Roffensian wrote:
If we are going to be true to history then Chronomat bezels have been wrong since 1984!
Very true! Change is inevitable. If Breitlings looked the same now as 100 years ago, it is unlikely they would be as popular now. The Bentley Motors line was quite aggressively new, too, and could have been a total bust (yeah, OK, the Flying B was a total bust
). But instead they hit the nail on the head with that one...a total slam dunk IMHO. You win some and loose some.
On the other hand, Breitling also knows when it has a good thing going, as evidenced by the Navitimer line.
I don't mind the lack of rider tabs on the Chronomat B01. It's just really the font. Everything else about the watch I like. After handling a few of them, I think that the quality of the case's construction and materials really does seem at a slightly higher level than the regular Chronomat. Stylistic flaws aside, I think the Chronomat B01 does move Breitling up ever so slightly on the scale of watch brands.
I was talking to my aunt a few weeks ago, and she remembers looking at Breitlings in the 1960s and deciding on a Rolex (which she still wears today) because the Breitlings were much more expensive. Is this true? She is probably going to get a Breitling now, though.
--Mofongo
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