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46crew
PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:54 pm 
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Yes, you read correctly. My AD gave me the new 2013 catalog last night and lo and behold, there is a limited edition Chronomat 01 Blacksteel.

<a href="http://beta.photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt286/dcmiller9/01bs_zpsa50f9e90.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"/></a>

<a href="http://beta.photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt286/dcmiller9/th_01bs_zpsa50f9e90.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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Oh goodie. That's one watch to look forward to then. :roll:

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I'm surprised it took this long.

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They don't already make it?

I was hoping I would open this thread and it would say "JUST KIDDING! But they are making a 6AL4V LE Chronomat!". Yeah. Anyway..
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cmon guys this is ground breaking stuff!
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Can't they find someone to make them a ceramic case instead of more black steel?????? Come on already when will the madness end.

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mfserge wrote:
Can't they find someone to make them a ceramic case instead of more black steel?????? Come on already when will the madness end.


Absolutely. Breitling has done a great job with the in-house movements, but why not a ceramic bezel?? Even Steinhart has those! A cermaic bezel, on say the Super Ocean line, would be a good start......

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Oohh, just the one I was waiting for . . . or something. Are any of us really surprised?

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46crew wrote:
mfserge wrote:
Can't they find someone to make them a ceramic case instead of more black steel?????? Come on already when will the madness end.


Absolutely. Breitling has done a great job with the in-house movements, but why not a ceramic bezel?? Even Steinhart has those! A cermaic bezel, on say the Super Ocean line, would be a good start......


The in-house movement is such a feat...which always confuses me why they don't show it off more! Ceramic would be awesome...as would liquid metal, carbon fiber, high grade titanium, a stupidly hard steel, or something else that would be different and more robust than 316. A ceramic bezel and grade 5 ti case would be not only cool but damned near impossible to harm finish-wise.
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Pics don't work for me.

I've cribbed the pertinent bits out of your links here -

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt28 ... 0f9e90.jpg

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt28 ... 0f9e90.jpg

Looks OK for what it is I guess, but if it'd been ceramic (and with a different bezel :wink: ) we'd all be picking ourselves up off the floor in awe!

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This looks very much like the Chronomat Flying Fish.
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This is a satin-finish steel cased watch, model number 720 in Chronolog 2013 book, brochure makes it look darker than it actually is
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Looks like a Blacksteel flying fish. I kinda like it but if it was ceramic then as driver says my jaw would be on the floor.

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As mentioned, that doesn't look blacksteel to me, and it would be amazing if the first that we heard of a model was in the chronolog which is almost out of date by the time that it is published.
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So it's not a Blacksteel flying fish. It's just the standard flying fish?

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