Breitling Adds 10 New Navitimer’s Including A Cosmonaute With Automatic Movement
After seeing the arrival of the new Victoria Beckham Chronomat and the Aerospace B70 Orbiter as a kick-off to Breitling’s new season, it is now the turn of its most emblematic collection, the Navitimer, and it does so in a big way with the introduction of 10 new watches.
Navitimer B12 Chronograph 41 Cosmonaute
The main highlight here goes to the new Cosmonaute, which for the first time exchanges the traditional manual movement for an automatic one, an absolute debut, wearing an 18k red gold case measuring 41mm by 13.60mm, a bezel with an improved grip to facilitate its handling with gloves.
The emerald green dial features three black registers at 3-6-9 o’clock which translate into a 30-minute counter, a 12-hour register and a running seconds respectively. The dial is painted with Arabic numerals on a 24-hour scale, which means that the hour hand completes one full rotation each day instead of the usual two, and also features a date window at 6 o’clock, slide-rule with various scales and the winged AOPA logo.
At its heart now lives the In-house Caliber B12, which operates 28,800 Vph and offers up to 70 hours of power reserve. Movement can be seen through the sapphire case back whose gold rotor is its main point of attraction.
The watch comes attached to a black alligator leather strap with a folding clasp in the same material as the case and arrives in a limited edition of 250 pieces exclusive to the brand’s Boutique and can be purchased for a price of €21,500.
Navitimer Automatic GMT 41
The second novelty is the new Navitimer GMT in 41 mm, which arrives in 4 new references, three in stainless steel with a black, ice blue or silver dial and one in 18k red gold with an emerald green dial.
All share a dial adorned with a slide rule, applied hour markers and hands all filled with Super-LumiNova, a date window at 6 o’clock and a recessed 24-hour central disc that works in partnership with the extra GMT central hand.
Inside, the Caliber 32 automatic movement rules, which is COSC certified and is based on the ETA 2893-2, reaching 28,800 Vph and offering 42 hours of power reserve, and which is protected by the screwed solid case back.
Like the new Cosmonaute, the watches come attached to an alligator leather strap or a bracelet, with prices ranging from €5,650 for the steel versions to €15,300 for the red gold variant.
Navitimer Automatic 41
Finally, we have 5 new Navitimer Automatic which marks the return of the 41mm size to the collection with single time functions.
The different variants include three in stainless steel with a green, ice blue or deep blue dial, one in two tones (steel and 18k red gold) with a silver dial and last but not least one in 18k red gold with a silver dial.
The watch comes in the same round case measuring 41mm in diameter and 11.65mm thick as the Navitimer GMT and also with the same dial configuration, excluding the central 24-hour disc and the respective GMT hand and the same applies to the date window.
Equipped with the Caliber 17 automatic movement based on the ETA 2824-2 movement, it is chronometer-certified, working at a frequency of 4 Hz and offering up to 38 hours of power reserve.
The new Navitimer Automatic 41mm can be attached to an alligator leather strap or a 7-row bracelet matching the case material, with prices varying between €5,300 for the steel version with a leather strap and €14,900 for the red gold one.
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