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:shock: What the hell is going on in Breitling's design team these days??? Who signs these things off???

Obviously I'm assuming it IS just one design team of course. The way there's no longer any coherent design cue or theme across the range, I actually think they're outsourcing design duties to at least 50 different assorted creatures, who aren't in the same office.......... or speak the same language....... or have ever seen a watch in their lives..... and who probably aren't even the same species.

This particular one appears to have been designed by a 3 month old chimp from his tree house in Peru, after having recently seen a 1980's Tag. The design was then apparently initially approved by a yak herder sitting in a tent in Mongolia, before finally being signed off for production by a one-eyed North Sea cod named Hank, who was found wintering in a fjord in Sweden. It would explain a lot.

Al, exactly my first reaction.
Would have sworn this is a rebranded frankenTAG and a prime candidate for our replica section.

Well, I'm glad there are no over-reactions about this watch....

I'm not a huge fan of the design, but I don't think its the worst thing I've ever seen.

I don't think folks are comparing this to the entire population of fugly watches, rather to breitlings and our expectations of Breitling design. Were this watch standing alone, the reaction would be negative, but in light of the other blunders, they have reached an inexplicable low in my book. It's like being witness to a 100 car pile up on a foggy freeway. Just when you think you've seen it all, some other poor sap slams into the pack at 70mph.

As John said it best, "Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse..."

I think one of our members will have to change his tag line from "No it's NOT a damn Invicta." Not so sure Breitling gets to claim pecking-order status any longer. That is one of he ugliest watches I have ever seen.

I'm taking the SOH42 off the "to buy list" in protest. Breitling no mas. Period.

I own Breitlings. I am a former Breitling customer.

but there are so many beautiful vintage pieces .......

Shame, because a few years ago there was hardly anything in the Chronolog that I didn't like - now it's the other way round.

That's really the point here. It isn't that the 'NEW' Colt is a joke (which is clearly is), but more that the entire line used to be desirable. Now there are only a few offerings that I look at and say "That's Breitling". The remainder of their line up seems like a really bad dream. I used to flip through the Chronolog and count all the watches that I wanted to buy. Now I don't even want a Chronolog from my AD.