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 Post subject: New Bentley GMT LE
PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:59 am 
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Got an email today detailing this new LE

To celebrate Bentley’s launch of the new Continental GT, an even more sophisticated and powerful coupé, Breitling for Bentley is taking to the road with an exclusive version of its Bentley GMT chronograph. Issued in a 1,000-piece worldwide edition, this limited series is distinguished by its inner bezel and rubber strap clad in the famous British Racing Green colour characteristic of the finest English racing cars. Equipped with an ingenious multiple timezone display system, it proudly serves as an international ambassador of the time-honoured British automobile tradition.


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Movement: Breitling Calibre 47B, officially chronometer-certified by the COSC, selfwinding, high-frequency (28,800 vph),
38 jewels. 1/8th of a second chronograph, 6-hour, 15-minute and 30-second totalizers. 24-hour 2nd timezone with red hand
adjustable using a pushpiece integrated into the left side of the case. Calendar. Case: steel. Water-resistant to 100 metres.
Screw-locked crown. Rotating pinion bezel with British Racing Green inner ring carrying the 24-city timezone scale. Cambered
sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides. Diameter: 49 mm. Dial: black. Strap: British Racing Green or black rubber GMT.


Brochure with high def pics here...
http://www.breitling.com/pdf/BR11129-CP_GMT_Racing_E.pdf

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 Post subject: Re: New Bentley GMT LE
PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:01 am 
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I wouldn't buy it, but I kinda like that.


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I LOVE THE WATCH, DONT LOVE THE GREEN THOUGH. ITS NOT BAD PER SAY BUT I LIKE THE BLACK BLACK AND WHITE BLACK MORE


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Love everything minus the green.

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Green and red, just in time for the holiday season. It's not bad, but I think it would look better with just a black strap. They should make some sort of leather option for this model, a croc strap would look nice.

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I really like the British Racing Green!.. on this watch, I couldn't bring myself to buy it, but not bad!

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:48 am 
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Whats with all these colors? If I wanted a colorful watch I would buy a G Shock, All these colors are making Breitling seem cheap ,and gimmicky.

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I can't believe that I'm saying this but I kinda like it. The green is on there for an actual reason, the whole racing thing which makes sense, and the red reminds me of the hands on a Tach in a car, so I get that too, plus the usual knurled bezel like the knobs in a Bentley. I'm not a fan of B4B's but I thing that this one is pretty cool, and with only 1000 being made it's almost a true LE.

The only thing I don't like is the GINORMOUS size at 49mm, just way too big for me. All that being said, there's no way in hell I'd buy it, just not really my style, but I think it's a helluva lot better than a couple of other LE's that we've seen lately.

Now if they had figured out how to stick a GMT in-house in it it would be even better, but what can you do.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:20 am 
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Looks awesome to me. The green strap might be a bit much though.

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The funny thing is I actually like the green (for once!), but I still don't like the watch. It's a Bentley on steriods - just way too big in every way IMO.

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TOO BIG? its the perfect size!

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^yea for those of us with monster wrists... I don't even think the diameter of my wrist in total is 49, sucks being skinny :/

I also don't understand why only 3/4 of the arrow is red?

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ITS RED WHERE IT CROSSES THE CHROME MARKERS


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Not sure on the green strap. Yet another LE from Breitling...it seems like they come out with a new one every week.


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if i were to ever "double up" and get another gmt i would go with the midnight carbon over this any day of the week...

the green band makes it a little too over the top IMHO :?

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