Breitling Navitimer 1 Automatic 38 Replica Watch Hands-On

One of the reader comments in my story concerning the best ten girls’ watches of BaselWorld 2018 was critical of the bling factor in some of my choices (in my defense, these were the”showpieces” of this event, and I couldn’t leave them outside ), remarking that the girls watch aficionados with whom he’s familiar would instead have a great men’s watch. Well, this post is because of him. Or more importantly, the Breitling Navitimer 1 Automatic 38 is because of him, or his female friends. It’s a scaled-down, somewhat redesigned version of an iconic men’s watch from Breitling navitimer 1 38mm replica watch with a fantastic movement, a sporty appearance, and classic styling — something you don’t see that often on a ladies’ watch.

Breitling navitimer 1 38mm imitation watch revamp, carefully rolled out within the past several months by new CEO Georges Kern and CVC Capital Partners, does not incorporate a new women’ collection — not yet. It does however include the first of what are likely to be smaller versions of the redesigned men’s versions. The Navitimer 1 Automatic 38 was motivated by a Navitimer from the 1950s known as the Reference 66, a three-hand watch. The lack of chronograph sub-dials creates the dial cleaner than the modern Navitimer, but the addition of a slide rule makes it less so than the much-lauded Navitimer 8, introduced in the fall. The beaded bezel, which is slightly decorative in my view, takes the edge off the specialized look of the slide rule and the red-tipped minutes hand. It contains the Breitling navitimer 1 chronograph 41 replica watch automatic Caliber 17 (an ETA 2824-2 foundation ) using COSC chronometer certification and a 40-hour power reserve.

Before that, he worked for Kern for decades at IWC, a higher-end, nevertheless less observable sports watch brand owned by the Richemont Group. Bove’s brief was to upgrade Breitling’s line to include cleaner, more modern designs, but to take inspiration from the archives (Breitling was founded in 1884). “The concept is not to remake old watches ,” says Bove. “I see it more as taking raw ingredients from old models and using them new recipes” Maybe not all of those ingredients made the cut. Fans were shocked when Breitling navitimer 1 b04 chronograph gmt 48 imitation watch introduced the Navitimer 8 with no slide rule, a defining characteristic as the 1950s. It was not the slide rule was deemed out of date; actually it was too modern. The new design was motivated by on board-chronographs produced by Breitling from the 1930s and 1940s, an era before slide rules.

The Breitling Navitimer 1 Automatic 38 imitation watch has a date window at 6 o’clock, a really nice extra function for an everyday watch. The dial on the steel version is either blue or black, with matching alligator straps with sporty white top stitching. The beaded bezel in gold and applied gold markers make this version look like a very different opinion — one that is dressier than preceding Navitimers, despite the slide rule. In reality, I think that it’s roughly as dressy as what most women really want in daily watch. Take heed other brands — it really is possible to generate a women’ watch without over-identifying it by layering mother-of-pearl, diamonds, flowers, or coloured straps.

The gold model appears particularly feminine, particularly on a bracelet. That is a model that I would feel comfortable wearing day and night. In general, I feel that Breitling Navitimer 1 Automatic Replica watch is really on the right track with its ladies’ bits, folding them as models within existing collections, and designing them with a unisex appeal. On occasion a ladies-only set is marginalized, which isn’t likely to happen here. It’ll be interesting to find out what comes alongside women from this brand. breitling.com