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Why would you not have the superocean HERITAGE in the "heritage" category.
In fact a lot if that makes no sense to me at all.

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No more emergency for around 3 years while they test the new "top secret" emergency, its rumoured that it will have a constant aeronautical tracker instead of a twist and pull emergency trigger.



3 years? They are not making a stealth fighter jet,the newest E was made in 2002,the SQ version.They had like 10 years to make a new watch.



joking Ling it the best! But again 3 years...

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Willows makes a good point. I remember hearing that Breitling was doing away with the "range" concept altogether, and was simply going to have models and their variants, kind of like what Rolex currently does. Did the reps at your meeting specifically say they were renaming the ranges, or are you inferring the ranges are renamed simply from the catalog?

I had always heard there were no more "ranges" and Breitling's goal was to reduce the number of models. The catalog seems to support that. People may mistakenly refer to them as ranges out of habit, but they aren't in the sense each range used to have many distinct models. The Galactics vary by size. Pretty safe bet the Superoceans are all similar - we've beat that rubber bezel horse to death. Now it is just groupings of models. The sole exception being the Professional models.

That said - Breitling has lost me as a potential customer. Nothing I want. How odd to have but one of the listed watches and desire NOT ONE of the remaining.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." ~Ferris Bueller
Breitling moves fast, I stopped and looked around, and BREITLING missed it.

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Interesting stuff, but this isn't the first time they've changed the range layout. A few years back they were Navitimer, Chronoliner, Nightflight and Professional.

In terms of the models, all I personally want from Breitling is a B04 equiped Navi World. That's it. Once (if?) that rocks up, all my other Breitlings will go and I'll be a one Breitling man. Nothing else grabs me enough to want to own it. The only other possible exception is the Flying Fish, but I'll need to see one first.

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The catalog does seem to support that, yes, except Tozzle is telling us specifically that there are new ranges with new names. I'm trying to figure out whether or not that's correct. However, that's pretty academic to me, because, as you say...


Ditto. The only one of the current crop I could even see myself owning would be the one you have. Still, I don't want it enough to prioritize it over other non-Lings I've a hankering for, or some discontinued Lings that so much better represent what drew me to the brand in the first place. When I look at models like the Crosswind or the last pre-Evo Chronomat or Blackbird, I realize I don't hate Breitling; I just hate what it's become.

FEAR made it clear quite some time ago - no more ranges. People - even Breitling reps - may still refer to them as ranges but the only "range" I see is Professional. How can Transocean be a range, for instance as he was told? It is a cbrono and 3hand/date model.

But yes, it's academic. The Breitling brand officially sucks IMO. I'm glad I got the models I did, including the 2011 Navi 01, as I continue to like them all very much.

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SHARKMAN

Well said and I totally agree. Blackbird, Evo, World, Olympus...all beautiful Breitlings. The new releases? Ugggh

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You'll get no argument from me. I find it a little hard to imagine ranges called Legend, Unique, Extreme, Power, First Class, Escape, Explore, and Invent. I know Breitling has gotten silly of late (Pure Breitling, anyone?), but this would be lame even for them.

I remember about 9 months ago when the Navi 01 LE came out and everyone was assuming an in-house Blackbird ,otherwise unchanged, was right around the corner. There was genuine excitement and optimism was high despite the existence of some rubber and funky SS bezels. Boy how that turned on a dime. I don't think anyone saw it falling off the ledge like this.

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An In house blackbird and an in house world would have set this forum off...people would be creaming in their pants for those two watches. Breitling missed the boat, instead them came out with a 48mm SuperMat B04.

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Hmm...that's a tough one, alright.

There may be two Transoceans now, but in Breitling's 5 year plan? Seems obvious to me. Breitling is sowing the seeds for future development.

In theory, yes, although I've always had a nagging fear about what design changes they would implement in a new incarnation of the Blackbird. The bezel on the Chrono Galactic II didn't reassure me any.

They did indeed say the name of the ranges would change, its a intreeging move.... names are a bit... odd... but hay with names like SUPER AVENGER breitling arnt affraid of using bold names! haha.... power.... still cracks me up....

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