It hints at the style of the brand grande complication Breitling watches certainly more unique models

In 2003 Breitling released an interesting version of the watch forefather called the new style. If you recall, this model was released just when tourbillon complications began becoming the luxury-complication of choice, and there was a fervor among brands to release their own. At this time Breitling felt it was its duty to keep the tourbillon’s ego in-check by not displaying it on the dial, but rather only on the movement side. A mere Breitling label on the dial let you know that it was there. It felt silly at the time but looking back on it, that replica breitling Chronomat represented a classy move by Breitling.

Looking at the 8 day power reserve in the Breitling movement and you see a lot of interesting tech as spelled out by the many letters in the caliber’s name. The Breitling has a lot in common with the movement in the Breitling, and the same basic architecture is used for the power reserve length. The mainspring barrel is apparently the same, it is the instant-jump date dial and day of the week disc that account for it “losing” two days of power reserve length – thus eight versus 10 days.

The movement in the watch also contains the modern replica tag heuer carrera technologies. We discussed these features at length when Breitling released the watch in 2011. In short, they are silicon hairsprings, levers, and escapement wheels. The benefit here of course is oil-free (no lubrication necessary) parts of the movement as well as greater rate consistency which help the 4Hz rate of the watch. Each of these components work together in some of Breitling most modern movements, though some collectors are still not sure how they feel about non metallic parts for these traditional components.

Attached to the Breitling are blue or black alligator straps. It is a beautifully classy watch with a modern heart that no doubt is meant to strike a chord with Breitling more fashionable or more technical fans. With a long power replica omega and simple day/date mechanism, this is also a good (albeit expensive) daily wear in the Breitling range. It hints at the style of the brand’s grande complication watches, and is certainly more unique than their three-hand models.