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Likely received by many members today:

http://www.breitling.com/en/models/tran ... nograph-38

E-mail is a little more flowery:

"First-class femininity

A tribute to the spirit of travel to distant lands aboard luxurious longhaul airliners, the Breitling Transocean welcomes a brand-new chronograph for women endowed with a distinctive blend of character and elegance.

With its understated design and refined dials, the Transocean offers a resolutely contemporary stylistic interpretation of the aesthetic of 1950s and 1960s chronographs. A model of fine workmanship and excellence, it has established itself as a new classic marrying prestige and distinction. Breitling is now enriching this exceptional collection with a 38 mm-diameter ladies’ chronograph that lends a touch of character to any wrist, including the daintiest. The case with its pure lines, accentuated by a beveled bezel and slender lugs, comes in a choice of steel or 18K red gold. The meticulously crafted dials are adorned with applied hour-markers and hollowed counters featuring a spiral motif. They are available in three refined colors – deep black, glowing silver and a highly original midnight blue shade. The caseback is engraved with the two stylized planes that were a longtime Breitling symbol, as indeed was the initial B in 18K gold enhancing the dial. The Barenia or crocodile leather straps offer a broad choice of vivid or classic hues, while a steel mesh bracelet lends a touch ¬of boldness and sophistication. A paragon of elegance, the Transocean Chronograph 38 also boasts outstanding performances thanks to a selfwinding chronograph movement chronometer-certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute), the highest benchmark in terms of precision and reliability. Transocean Chronograph 38: First-class femininity."

Actually a very nice looking dial, clean and legible. Sounds like a cool case back also.

Price shouldn't be too bad with the Cal. 41 ? Wonder what he midnight blue looks like.

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Chrono Jetstream
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A very nice watch but I don't think it was wise to pitch it as "first class femininity".
At 38mm I'm sure many lads with smaller wrists would have been quite happy with it especially if the lugs are long like on the 43mm version.
It could have been a nice unisex offering.

And now I remember, they already had the midnight blue in the just opened boutique in Hong Kong two weeks ago!!!

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Agree completely. Not sure that "even the daintiest" wrists are going to be able to carry off a 38mm piece. Now I know that with a chrono there are limits to how small you can go, and Breitling has said that they will never sacrifice function to make a watch smaller, but we have male members here who bought the SOH 38, and of course the smaller Navis and Windriders from recent years and as a smaller male wrist would be ideally suited to it. Heck, it's larger than some of my watches and my wrists are closer to 8 inches than 7.

Also agree. After seeing the pic I totally disregarded the femininity thing, figured if 38mm works for you then this is a great looking piece.

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Chrono Jetstream
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I have a nearly 37mm Premier and a 38mm Colt Ocean (my very first Breitling) in my collection and I have no problems wearing either of them one day and my 44mm Chronomat the next.
Call them a "ladies' Chronograph" however and it immediately disappears off my radar.
Great idea, badly executed if you ask me.

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I like it, but I would have preferred to see it 40mm or bigger but I guess I didn't expect it to marketed as a womens watch.

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I agree. Labeling it as a ladies watch is a big mistake. Another indication how out of touch with the current market Breitling is. I guarantee that no self respecting guy is going to go into an AD and browse through the ladies section of the catalog for his next purchase. I can just hear it now when a potential buyer asks the AD sales person about the 38mm Transocean. "That's the ladies model" and you get shown the larger, more expensive, mans model At least they didn't offer them with the Mother-of-pearl dials. Diamond bezels are bad enough. That being said I do think the watch size of 38mm has a nitch for men that prefer the smaller case size. I have an 8" wrist but often wear 38mm or smaller for more formal occasions.

Agree with what has been said. It doesn't look very feminine anyway, no need to the put the restraint on it.

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Yep and another one here agreeing that the "feminine" marketing slant is a bit of an error. One of my mates has a pretty small build and he reckons he feels that any watch over 40mm is too big for him. He regularly wears what Omega call "midsize" watches which are all around the 38/39mm mark........ but he certainly wouldn't buy a watch if it was specifically marketed as a feminine model.

This TO38 is a really nice looking piece though IMO, and not remotely feminine in design at all. If it was available in the bigger 43/44mm size and with the B01 movement inside it running as a twin register layout and the date at 6 like this new 38 (which would be very easy to do), Breitling would have another absolutely sure-fire winner IMO.

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I'm not sure there are even many women who would wear that style of watch. I know my wife would have zero interest in it.

That's a really nice looking piece! And I wholeheartedly agree with the above; not sure that calling it 'feminine' was the best move for a watch of that size.

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It's a shame because I think it's a nice looking watch in a good size, but I'd have a difficult time buying a watch that's "especially for women."

My wife probably wouldn't give it a second look.

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Another voice in the chorus here. Jaw-dropping marketing to categorise it as a ladies watch.

I'll add in some harmony to the choir.

Might have to send my wife in to have a look at it for me