I have a Breitling SuperOcean Steelfish, bought 16 years ago. The quality is amazing! It never let me down. Super reliable, robust, precise. Really love this brand.
I can't afford a Breitling after finally paying off my house. Ended up getting a Seiko 5 sport for $250 quartz. Works great and very accurate, but I no longer wear it. I use mainly my cell phone.
It seems to me that the outsourced movement vs quartz, vs In-house automatic movements affects the customers' perception based on their philosophy on buying the time piece. Is it jewelry? is it art? is it a necessity? or is it all of them? the more in depth you know about watches, the less satisfied you tend to be with 'less complicated' production processes involved in the making of the watch.
I love your videos!! Great voice pitch and visual quality as always! I learn so much from your videos! Request: -Can you make a video about watches from the brand Ebel? I love some of their watches like the 1911 BTR QP and the 1911 Tekton chrono. I havn't found a decent video about them although several major football clubs love their watches and I personally think they are beautiful! Cheers, keep up the good work!
Exceptional idea to run such series, thank you! Very much enjoyed all your videos, especially, because of your engineering angle, be it a race car allusions or a space rocket ones. Huge fan of your channel, as you are probably the only person, who makes the most informative videos on watches.
Those quartz Breitling aviation watches were so cool when I was growing up in the 80s. Huge ads in the Financial Times proclaimed this as the watch for the adventurer. That and the Tag Heuer S/el with those gorgeous links on the bracelet and the association with Ayrton Senna. Both the S/el with its iconic links & the Breitling Emergency were designed by the same guy, Eddie Schopfer.
A friend of mine got handed down an Aerospace Copilot and a Chronospace from his step dad, they sit in a safe all the time because he considers everything but an apple watch archaic… 😫
@@sdemosi I'd love to see him grow out of it and learn to appreciate a non smart watch for daily wear, but that will take some time, if it ever happens.
Breitling is such great quality. Tudor does not have this quality... lookit the Tudor Montecarlo with its different font sizes, dial/date color mismatch, date alignment like a DH gate watch. Breitling is a great house.
@@TechPanzer I don't disagree. I've owned a Sinn or 2 & I like their dials and casework. They're a quality brand with a loyal following. I'm a sucker for a moonphase so I got a 3006 hunting watch.
Nicely done! Love the showcase nature of this new series 👍 thoroughly enjoyed the previous one as well (while wearing my Navitimer B01 haha) looking forward to the next episode!
Great video as always and the emergency is a cool watch but would have loved to have seen your take on the 81950 Chronomat that played a pivotal part in the mechanical watch renaissance and ultimately saved the company by bringing in rivers of cash.
Well.. its not that swiss made brands (Swatch group) are inferior. Yesterday I bought a Tissot PRX 80 automatic. Bracelet cuts, no brushing on the eta caliber, dust or paint on hour marker, no way to regulate seconds and a long hair on the back of the glass.. when I look at my 89 euros 20433 invicta I was suprised that it had none of these issues.
The almost faultless cinematography of these videos is marred by the occasional view in which the reflection of a light obscures the upper half of the dial. The preamble - which I usually go on about - is getting much better. Thank you for these insightful and enjoyable videos.
@@HardcoreMotors If he planned those out, the watch wouldn't be needed for an....wait for it....emergency. Maybe, just maybe, he likes how it looks. I guess he should just stick to being a pro diver and wear a sub. Clown penis......
My friend has one it was gifted to him by a guy he was doing business with as a bonus for the success of their combined business venture, agreed it's a super cool watch.
I have Rolex, Longines, Omega and several micro brands and my Super Ocean is one of my favorites. I remember the Breitling Ads as a kid. I think Rolex, Omega and Breitling were the only quality Swiss manufacturers I knew as a kid.
It would be awesome if you could review the Breitling Aerospace. It's a watch that's been on my mind a lot lately and I know it has a ton of history around it. I'd love to know what you (and by extension the watch community) think about it.
Mine is the worst quality watch of the few I have..perhaps unlucky but the digital unit went quite quickly and the strap quality (leather) was poor so I replaced it. Battery usage is quite high too. All in all, a disappoinment and I won't be buying this brand again. Just my view.
Love the idea! Brilliant. There is a whole universe of facts and little known stories for watches that should enough to make content for a few....mm decades maybe.lol
Can you please do voiceovers/narrations for everything? From Blue Planet/Planet Earth to Siri/Google Assistant to….??? With David Attenborough retired and Morgan Freeman slowing down… would be awesome to have you do more voiceovers/narrations 😊
I truly enjoyed your presentation. Very educational. Thank you very-very much. My wife is lucky one. She has two Breitling watches. I don't have any - yet.
Just bought a navitimer and can’t believe they did away with the winged B branding. I love the watch but very disappointed they changed it in new models.
Years ago, I was inspired by the Emergency model when I bough the much cheaper Tissot Titanium Ana/Digi 2-line display watch. It was very good looking but I was disappointed by the heavy crown action, after a couple of years it was impossible to use it.
It may have taken half a century to figure out how to fit a motor to a bicycle, but it took thousands of years to fit wheels to a suitcase, and to put cement in plastic bags. 😂
No thank you for making these videos they sure have helped me escape the horrors and general crap of the late few years. Keep up the great work. Love ❤ this series on Breitling can't wait to see who you do next.
First Breitling I ever saw was on the wrist of a Colonel in Afghanistan and I wanted one immediately. I buy watches I like and don't care about resale or how much they go up or down so I will get one eventually.
most brands: "yea its quartz but its as high end as a mechanical!!" breitling: "its a life insurance and you get the best quartz watch ever made as a bonus."
Had no clue that Breitling had a lapse (1978) in production. One of my fav pieces is the Super Ocean Heritage on mesh, a nicer finished and looking piece than my Sub. Just run from Quartz, unless it's $50 Dollar Casio Marlin Duro Diver (beater).
Wore Breitling Chronomat for years - thought I would buy another but looking how much I would lose if I wanted out = I realised what a big dropper they are - just not good acumen - so, I bought a Tudor 41 Heritage arguably a better watch plus I can sell it tomorrow without losing half of its value there lies the Breitling problem
As I listen to these swiss watchmaking-one sided stories I understand more and more that they have one big underlining. Always the same: aggressive struggle for monopoly. From crying over quartz (which outperforms mechanical in every single measurable way) then killing accuracy competition when Seiko started to win, then giving the only quartz certificate to Breitling exclusively. Now we are bombarded with stories of "heritage" and "affection" as a main factor in justifying swiss watch overpricing. I hope I can find one single, pre-quartz commercial mentioning heritage. Just to prove me a bit wrong.
@@markcoveryourassets I just don't like superficiality. For me- content is always more important than packaging. And there is a lot of packaging going on lately. Not sure if your policy of "building quality, desirable products and letting their reputation speak for itself" would work in todays world. But it is the only feasible way.
"From crying over quartz" The Swiss were the first to release Quartz wristwatches, beating the Japanese to the market by a few months. "then killing accuracy competition when Seiko started to win" Uhh what? "then giving the only quartz certificate to Breitling exclusively" Uhh... what? What stuff did you smoke? There is no Breitling-exclusive certificate. Every manufacturer can get both mechanical and quartz movements certified by COSC if they fulfill the criteria. "I hope I can find one single, pre-quartz commercial mentioning heritage." There are lots of ads from companies like Omega boasting their sponsorship of sports, timekeeping at olympic games since decades, etc. that date back decades before the first quartz wristwatches.
What other famous watch brands dissapeard or had been transformed during the quartz crisis? You should really, really do a series of their history. Btw, congrats for your excelent content.
What they dont tell you about Brietling is that when there is a problem the company Makes the repair so expensive. It’ll encourage you to buy another watch. I had one, for less than a year the digital display became non functional. All services including shipping were unnessary expensive they claimed a faulty “module “ would cost nearly as much to repair than the whole $5000 watch! Did the math the watch even if functional deflated in price so to fix it at nearly the cost of the watch made zero sense ! The service centre was rude, ignorant, and the while it should’ve been fixed under their warranty, it wasn’t. They had it for months and they didn’t fix it! Brietling is disposable trash. Very expensive disposable trash at that!
Although I like the looks of Breitling watches up until 2017 and I own 2 of them,the brand itself does have terrible customer service which I experienced myself.
Never had a Panerai serviced then, or a Rolex… yeah it’s expensive, in the same way that having a Ferrari serviced costs a lot more than a Hyundai. I own a Breitling and I agree it’s not a happy day when it needs to go in, but compared to come they are absolute saints 😂
Totally agree! Have almost exactly the same experience. If you want a quality watch there’s much better options in the price range. If you want bling then you’re still overpaying.
I like the way you put that, how do you know your watch was a Breitling? You bought it from one Mr. Breitling, two Streets past old John. Lol. It's a good point though, you bought a gold pocket watch, weather it came from Breitling, Messrs Patek and Philippe or even the Imperial Russian jewler H. Moser. It was the product, not so much who made it.
A general comment not specific to breitling but It annoys me people buys a conpany names sometimes many decades later and then claiming the history of the original company. Unfortunately this is a trend in many industries. If you bought the name, patents, factory amd staff maybe you have history but not just buying a name i find it misleading and deceitful , trying to fool an end customer.
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As a moderate Breitling enthusiast owning 3, you've filled in so many gaps and "how comes" that now make so much sense. Great Job!
long shot since this comment was so long ago, but do you know what model is displayed at 0:43 seconds?
@@christophertravers1166 No I don't. but the lume on the sub dials is an interesting idea which has recently become a fad...again.
@@christophertravers1166breitling classic avi ref. 765 1953 re-edition
@christophertravers1166 yeah I think it's a Datora
I have a Breitling SuperOcean Steelfish, bought 16 years ago. The quality is amazing! It never let me down. Super reliable, robust, precise. Really love this brand.
What an amazing watch!!
I can't afford a Breitling after finally paying off my house. Ended up getting a Seiko 5 sport for $250 quartz. Works great and very accurate, but I no longer wear it. I use mainly my cell phone.
Breitling has always made a quality watch. I keep mine in my weekly rotation with Rolex, Breguet and Omega.
It seems to me that the outsourced movement vs quartz, vs In-house automatic movements affects the customers' perception based on their philosophy on buying the time piece. Is it jewelry? is it art? is it a necessity? or is it all of them? the more in depth you know about watches, the less satisfied you tend to be with 'less complicated' production processes involved in the making of the watch.
That’s a great way to say it!
i freaking love this channel.
same
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Woah! Ninong!!
It's unreal
I love your videos!! Great voice pitch and visual quality as always! I learn so much from your videos!
Request: -Can you make a video about watches from the brand Ebel? I love some of their watches like the 1911 BTR QP and the 1911 Tekton chrono. I havn't found a decent video about them although several major football clubs love their watches and I personally think they are beautiful! Cheers, keep up the good work!
Exceptional idea to run such series, thank you! Very much enjoyed all your videos, especially, because of your engineering angle, be it a race car allusions or a space rocket ones. Huge fan of your channel, as you are probably the only person, who makes the most informative videos on watches.
I have owned a breitling Navitimer for 8 years, superb reliability. Just bought an Aviator 8 to go with it! Love the brand
Those quartz Breitling aviation watches were so cool when I was growing up in the 80s. Huge ads in the Financial Times proclaimed this as the watch for the adventurer. That and the Tag Heuer S/el with those gorgeous links on the bracelet and the association with Ayrton Senna. Both the S/el with its iconic links & the Breitling Emergency were designed by the same guy, Eddie Schopfer.
A friend of mine got handed down an Aerospace Copilot and a Chronospace from his step dad, they sit in a safe all the time because he considers everything but an apple watch archaic… 😫
@@Convair_F-106 he may grow out of it. Don't get me wrong, the apple watch is a good product but it's a bit bland.
@@sdemosi I'd love to see him grow out of it and learn to appreciate a non smart watch for daily wear, but that will take some time, if it ever happens.
I’m absolutely loving this series. I’m not even a big breitling fan but it’s just dead interesting. Can’t wait for the next instalment 👍
Breitling is such great quality. Tudor does not have this quality... lookit the Tudor Montecarlo with its different font sizes, dial/date color mismatch, date alignment like a DH gate watch. Breitling is a great house.
Wow are you sure about the Tudor quality issues? Different font sizes? 🤯🤯🤯 That would be such a shame!
Fun Fact: During the quartz crisis, Breitling sold the rights to the Navitimer to Sinn.
Sinn still makes their own version.
They do and it's a very nice watch that looks, well, identical to a navitimer.
@@sdemosi But with 100m WR and an inner rotating E6B bezel. The Sinn 903 is, objectively speaking, the best Navitimer you can get lol
@@TechPanzer I don't disagree. I've owned a Sinn or 2 & I like their dials and casework. They're a quality brand with a loyal following. I'm a sucker for a moonphase so I got a 3006 hunting watch.
Surprised there was no mention of the Sinn purchase of the Navitimer design.
Nicely done! Love the showcase nature of this new series 👍 thoroughly enjoyed the previous one as well (while wearing my Navitimer B01 haha) looking forward to the next episode!
Great video as always and the emergency is a cool watch but would have loved to have seen your take on the 81950 Chronomat that played a pivotal part in the mechanical watch renaissance and ultimately saved the company by bringing in rivers of cash.
Currently thinking about buying the Breitling superocean 42. Love your work btw
Great Video! I love my yellow Emergency Super Quartz...
Imma going to guess the 5th most popular watch brand coming up isn't Invicta
Well.. its not that swiss made brands (Swatch group) are inferior. Yesterday I bought a Tissot PRX 80 automatic. Bracelet cuts, no brushing on the eta caliber, dust or paint on hour marker, no way to regulate seconds and a long hair on the back of the glass.. when I look at my 89 euros 20433 invicta I was suprised that it had none of these issues.
The almost faultless cinematography of these videos is marred by the occasional view in which the reflection of a light obscures the upper half of the dial.
The preamble - which I usually go on about - is getting much better.
Thank you for these insightful and enjoyable videos.
I really want a Breitling Emergency. So funking cool.
Why? What impressively dangerous adventures have you done recently?
@@HardcoreMotors in that case we shouldn’t even buy watches, just use our phones. The dude finds the watch cool and wants to buy it. Period.
@@HardcoreMotors If he planned those out, the watch wouldn't be needed for an....wait for it....emergency. Maybe, just maybe, he likes how it looks. I guess he should just stick to being a pro diver and wear a sub. Clown penis......
My friend has one it was gifted to him by a guy he was doing business with as a bonus for the success of their combined business venture, agreed it's a super cool watch.
Thankyou for making a Classic Channel in WATCHES
Probably my favourite manufacturer, along with Omega, Panerai, and TAG Heuer, lucky enough to have a few. Also must admit that I love Cartier.
Breitling is my favorite after Rolex. Hope to get a montbrilliant someday
As usual, great content!
Love Watchfinder. Top notch channel and content. 👍
That conclusion really did enhance the video
Great video.
I look forward to the next instalment on this very interesting series.
I have Rolex, Longines, Omega and several micro brands and my Super Ocean is one of my favorites. I remember the Breitling Ads as a kid. I think Rolex, Omega and Breitling were the only quality Swiss manufacturers I knew as a kid.
It would be awesome if you could review the Breitling Aerospace. It's a watch that's been on my mind a lot lately and I know it has a ton of history around it. I'd love to know what you (and by extension the watch community) think about it.
Mine is the worst quality watch of the few I have..perhaps unlucky but the digital unit went quite quickly and the strap quality (leather) was poor so I replaced it. Battery usage is quite high too. All in all, a disappoinment and I won't be buying this brand again. Just my view.
Great series on one of my favorite brands.
I love the Breitlings now i have a cockpit b50 and super avenger 2. And the price in Brazil is good well underrated.
Such an amazing channel. Greatest quality and commentary 👌🏼👌🏼
Possibly the best watch channel on UA-cam!!!
Really enjoyed that. Many thanks 👏👏
Congrats on your great channel and thank you for a great video!! Muchas Gracias
Great narration mate!,
The 50th anniversary Navitimer 92 is my favourite model ever. Perfect size at 38mm
Love the idea! Brilliant. There is a whole universe of facts and little known stories for watches that should enough to make content for a few....mm decades maybe.lol
Enjoyed the video keep them coming...
Really enjoying my Shelby Top Time. Great video.
Can you please do voiceovers/narrations for everything? From Blue Planet/Planet Earth to Siri/Google Assistant to….???
With David Attenborough retired and Morgan Freeman slowing down… would be awesome to have you do more voiceovers/narrations 😊
Awesome video, as always 😊
Thank you very much. Most interesting.
Great video, thanks for posting
My favorite watch brand! Loyal to it.
Can you review the Corum Admiral Cup Legend 47? Wondering if it is a watch that will hold it's value, functionality, etc.
I truly enjoyed your presentation. Very educational. Thank you very-very much. My wife is lucky one. She has two Breitling watches. I don't have any - yet.
Just bought a navitimer and can’t believe they did away with the winged B branding. I love the watch but very disappointed they changed it in new models.
The winged b looks so cool as well
Im a Breitling employee and when the Navitimer was revamped in 2022 for the 70th anniversary they added the original logo which is AOPO winged logo
Excellent video, watches, planes and even motorbikes got a mention 👍🏻👍🏻
Years ago, I was inspired by the Emergency model when I bough the much cheaper Tissot Titanium Ana/Digi 2-line display watch. It was very good looking but I was disappointed by the heavy crown action, after a couple of years it was impossible to use it.
Got to love a Breitling
Great as always
It may have taken half a century to figure out how to fit a motor to a bicycle, but it took thousands of years to fit wheels to a suitcase, and to put cement in plastic bags. 😂
Thanks for sharing! I already saw the first video! Hope to learn more about my favourite watch brand!
its the watch john travolta had in BROKEN ARROW
Still the best watch videos on you tube
No thank you for making these videos they sure have helped me escape the horrors and general crap of the late few years. Keep up the great work. Love ❤ this series on Breitling can't wait to see who you do next.
Video idea: The Rolex Sky-dweller vs the Omega world timer. There are no videos I could find comparing the 2.
I have an Old Man John "Brain Doctor's Watch" I use daily...or weekly or something like that...I really have no idea.
Great info!
the most gorgeous looking breitling is the one that that chef ramsay wear ..yellow panda chrono ..
The emergency is one of my dream watches. I’ll never be able to afford one sadly
hello watchfinder guy if i may suggest the next featured time-piece to be THE LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR...
I'm not 100% certain, but check the archives, I think he's done one.
Did the breitling pilots get bremont watches for using ejector seats?
My Favourite watchmaker. 😍😍😍
My guess is breitling, rolex, ap, hublot, jaeger lecoultre and panerai
Can you do a best budget explorer’s watch list?
What do you mean by explorer's watch?
Good one, keep it going 😊
Loving the history lessons
Next will be either Longines or Tag Heuer. Thats my bet.
Great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻🏴
First Breitling I ever saw was on the wrist of a Colonel in Afghanistan and I wanted one immediately. I buy watches I like and don't care about resale or how much they go up or down so I will get one eventually.
most brands: "yea its quartz but its as high end as a mechanical!!"
breitling: "its a life insurance and you get the best quartz watch ever made as a bonus."
Breitling doesn’t make the best quartz by a long shot, bud. That’s Grand Seiko.
@@DadCore666 Best or most accurate?
Because most accurate is citizen
Thanks for sharing the facts
Had no clue that Breitling had a lapse (1978) in production.
One of my fav pieces is the Super Ocean Heritage on mesh,
a nicer finished and looking piece than my Sub. Just run from
Quartz, unless it's $50 Dollar Casio Marlin Duro Diver (beater).
Obviously you're uneducated
@@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts Obviously, you're a tool.
Why would you run from quartz?
Your voice is pleasing, I love your video for the sheer love for vocabulary.
Great video.
Just about every established watch brand has managed their way through remarkable citcumstances. Fantastic stories ahead!
Thank you
Nice video!
Great. Thanks
I have a Superocean II 44mm it's my daily wearer, I love it will never part with it.
Great vid, thank you, Mr. Talking Hands (edited). Did not know about the plane malfunction. Interesting.
Don’t google Mr. Hands, you’ll be scarred for life.
@@randomdude6249LOL Good advice! I will stop calling him that from this point on.
Wore Breitling Chronomat for years - thought I would buy another but looking how much I would lose if I wanted out = I realised what a big dropper they are - just not good acumen - so, I bought a Tudor 41 Heritage arguably a better watch plus I can sell it tomorrow without losing half of its value there lies the Breitling problem
been wearing breitling since i got my pilots license back in 2009!
The only problem with the Aerospace watches is that the digital display is barely readable. This issue should have been addressed years ago.....
As I listen to these swiss watchmaking-one sided stories I understand more and more that they have one big underlining. Always the same: aggressive struggle for monopoly. From crying over quartz (which outperforms mechanical in every single measurable way) then killing accuracy competition when Seiko started to win, then giving the only quartz certificate to Breitling exclusively. Now we are bombarded with stories of "heritage" and "affection" as a main factor in justifying swiss watch overpricing. I hope I can find one single, pre-quartz commercial mentioning heritage. Just to prove me a bit wrong.
You sir, just spoke my mind...
holy christ someone who actually knows what they are talking about. bravo!
@@markcoveryourassets I just don't like superficiality. For me- content is always more important than packaging. And there is a lot of packaging going on lately. Not sure if your policy of "building quality, desirable products and letting their reputation speak for itself" would work in todays world. But it is the only feasible way.
"From crying over quartz" The Swiss were the first to release Quartz wristwatches, beating the Japanese to the market by a few months.
"then killing accuracy competition when Seiko started to win" Uhh what?
"then giving the only quartz certificate to Breitling exclusively" Uhh... what? What stuff did you smoke? There is no Breitling-exclusive certificate. Every manufacturer can get both mechanical and quartz movements certified by COSC if they fulfill the criteria.
"I hope I can find one single, pre-quartz commercial mentioning heritage." There are lots of ads from companies like Omega boasting their sponsorship of sports, timekeeping at olympic games since decades, etc. that date back decades before the first quartz wristwatches.
What other famous watch brands dissapeard or had been transformed during the quartz crisis? You should really, really do a series of their history. Btw, congrats for your excelent content.
What they dont tell you about Brietling is that when there is a problem the company Makes the repair so expensive. It’ll encourage you to buy another watch. I had one, for less than a year the digital display became non functional. All services including shipping were unnessary expensive they claimed a faulty “module “ would cost nearly as much to repair than the whole $5000 watch! Did the math the watch even if functional deflated in price so to fix it at nearly the cost of the watch made zero sense ! The service centre was rude, ignorant, and the while it should’ve been fixed under their warranty, it wasn’t. They had it for months and they didn’t fix it! Brietling is disposable trash. Very expensive disposable trash at that!
Next time buy from a proper dealer and get it fixed in warranty 🤷🏻♂️
BS, it’s 580.00 for a screen repair.
Although I like the looks of Breitling watches up until 2017 and I own 2 of them,the brand itself does have terrible customer service which I experienced myself.
Never had a Panerai serviced then, or a Rolex… yeah it’s expensive, in the same way that having a Ferrari serviced costs a lot more than a Hyundai. I own a Breitling and I agree it’s not a happy day when it needs to go in, but compared to come they are absolute saints 😂
Totally agree! Have almost exactly the same experience. If you want a quality watch there’s much better options in the price range. If you want bling then you’re still overpaying.
Love the Brand I have owed 5 and all work flawlessly!! Best bang for your buck in horology! 1884❤️
I like the way you put that, how do you know your watch was a Breitling? You bought it from one Mr. Breitling, two Streets past old John. Lol. It's a good point though, you bought a gold pocket watch, weather it came from Breitling, Messrs Patek and Philippe or even the Imperial Russian jewler H. Moser. It was the product, not so much who made it.
It drives me crazy, that the number "9" from the orange emergency is dirty
Watching this wearing my Superocean 42
Me too.
A general comment not specific to breitling but It annoys me people buys a conpany names sometimes many decades later and then claiming the history of the original company. Unfortunately this is a trend in many industries. If you bought the name, patents, factory amd staff maybe you have history but not just buying a name i find it misleading and deceitful , trying to fool an end customer.
Got a navitimer from my buddies dad who was a pilot......
Was that a battery? Watch
SuperQuartz? +/- 15s/year? And the minute hand ticks too!
Grand Seiko and especially Citizen are laughing.
I love my Breitling
I enjoy your channel, however, I must take exception to your title on this one: no-one tells me about any of the watches I purchase.