAN® 44mm Breitlight® SuperQuartz™ Chronograph Edition - 2021

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IRONMAN AND BREITLING PARTNER TOGETHER AND LAUNCH THE ENDURANCE PRO IRONMAN WATCHES

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As the new Official Luxury Watch of IRONMAN, Breitling celebrates the power and stamina fueling these phenomenal sporting events with a new series of timepieces

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Breitling and IRONMAN have signed a long-term partnership and teamed up to co-design the Endurance Pro IRONMAN watches, a special series of Breitling’s ultimate athleisure watch. The result is a set of perfectly lightweight and lighthearted luxury sports watches combining high precision, innovative technology, and vibrant, colorful design. The launch features two exciting new watches: a red version available globally at all Breitling boutiques and retailers and at www.breitling.com for sports and timekeeping enthusiasts, and a black and gold piece exclusively available for IRONMAN® race finishers. Additional models reserved for the IRONMAN community are planned for the coming months.

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In 2019, Breitling and IRONMAN had already launched the highly successful Breitling Superocean IRONMAN Limited Edition. This new partnership kicks off a long-term collaboration with Breitling becoming the new Official Luxury Watch of IRONMAN.

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To celebrate the partnership and offer a first look at the watches, a special event was held at the Breitling Boutique in Beverly Hills last night, co-hosted by Breitling USA President Thierry Prissert and President and CEO of The IRONMAN Group Andrew Messick. In attendance as special guests were IRONMAN Hall of Famer and 1997 IRONMAN World Champion, Heather Fuhr; IRONMAN Ambassador and the first person with Down syndrome to finish an IRONMAN, Chris Nikic; IRONMAN Hall of Famer and the Voice of IRONMAN, Mike Reilly; and professional IRONMAN triathlete Ben Hoffman, who was also on hand to celebrate the new watches as well as his recent partnership with Breitling as a local ambassador in the US. Since turning professional in 2007, Hoffman has won numerous IRONMAN, IRONMAN 70.3 and National Championship victories.

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“IRONMAN truly reflects our core values of performance and endurance. We’ve designed this to be an ideal watch for elite athletes as well as a casual, everyday sports chronograph for active people who want that winning combination of performance and luxury,” said Breitling CEO Georges Kern.

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This eye-catching watch perfectly captures the energetic and versatile spirit of the iconic IRONMAN Triathlon Series, finds Kern along with Andrew Messick, President and CEO of The IRONMAN Group.

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 “We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with such an exceptional and well-respected watchmaker. After the success of our collaboration in 2019, we are pleased to partner with Breitling in creating this new watch which embodies the strength and tenacity ofIRONMAN triathletes,” says Messick.

#SQUADONAMISSION

All three members of Breitling’s Triathlon Squad have distinguished themselves in IRONMAN triathlon events around the world. German triathlete Jan Frodeno is not only a 2008 Olympic gold medalist, but also a three-time IRONMAN World Champion and a two-time IRONMAN 70.3® World Champion. In 2019, Frodeno recorded a best overall course time at the IRONMAN World Championship®, winning in 7:51:13.

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Daniela Ryf, a native of Breitling’s home country of Switzerland, is a five-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion and four-time IRONMAN World Champion. 

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 The third squad member is Chris “Macca” McCormack from Australia, who has claimed two IRONMAN World Championship titles – in 2007 and again in 2010. He also won the 2012 ITU Long Distance World Championships.

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All three represent the best in IRONMAN triathlon racing, which brings together three disciplines into the world’s most challenging single-day races, consisting of 2.4 miles (3.8 km) of swimming, 112 miles (180 km) of cycling, and 26.2 miles (42.2 km) of running.

ULTIMATE ATHLEISURE

The new Endurance Pro IRONMAN collection serves athletes as well as luxury clients looking for the ultimate athleisure timepiece.

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Its 44 mm watch case is made out of Breitlight®, which is 3.3 times lighter than titanium and 5.8 times lighter than steel, but significantly harder. This exclusive high-tech material boasts exceptional resistance to scratches, traction, and corrosion. It also stands out for its anti-magnetic and anti-allergic properties, as well as its thermal stability, which gives it a warmer feel than metal.

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It’s powered by the Breitling Caliber 82, a COSC-certified thermocompensated SuperQuartz™ movement that is ten times more precise than regular quartz and offers a battery life of approximately three to four years.

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The bidirectional rotating bezel has engraved compass points, and the tactile molded crown provides excellent grip and maneuverability. The hour and minute hands are coated with Super-LumiNova®, making them legible even in limited lighting conditions. Along with a small-second subdial, there are 1/10th second and 30-minute chronograph counters that have also been designed for easy reading. The watch is water-resistant to 10 bar/100 meters/330 feet.

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At present there are two versions available: Endurance Pro IRONMAN and Endurance Pro IRONMAN Finisher. The former comes with a red dial featuring a black inner bezel with a pulsometer scale. The watch is presented on a red rubber strap with a Breitlight® double tang-type buckle. It features a unique IRONMAN inscription instead of the Breitling inscription. The latter – black accented with gold – is targeted at athletes who’ve completed an IRONMAN event. This version will be available exclusively through IRONMAN channels, and its caseback features a special IRONMAN Finisher Series engraving.

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The original Endurance Pro was inspired by the Breitling Sprint, a colorful and impressively lightweight watch from the 1970s. Its pulsometer made it ideal for athletes who wanted to monitor their heart rates. 

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Watch this space for news of further watches that will complete the Endurance Pro IRONMAN collection.

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For more information on the IRONMAN brand and global event series, visit www.ironman.com. Media-related inquires may be directed to press@ironman.com.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

 Model :   BREITLING – PROFESSIONAL Endurance Pro IRONMAN 44mm SuperQuartz™ Chronograph

Reference: X823109A1K1S1 or X823101B1B1S1

MOVEMENT
Caliber: Breitling Caliber 82
Diameter: 30 millimeters
Depth: 5.12 millimeters
Movement: thermocompensated SuperQuartz TM
Battery life: approximately 3–4 years
Chronograph: 1/10th second and 30-minute counters
Display: hour, minute, second, date
Certification: COSC-certified
CASE
Material: Breitlight®
Diameter: 44 millimeters
Thickness: 12.5 millimeters
Water-resistance: up to 10 bar (100 meters)
Glass: flat sapphire, glareproofed on both sides
Caseback: solid, with screws
Crown: non-screw-locked, two gaskets
Bezel: bidirectional, compass scale
DIAL/HANDS

• Red with black inner bezel with pulsometer scale, black chronograph counters, and IRONMAN®  logo at 6 o’clock
• Black with golden inner bezel with pulsometer scale, black chronograph counters, and golden IRONMAN® logo at 6 o’clock

Super-LumiNova® luminescent numerals, hour and minute hands
STRAP

• Red IRONMAN® rubber strap with a Breitlight® double tang-type buckle
• Black IRONMAN® rubber strap with a Breitlight® double tang-type buckle

Available in model:

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CHOPARD – L.U.C QF Jubilee Edition

 CHOPARD – L.U.C QF Jubilee Stainless Steel 39 Limited Edition 2021

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 L.U.C QF Jubilee
The noble elegance of a certified chronometer celebrating the Fleurier Quality Foundation

 Released on the cusp of Chopard Manufacture's 25th anniversary, the L.U.C QF Jubilee timepiece ideally sums up the three core values of the L.U.C collection, namely technical performance, aesthetic refinement and an enduring attachment to certified watchmaking. This anniversary creation, issued in an exclusive 25-piece limited series, embodies this triptych synonymous with excellence.  

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Powered by its L.U.C 96.09-L movement endowed with the 65-hour power reserve linked to Chopard Twin technology and featuring a 39 millimetre-diameter steel case, a perfectly legible sector dial and a strap made of responsible calfskin leather – along with certification from both the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute and the demanding Fleurier Quality Foundation, the L.U.C QF Jubilee lays a new milestone in the history of Fine Watchmaking.

The first L.U.C stainless steel timepiece with Fleurier Quality Foundation certification

An emblematic creation in the L.U.C collection, the Qualité Fleurier timepiece series is reinvented in a stainless steel 25-piece limited edition specially designed in tribute to the founding of Chopard Manufacture in 1996 and initiated by the Maison’s Co-President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. This new 39 mm-diameter timepiece features ideal proportions and curved lines inspired by a L.U.Chopard model dating from the 1950s. 

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The robustness of stainless steel – used for the first time in the history of the L.U.C collection for a watch certified by the Fleurier Quality Foundation – thereby offers a sporty and casual interpretation of the L.U.C collection, resulting in a look and feel entirely suited to the lifestyle of younger gentlemen.

An aesthetically pleasing sector-type dial

With its intriguing look hovering between modernity and vintage touches, the L.U.C QF Jubilee is adorned with a sector dial. Inspired by the Art Deco and Bauhaus movements this type of dial is built around several concentric circles enabling easy reading of the hours and minutes and has remained an undeniable success since its invention in the 1930s.  

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Once favoured by naval officers who appreciated its clear legibility, the sector-type dial of the L.U.C QF Jubilee watch revives this trend around a silvered sunburst centre, followed by a chapter ring in Chopard blue punctuated by chevron hour-markers, and finally, a silver-toned railway-track minutes circle with transferred black markings. 

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The small seconds hand sets a lively place at 6 o’clock. When night falls, the dial comes alive thanks to a Super-LumiNova® coating on the four main hour-markers, the round base of the chevron-style hour-markers as well as the spear-shaped hours and minutes hands.

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To complete the ambivalence between noble distinction and a sporty look, this timepiece is fitted with a brown calfskin strap featuring two blue bridle stitches echoing the dial. Time will coat this exceptional leather – sourced from a supplier guaranteeing responsible practices – with an elegant patina.

L.U.C 96.09-L movement: doubly certified precision

A variant of Chopard Manufacture's first calibre, the L.U.C 96.09-L movement that powers this L.U.C QF Jubilee timepiece is equipped with Chopard Twin technology featuring two superposed barrels wound by a 22-carat gold micro-rotor, endowing the watch with a comfortable 65-hour power reserve.

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The precision of this movement with automatic winding, finely crafted and adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif by the artisans of the Maison, is examined by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), as evidenced by the Chronometer inscription appearing on the dial under the Chopard logo. 

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In response to another criterion required by the Fleurier Quality Foundation, the reliability of the watch is also verified by the Chronofiable protocol: three weeks of ageing tests involving heat, cold and humidity, traction and pressure on the winding stem, magnetic fields, as well as recurrent impacts. Once the watch has been completed in the workshops, it is tested one last time on the Fleuritest simulator. 

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Specially developed with a view to obtaining the “FQF Haute Horlogerie quality certification” label, this machine faithfully reproduces the conditions under which the watch is worn on the wrist for 24 hours.

Fine Watchmaking according to Chopard: 25 years of excellence

Since 1996, Chopard Manufacture has been cultivating watchmaking expertise and reflecting the inspired vision of Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, committed to the quest for innovation and to defending the heritage passed on through generations of watchmakers – true artisans of watchmaking emotions –since the time of Louis-Ulysse Chopard, founder of the Maison.

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Movement development, finished product design, case stamping and machining, calibre components, traditional hand-crafted finishes, surface treatments, polishing, assembly, adjustments and quality controls: its Swiss workshops in Geneva and Fleurier enable Chopard to master the full range of production operations for each creation in the L.U.C collection.

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The work of talented artisans, these timepieces endowed with a simple, clean-cut design expressing a high degree of mechanical sophistication beat to the rhythm of the emotions experienced by the contemporary gentlemen for whom they are intended: men distinguished by their attachment to art and expertise, watchmaking enthusiasts who lead their lives with boldness and passion.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection : L.U.C

Model: L.U.C QF Jubilee Stainless Steel Limited Edition

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Ref. 168613-3001 – in stainless steel
25-piece limited edition

Case 
Stainless steel
Total diameter: 39.00 mm
Thickness: 8.92 mm
Water resistance: 30 metres
Steel crown with L.U.C logo 6.00 mm
Polished case middle, bezel, inter-horn space and case-back
Exhibition case-back with glare-proofed sapphire crystal
Movement
Mechanical movement with automatic winding L.U.C 96.09-L
Micro-rotor in 22-carat gold
Number of components 172
Total diameter: 27.40 mm
Thickness: 3.30 mm
Number of jewels: 29
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 65 hours
Two stacked barrels – Chopard Twin technology
Bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif
Balance-spring with flat terminal curve
Chronometer certification (COSC)
Fleurier Quality Foundation certification (QF)
Dial and hands:
Dial with sectors in a silver-toned colour achieved by galvanic treatment – sunburst
satin-brushed finishing
Chapter ring in a blue colour achieved by galvanic treatment
Chevron-type rhodium-plated hour-markers at 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 o’clock
Rhodium-plated hour-markers painted with Super-LumiNova ® at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock
Spear-shaped rhodium-plated hours and minutes hands painted with Super-LumiNova ®
Spear-shaped rhodium-plated small seconds hand L.U.C QF Jubilee - 6/6
Black transferred railway-track minutes scale
Functions and displays:
Central display of the hours and minutes
Small seconds display at 6 o’clock
Strap and buckle:
Brown calfskin strap with blue lining, tone-on-tone stitching and blue bridle stitches
Stainless steel pin buckle

Numbered 25-piece limited edition

Price  USD $ 14,500

 

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