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They don't even really look like Breitlings to me anymore, they resemble Orients!

in a word: Invicta.........soon to be on the shopping channel...

Roff, are you saying that they should have put the BO1 in it? This is an opening price point ling...

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Breitling Chrono Superocean
Omega Aqua Terra 8500
Rolex Submariner Date Ceramic

No, I'm saying that their strategy to move to all in house mechanicals seems to be to eliminate non in house mechanicals and replace with quartz.

opening price point,,,,,3900 for a quartz watch? oof

Gotcha, that makes more sense.. thanks for clearing that up..

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Breitling Chrono Superocean
Omega Aqua Terra 8500
Rolex Submariner Date Ceramic

Good luck selling these at that price point...you'll need it!

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Squadron Member: Breitling Chronomat B01 Blackeye Blue, Brushed Bezel, Pilot Bracelet

My overall impression is fugly, what are they thinking

However the dial is okay, it's the quartz movement and bezel that overwhelm the overall appearance....and not for the better.

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"Ingrid Bergman"

Regarding the end links, am I the only one who sees some sort of patterning after the Pilot endlinks on the 01 Chronomat? It's the endpiece that isn't an endpiece. On the Chronomat, I think it works quite well. On the Colt, I'd have to see it more closely to be sure. One difference seems to be that the case edge between the lugs is rounded on the Colt, whereas it is straight on the Chronomat; thus, the transition from bracelet to case tends to look more careless on the Colt, and more appropriate on the Chronomat. Also, it seems to me the Pro bracelet is completely redesigned; it's not just the end links that are different. The skewed asymmetry of the Pro II has given way to a symmetry closer to the Pro I. I actually kind of like it.

I hate the bezel, though, and on the whole, I think the watch is a bust. It looks more like a TAG than a Breitling, and not even one of the nicer TAGs. No thanks.

The end piece design is very similar to that of the bentley bracelet such as the 6.75. The end link is the absolute least thing I'd be concerned with, look at that god awful bezel??? What a piece of crap.

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Examples of the end link similarities. Based solely on the pictures, the Chronomat end links look nicer. And I never thought I'd say this, but the Colt bezel makes the Buck Rogers bezel look like a work of art.

It's quite easy to sum this thing up. Bigger, uglier, more expensive than the old Colt. I'm not even surprised by the design inconsistency. I'm so happy to own the old Colt

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Ingenieur - Speedmaster - Submariner

I'm a bit hit and miss about them all being quartz. On 1 hand it will bring the price down and give the breitling range a hard core tool watch range. But on the other hand... There quartz... The old titanium seawolf never had any problems and they where considered THE tool watch. I'm not even going to say anything about that bezel.

Another odd move by breitling.

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Pain is only weakness leaving the body.

But it is a work of art

As for the new Colt, it wouldn't even qualify as a Swatch.

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- This is Ghost Rider requesting a fly-by. - Negative Ghost Rider. The pattern is full.

So is a urinal. That still doesn't mean I want to wear it.