Breitling Superocean 42 White Water

Written by: D Constant for The Watch Review Site

In Breitlings’ Words “The great white sports watch”

Well Breitling have just increased their Superocean range by adding this stunning All White 42mm Divers Watch to be known as the Breitling Superocean 42 White Water.

When we say in White, we mean all white with a hint of stainless steel, the 42mm Superocean White Water has a white bezel, white strap, white dial and white hands… Do you think the movements white too? Now that would be going a step too far.

With current fashion trends this watch will be suitable to both sexes in my opinion, the whiteness will attract the ladies vote and the size of 42mm is not too oversized to put the fairer sex off this Breitling Divers watch. It’s also a workable watch and is fit for purpose all the way to the strap – its White Rubber you Know… (Some people don’t like divers with leather straps, its rubber or steel.)

So we now see this sporty and robust divers watch in all white, this is a well known, much respected and envied timepiece and to top it off is Water Resistant to depths of 1,500 meters or 5,000 ft for the older readers on The Watch Review Site.

Talking about size the watch is not too thick either bearing in mind the excellent water resistance rating of 150 bars. This rating is courtesy of the screw locked crown and screwed in stainless steel case back. Oh not forgetting the compulsory helium escape valve for decompression protection.

We are used to Breitling watches being available with an extensive strap choice but as the name and nature of this watch suggests the only available strap for the Breitling Superocean 42 White Water is the white rubber Diver Pro band as in the photographs.

The Breitling 42 White Water is powered by the in-house Breitling caliber 17 automatic self winding movement certified to COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute) standards.

The white rubber-molded unidirectional rotating bezel and the distinctive dial are adorned with dynamically styled numerals, even though these are not Luminous, viewing in the dark is not an issue as the bezel has Lumin squares and the hands are also coated with Lumin.

The thick sapphire crystal is glareproofed on both sides.

So have Breitling come up with another fashionable, effective Divers Watch for all markets in the 42mm White Water?

Breitling SuperOcean 42 White Water – Technical Details

Movement: Breitling Caliber 17, Self Winding  officially chronometer-certified by the COSC

25 Jewels

Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour

Power reserve: 42 hours

Functions: Hours, minutes, central seconds, date, Calendar

Water-resistant to 1,500 m (5,000 ft/150 bars).

Stainless Steel Case
Case Diameter: 42 mm.

Case height: 15 mm
Lug width: 20/18 mm

Screw-locked Crown.

Case back: Solid, screw-in

Unidirectional ratcheted Bezel.

Cambered sapphire crystal, glare proofed on both sides.

Dial: white.

Numerals: Arabic, applied
Hour markers: Luminous
Hands: Steel, luminous

Strap: white rubber Diver Pro (with raised central ridge).

You may also be interested in the Breitling Superocean Chronograph II RED, or Other Breitling Watch Reviews and News which can be found at /category/breitling/ and for the readers out there interested in Dive Watches why not check out our Dive Watch Reviews and News Page Here.

Breitling Colt 33 – Closer look at Ladies Divers Watch.

Written by D Constant for The Watch Review Site

We have another Ladies Diver Watch, we are looking at to review, this time it’s the turn of the Breitling Colt 33, This watch was first introduced by Breitling about a year ago and this Colt 33 with its in house movement gets a Breitling update which introduces a wider range of strap options and adjustments to various other elements of the watch such as the matching hour markers and other elements on the Breitling Colt 33’s Dial.

The Breitling Colt 33 watch, now comes in a range of colours as can be seem by the Press Release Shot.

This 33mm (as depicted by the nameColt 33) Ladies Divers watch is a usable timepiece it actually is made to do what it says on the box, with the exception of the Breitling Colt 33 with the diamond set bezel. All the other pieces a suitable to be used as an actual Dive Watch, yes they are not just astetically pleasing and designed so a woman feels she has a pretty watch on her wrist these Colt 33′s are practical. Breitling has made the Colt 33 water resistant to a deepth of upto 500m, again a very good depth for a Ladies Divers Watch, to be honest theres not many around that can go that far down in the deep blue only one comes to mind and thats not exactly a well known brand. This is something Breitling pride themselves on and too right they should.

As we touched upon earlier as with all current breitlings the Colt 33 has an inhouse movement being the Caliber B77 which is a thermocompensated SuperQuartz movement which breitling claim is 10 times more accurate than a normal quartz movement.

The dial also houses large numerals at 12, 6 and 9 which gives the visual impact of the Breitling Colt a kick along with the polished steel case and  satin brushed unidirectional bezel with its stamped numerals.

All in All Breitling have updated the Colt 33 to be more appealing to it’s user base with limited loss of functionality and usability. A divers watch with a hint of feminism and good looks.

The Breitling Colt 33 Ladies Diver Watch retails in the UK with prices starting at £2680 and ranging to in excess of £6500 for the diamond studed version.

Breitling Colt 33 – Ladies Dive Watch – Technical Details

Movement: Breitling Caliber 77, thermocompensated. SuperQuartzTM.

Battery end-of-life indicator.

Calendar.

Case: steel.

Water-resistant to 500 m (1,660 ft/ 50 bars).

Screw-locked crown.

Unidirectional ratcheted rotating bezel.

Sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides.

Diameter: 33 mm.

Dials: silver with red, blue, pink, orange or white hour markers.

Strap/Bracelet: Sahara leather/Colt.

Limited Edition Red – Breitling Superocean Chronograph II

By D Constant for The Watch Review Site

So the Breitling Superocean Chrono II see’s REDDDDDDDD

Well what are your initial thoughts from the photo, quick glance first please

The new colour schem for the Chrono II seems to further bring out some of the watches stronger features and embodies the Chrono’s character. The stand out feature and difference in this limited edition is the unidirectional rotating bezel, an indispensable companion for the finest feats in deep waters, which appears clad in red rubber – offering a superb touch of vivid colour. 

This vivid red on Breitlings Superocean Chronograph II is further echoed on the dials by the sweep seconds hand, the counter rings, the date window and the model’s signature all being emblazened in this RED…

Technical Details – Breitling Superocean Chronograph II – Limited Edition RED

Movement: Breitling Caliber 13, officially chronometer-certified by the COSC, selfwinding,

high-frequency (28,800 vibrations per hour),

25 jewels.

1/4th second chronograph, 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers.

Calendar.

Case: steel.

Water resistant to 500m (1,650ft /50bars).

Screw-locked crown and pushpieces.

Unidirectional ratcheted rotating bezel.

Cambered sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides.

Diameter: 44 mm.

Dial: Abyss Red.

Straps: Barenia leather, Superocean leather, rubber Ocean Racer, rubber Diver Pro (with raised central ridge)