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JacksonStone
 Post subject: Re: blackbird...
PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:42 am 
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Roffensian wrote:
That's true of any analogue watch though (and it's in the Breitling manuals), the compass bezel simply makes it easier to read degrees.
That's what I was wondering, since I saw the solar compass instruction in my Chronomat manual. I can see how the degrees would make it easier to do, though.
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Roffensian wrote:
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Nick, how would one use the bezel on the BB? I'm guessing there's a way, but I haven't figured it out. I don't see what good compass points do on a bezel that doesn't track with the magnetic pull of the north pole, but I'm open to being enlightened.


JS,

In addition to the wealth of aviation knowledge that Nick has shared with us, there is a more practical application for this bezel. The bezel can be used as a solar compass. This procedure will vary slightly between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, but for a watch with a 12-hour dial, you would point the hour hand (the 12 o´clock mark in the Southern Hemisphere) towards the direction of the sun and then you can determine South (North), which is half-way between the hour hand and the 12 o´clock mark. This concept rests on the fact that at noon the sun will be more or less exactly South (North).



That's true of any analogue watch though (and it's in the Breitling manuals), the compass bezel simply makes it easier to read degrees.


Yes you're right. Just a matter of convenience and uniqueness which preserve a small amount of the original intent of these watches. It's not like any true diver uses the bezel on their seamaster, submariner, or superocean to keep track of their dive time, a dive computer is the norm these days.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:38 am 
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The BB is awesome, I've owned 2 and regretted elling both! I'm now looking for another!

Here's a few pics previously posted on here of my last one on a black croco...

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And a few (a lot actually) more on the bracelet and on the Ocean Racer...

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And now on the Ocean Racer....

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Wow! Now I've really made myself want another! :drool:

Mac.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:10 am 
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Watch Tart wrote:
Wow! Now I've really made myself want another! :drool:

You and me both, Mac! (Although it would be my first.) You are not helping me resist it. I love the lume on that thing. Is it just me, or is the BB one of the most lumed Lings?
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JacksonStone wrote:
Watch Tart wrote:
Wow! Now I've really made myself want another! :drool:

You and me both, Mac! (Although it would be my first.) You are not helping me resist it. I love the lume on that thing. Is it just me, or is the BB one of the most lumed Lings?

its not just you...its a torch!
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The amount of lume on it causes some people to not like it when it's out in the sun. The hour markers will always look greenish. Not as clean looking as the hour markers on the Chronomat.
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