Breitling Replica Heritage Chronométrie Ultra Slim – Inspired By The Minerva Pythagore

I remember Minerva watches being for sale in local Breitling Replica Bentley watches shop here in The Hague. It must have been around 1999 or so that I was looking at these Minerva Pythagore watches in that shop, brand new. They were available in 34mm and 38mm and the latter one struck me as big at the time. Something you can’t imagine nowadays looking at new watches. Available as a dress watch and a pilot looking watch if I remember correctly.

Minerva Pythagore

I didn’t end-up buying one but my stepbrother did eventually, like the one above. A 34mm Pythagore with the famous caliber 48 movement. A beautiful designed case, dial, hands and movement that stood out from many other brands at that time. Especially taking the price tag into consideration. I can’t remember exactly, but these watches had a low price tag at the time. Considering the fact that they used in-house developed and manufactured movements. The Minerva company was sold at some point in those days and nothing much happened with it. There were plans to re-launch the brand but it never came that far.

Until Breitling bought the Minerva manufacture in Villeret in the Jura region of Switzerland and made sure to safeguard its name and heritage.

Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie

Using the Villeret name in their high-end timepieces, Breitling now introduces this beautiful Heritage Chronométrie Ultra Slim model to commemorate the original Minerva Pythagore watches. The Breitling Heritage Chronométrie Ultra Slim uses a manual wound calibre MB 23.01 that ticks at 21.600vph and has a 42-hour power reserve. The design of the slim Replica Breitling Chronomat Evolution watches case has been inspired by the aforementioned Pythagore models from Minerva.The red gold version that is being featured here has an ivory dial with a beautiful fine grain. The dial has applied double facetted indexes and Arabic numerals. Beautiful gold dauphine hands matches the ivory dial and applied hour markers perfectly. The elegant case features curved horns that have nice thick facets on them.

Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie

he Breitling Heritage Chronométrie Ultra Slim is – as the name suggests – very thin, only 5.8mm and has undergone a test lasting no less than 500 hours. During these 500 hours, Breitling simulates actual wearing under both normal as well as extreme conditions. This way, Breitling guarantees that the watches delivered are in perfect working order. Chronométrie does not refer to the watch being a chronometer certified watch, but stands for “measuring time” or “timekeeping”. Just to get that clear.

Breitling’s Replica Chronospace watches strap deserves a special mention, as it has been crafted in the company’s leather manufacture in Florence (Breitling Pelleteria) and comes on a gold Breitling pin buckle.

Specifications:

Breitling Heritage Chronométrie Ultra Slim
Reference number 112516

Case 18 K red gold (5N); polished case
Crystal Scratch-resistant, flat and anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Back 18 K red gold with inset pane of sapphire crystal
Dimensions Diameter = 38 mm; Height = 5.8 mm
Water-resistance 3 bar
Crown 18 K red gold with Breitling emblem in relief
Dial Ivory grainé dial, facetted hour indexes and Arabic numerals as gold-plated appliqués, red gold-plated facetted sword hour and minute hands
Strap Black alligator-skin strap crafted in the Breitling Pelletteria in Florence with 18 K red gold-plated pin buckle (5N)

Movement:

Movement Calibre MB 23.01
Type of movement Mechanical movement with manual winding
Number of jewels 17
Power reserve Approx. 42 hours
Balance Flat hoop
Frequency 21,600 vib./h (3 Hz)
Hairspring Flat
Displays Hours, minutes

Certified by the Breitling Laboratory Test 500

Price 5’890 euros for the 18 K red gold (5N) version

Also available in a stainless steel version.

Cheap Replica Breitling Super Avenger Watches UK Sale

A new Breitling Replica Super Avenger challenging start to the season for Dona Bertarelli at the helm of Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing! Elite sailing competition will return to Lake Geneva this weekend (May 8th-10th). The Grand Prix d’Ouverture for the D35 Trophy 2015, organized by Société Nautique de Genève, will take place on one of the narrowest parts of the lake, on a splendid, highly technical section of water. It will be Dona Bertarelli’s ninth season aboard the catamaran ‘Ladycat’, which was rechristened ‘Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing’ in 2011 when she created the racing team with Yann Guichard. Dona finished third in the 2012 and 2014 championships and won the Bol d’Or Mirabaud in 2010 and 2014. This year, she and her team will once again look to finish on the podium, but will face fierce competition, with her rivals striving to reach new heights in the shadow of the Alps.

Back in Brittany, the team is preparing for the upcoming launch of the maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2, the largest racing trimaran ever built. Spindrift 2 will be used for a crewed around-the-world record attempt this winter. The sailors, however, are busy competing in regattas on various boat types, including the D35, one of the most extreme lake-racing multihull boats. The D35 championship in Switzerland is very important to the team, as well as to its Swiss partners: Mirabaud, Genes-x and official timekeeper Breitling.

Helmsman Dona Bertarelli will be joined by Yann Guichard (tactician), Xavier Revil (mainsail), François Morvan (trimmer), Jacques Guichard (trimmer) and Christophe Espagnon (bowman). “We’ve been sailing together for a few years, both on Ladycat and offshore on Spindrift 2,” explained the 2014 SUI Female Sailor of the Year. “We’ve worked together in different capacities, not just in our D35 roles. They know I’m not a full-time sailor, and that there are other aspects to my life. When I board Ladycat I become a skipper, and we are there to push each other to the limit. The rest of my life stays on terra firma and I go into professional sports team mode. As a team we strive for excellence, which motivates me a lot. When you have such a skilled crew on board, it gives you a huge boost, especially for me. They spur me on and I challenge myself to be at the top Replica Breitling Super Ocean of my game.”

Strong from the outset

On Friday, the 11 participants will compete on 25-30 minute windward-leeward courses just a few feet away from the shore. The format is a wonderful spectacle, but it is also very demanding for the crews, who can expect light, unstable winds this weekend. “We’ve trained over the past few weeks so that everything comes naturally when we return to official competition in the D35 Trophy,” said Dona Bertarelli. “Until a few years ago, the crews would start slowly and peak at the end of the season, but now, we all continuously prepare, train and move forward. You have to be on the pace right from the very first Grand Prix.”

There are eight events in the D35 Trophy: six Grand Prix and Open events, with short, exciting races, and Breitling Replica Aeromarine Watches UK two long-distance classics, the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva and the Bol d’Or Mirabaud.

Breitling Replica Watches- Navitimer AOPA

In tribute to the legendary 1950s Navitimer AOPA, Breitling Replica Navitimer has created a 500-piece limited series with the “Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association” logo and a chronometer-certified selfwinding chronograph. A collector’s piece for aviation enthusiasts.

In 1952,Breitling Replica Chronospace launched a chronograph that was to become its most emblematic model and one of the great 20th century watchmaking classics: the famous Navitimer, with a circular slide rule serving to handle all calculations relating to airborne navigation. Won over by this instrument, the world’s largest association of aircraft owners and pilots, founded in 1939 in the United States, chose this model as its official watch. Hence the AOPA logo appearing on the dial of many Navitimers produced during the 1950s and 60s. A reinterpretation of this historical model, the Navitimer AOPA limited series also bears the logo with its small curved wings on its black dial, as well as on its engraved caseback. In its mission to accompany contemporary aviators, it is powered by a selfwinding movement officially chronometer-certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute), the highest industry benchmark in terms of precision and reliability. The legend is back.

Solid, precise and powerful: Breitling Replica Super Avenger Military

One of the newest Breitling watches, known as the Super Avenger Military, is a mighty, macho limited edition of 500 pieces. It’s built for stealth, with a non-reflective finish on an imposing 48-mm case and a “volcano black” dial featuring a 24-hour military time display with white Arabic numerals.

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The curved sapphire crystal above the dial has also been treated with glare-resistant coating. The military styled watch also comes on an “offroader” strap, made from a durable synthetic fabric similar to the type used by elite military units for special operations.

The Breitling Replica Super Avenger Military is well equipped for split second time telling with a 1/4-second chronograph, with flyback function showing 30 minutes and 12 hours on two sub dials located at 9 o’clock and 6 o’clock.

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The chronograph push-pieces are protected by two screwed guards and the crown is also screw-locked, with a non-slip grip. The large hands, hour markers, and numerals were designed for increased legibility even in dark conditions.

The ratcheted bezel rotates in one direction, a useful feature for diving; the case is water-resistant to 300 metres (1,000 feet). As with all Breitling Replica Super Ocean watches, the Super Avenger Military contains a COSC chronometer-certified movement, Calibre 22, which features automatic winding and a frequency of 28,800 vph. A solid, precise and powerful watch for the most testing of conditions.