Kern Works His Magic at Breitling
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The successful turnaround of Breitling is well on its way to fruition...
Who sucks at their job?
Who sucks at their job?
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Ironically, Hodinkee published a story today about the new, brushed Chronomat B01 Chronograph, crediting the company's new 'design language' to Kern. The new Chronomat definitely looks less blingy than the old offerings. I like the contrasting subdials but hate the crown...
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I like that one more than most. However, the crown (as you say) and especially the bezel are really ugly. Unfortunately, that particular ugly bezel design is a traditional element for the brand.
On edit - those crown guards are really goofy as well.
On edit - those crown guards are really goofy as well.
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The Chronomat isn't bad, but they stripped the iconic Navitimer line of a lot of it's identity. If I didn't know anything about the business behind the company, I'd think it looks an awful lot like what happens when a Chinese company buys a brand name (like Anonimo).
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The hits keep on coming
46mm with an impressive 30m WR.
I wouldn't have thought a bezel design worse than the ball bearing design in the OP would have been possible.
That watch looks like a cheap micro. A BAD cheap mirco.
46mm with an impressive 30m WR.
I wouldn't have thought a bezel design worse than the ball bearing design in the OP would have been possible.
That watch looks like a cheap micro. A BAD cheap mirco.
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Not stellar. Hmm, was hoping he'd bring Breitling into the 21st century
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The Navitimer looks like shiny little beads have been glued to the edge. All they need now is glitter. Ugh.
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They tapped out with titanium Chrono Avenger back in 1998
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I don't get it-- as said above- reminds of what happened when Anonimo was sold.
I thought they were going to introduce some vintage based designs, shrink the sizes down back to 40-44MM, and eliminate
some of the awful case designs.
the case on the destro above looks like a can opener..
I thought they were going to introduce some vintage based designs, shrink the sizes down back to 40-44MM, and eliminate
some of the awful case designs.
the case on the destro above looks like a can opener..
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This just looks like a Bell and Ross WW2 rip off.JP Chestnut wrote:The hits keep on coming
46mm with an impressive 30m WR.
I wouldn't have thought a bezel design worse than the ball bearing design in the OP would have been possible.
That watch looks like a cheap micro. A BAD cheap mirco.
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The beaded bezel is taken from the original 806 Navitimers. Those were chronographs however.
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There’s apparently a normal looking Navi with the in house movement sized 43mm.
Kern Works His Magic at Breitling
That would be this one. It’s nice, but not $9160 nice!JP Chestnut wrote:There’s apparently a normal looking Navi with the in house movement sized 43mm.
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Hm... $9,000? NO.
I wonder if Tudor/Rolex will provide parts for indie service on these movements when Breitling goes out of business?
I wonder if Tudor/Rolex will provide parts for indie service on these movements when Breitling goes out of business?
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There's some serious IWC in this one:
But it's not a bad example of a piss lume watch.
But it's not a bad example of a piss lume watch.
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That's not bad but I don't get that bezel
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stonehead887 wrote:This just looks like a Bell and Ross WW2 rip off.JP Chestnut wrote:The hits keep on coming
46mm with an impressive 30m WR.
I wouldn't have thought a bezel design worse than the ball bearing design in the OP would have been possible.
That watch looks like a cheap micro. A BAD cheap mirco.
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Apparently this watch was inspired by a WWII stopwatch, Ref. 637 (bezel and crown location take their cues from this reference). This explains the design ideas behind the Navi Super 8, but how do you explain 46mm? 🤪
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It's also just useless, is it supposed to mimic some faded road rash? Didn't workJP Chestnut wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:57 pmNobody does. It's probably based on some ugly old design, that's supposed to be cool because it's old. In reality, it's just ugly.
Re: Kern Works His Magic at Breitling
Damn these look like shit!
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The pricing of these is ridiculous..
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Always wondered what a 3-handed Navi would look like – definitely ain't mad, I think it looks great.
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