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That B4B is just ugly.
Can't understand either why they put so much energy in the B4B series.
I don't want a watch with a car brand on it, if I don't have the matching car and I assume that I am not the only one with that opinion.

Totally agree on not owning a B4B w/o owning a Bentley - which I never will. Good for Breitling to cash more for the same inside (see Bentley GT with 7750 e. g.) Just my two cents.

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Chronomat 41 BEB, Steelfish Chrono BEB, 2x Grand Premier, Chrono Cockpit 39 mm, Aerospace Avantage 79362
IWC 3706, 3705, 376706, 371928
Sinn 103 plexy
For sale: Sinn 356 II, Porsche Design Titan Chrono Valjoux
Wanted: Breitling Blackbird 13353 on bracelet

That GMT is enormous. Too big for me.

46mm it is.

As someone else said
that 48 mm Navi slide rule is just too wide and out of proportion. It's starting to look like those fakes with quartz movements.

I preferred the old World.

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Oyster Date '78, Blackbird chrono DLC '10, Blackbird chrono' 02, Navitimer Fighters '02, Aerospace Evo , Seamaster Chrono Diver 300' 02, Carrera cbm2110

Navi 46 and GMT
Airborne
SuperOcean chronographs
Avenger Blackbird
Cockpit B50
BlackSteel Montbrillant Legende (because let's be honest, that's what it is)

It that's all I can call my AD and tell him to get cracking on the rose gold/steel transocean choron as the Navi 46 probably won't be available for awhile.

I think the 48mm will depend on the size of your particular wrist. I don't feel I have large wrists...and I was worried the 46mm Navi World would be too big (but it's not, at all). It's definitely one I will need to try on first.

Does anyone know how long these new models normally take before they are available?

2 - 3 months usually.

The 46mm Navitimer is on my list as well.

Have they introduced (yet) a redesigned SO or colt?

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ROLEX Sea-Dweller (116600)
ROLEX Submariner (116610LV)
HAMILTON Stanley c. 1932 (19 jewels/grade 401 movement)

The main problem I see with the Navi GMT is that the centre time part of the dial looks too small on account of a) the size of the case, and b) the additional 24 hour track between the centre dial and the slide-rule. It just looks a little "off" somehow. In contrast, the 46mm Navi looks absolutely perfect to me. I can't wait to get hold of one, and I will definitely sacrifice a few of my existing Breitlings for it.

Strange, I've been waiting on an in-house Navi World for ages, when actually what I really wanted was a World-SIZED Navitimer! And now there is one!

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Driver8

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Not sure I understand the whole "shouldn't own a Breitling for Bentley if you don't own a Bentley." It's just a frigging watch.

I'm guessing we have seen all there is to see by now. Some are out of my size range, like the two new Navis, but it seems a good course for Breitling to take. The Airborne Chrono is very nice IMO. I expected a full redesign of the Superocean range but it seems it is just the CSO. I'm pleased, frankly, I didn't have to look at a 3 hand Superocean along the lines of that thing which now passes for the CSO. Overall Id put it at a touch better than a wash similar to last year when at least we saw some of the Aeromarine range, rather the new Avenger range, treated well. I would have bet the ranch the Superoceans would have integrated rider tabs and number ticks or or stenciled engraved 5 minute arabics on the bezels. Glad I didn't make the bet.

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SHARKMAN

I'm more positive this year than I have been in a long time. The Bentleys are getting stranger by the watch, not idea where that partnerships is going and they seem to becoming increasingly marginalized. Of the regular Bentley line the ones that I dislike are more because of execution rather than the pure design - I like the Steelfish / CSO bezel design but think that it's too wide. That's much better than recent years.

I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that there are no new materials, Breitling are being left behind there (inside and outside the case), but they finally seem to be listening to customers and I have to think that this will help sales.

Good for you D8, know you've been waiting for this for a while!

Question is, what B's are you going to let go ?

Good luck with your acquisition!

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Chrono Jetstream
Montbrilliant 1903
Aerospace E79362

What specifically have they done to listen to customers other than change the bezel on one special edition, make a larger navi, and destroy the navitimer world. The navitimer GMT dial has the same proportions as the navi 01 with a slide rule that's ridiculously wide.

I don't see how they are listening to their customers.

Innovative materials? Nope, DLC still alive and strong.
3 hand in house? Nowhere to be found.
Change the layout on the Inhouse movement? No sir, 3,6,9 is all they can do.
New bezel on Chronomat? Well on one S.E.
Remove the square on the Chronomat dial? Check
Rubber inserts? Still present.
New super oceans? Big fat nope, but they brought the Steelfish back and ruined it.
In house blackbird? Yea right.

The best part of Breitling's Basel announcements is that awesome strap on the Airborne!! That's a winner....but I do like the Airborne overall.

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"I don't own any watches, I just lease them"

I may be alone on this one, but, for me, the nicest surprise was to see a Transocean Chrono B01 with a bi-compax dial that evokes the style of some of the old Top Times. I had been hoping that this might be something we would see from Breitling at some point, so I really was pleasantly surprised when it appeared at this year's Baselworld.

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Cheers,
Jim