Breitling presented the good-looking Chronoliner that has a strong black ceramic bezel last year. Competing watch manufacturers akin to Rolex and Omega had launched ceramic as a cloth into their lineup years beforehand. This year, Breitling makes use of ceramic as a bezel materials for this “Particular” model of the Superocean dive watch.
I’ve a sense that the principally monochromatic design of the Breitling Superocean forty four Particular will look higher in individual than in these advertising footage. Timepieces like this have a tendency to look a bit boring in pictures, however in individual their excessive-distinction, legible dials and versatile styling make robust visible arguments. The truth is, the model calls the Breitling Superocean forty four Particular their “ocean pilot,” as they really feel it combines the legibiltiy of a pilot watch with the sturdiness of a dive watch. Final I checked, most dive watches have been extra legible that the majority pilot watches – particularly at Breitling… A minimum of the Breitling Superocean forty four Particular continues that heritage.
This Breitling Superocean forty four case is available in PVD-coated black metal and is water-proof to one thousand meters with a screw-down crown (in fact) and helium launch valve. It seems to be like Breitling makes use of the identical “mono-block” sort of black ceramic bezel because the Chronoliner. This isn’t a mere bezel insert, however a strong piece of ceramic throughout. That is in contrast to many different ceramic bezels that are merely rings positioned right into a metallic body and used as “bezel inserts.” The outcome must be extra scratch-resistant surfaces throughout, and such items of extra complicated-milled ceramic are arguably extra fascinating.
Software watch lovers will doubtless rejoice the Breitling Superocean forty four Particular for its specific lack of “extra design.” Maybe the one situation some may take with the dial design is how the 9 o’clock hour marker and the date window barely overlap the 24-hour markers on the dial inside the utilized lume-crammed hour indicator. This would possibly not hassle most individuals, however I do take discover every time an aBlogtoWatch viewers member feedback on their dislike of how one component on a dial overlaps or cuts into one other.