The dial shows everything the ETA Caliber 2824-2 has to offer, including hour, minute, sweep seconds hand and date, but the Colt can perform additional functions. Just inside the hour ring is another scale, calibrated from 13 to 24, recalling Breitling’s heritage as a maker of aviator watches and their standard 24-hour scales.
Q. Is the Breitling Colt 17 chronometer certified?
Q. How big is the Breitling Colt?
41 mm-
The Colt Automatic is available in two sizes: 41 mm-diameter dial (in silver or grey) and 44 mm (in black or blue). The four rider tabs equipping the satin-brushed bezel guarantee effortless handling as well as optimal protection of the sapphire crystal glareproofed on both sides.
Q. Does Breitling make quartz watches?
Breitling quartz watches make for fantastic companions. Developed to offer unbeatable round the clock precision, many Breitling watches are fitted with high-end quartz movements and housed within beautiful aesthetics that merge the lines between something stylish and something practical.
Table of Contents
- Q. Is the Breitling Colt 17 chronometer certified?
- Q. How big is the Breitling Colt?
- Q. Does Breitling make quartz watches?
- Q. Who makes movements for Breitling?
- Q. What kind of scale does the Breitling Colt have?
- Q. How big is the dial on a Colt automatic?
- Q. What’s the chronometer on the new Colt automatic?
Q. Who makes movements for Breitling?
Breitling was a sponsor of Team Bentley during their Le Mans 24 Hours campaign, running from 2001 to 2003. To commemorate this, it created the Breitling Bentley 24 Le Mans Watch.
The Breitling Caliber 13 is based on the well-known ETA Valjoux 7750 movement. It is an automatic (self-winding from the movements of the wrist), integrated chronograph with quickset date.
Q. What kind of scale does the Breitling Colt have?
(Despite being relatively heavy, the watch is quite comfortable to wear.) The leather strap is pleasantly supple, but its buckle seems a bit rickety. In its guise as Breitling Caliber 17, the ETA 2824-2 in the new Colt is only moderately adorned, but has earned chronometer certification.
Q. How big is the dial on a Colt automatic?
The Colt Automatic is available in two sizes: 41 mm-diameter dial (in silver or grey) and 44 mm (in black or blue). The four rider tabs equipping the satin-brushed bezel guarantee effortless handling as well as optimal protection of the sapphire crystal glareproofed on both sides.
Q. What’s the chronometer on the new Colt automatic?
The new Colt Automatic also repeats the Superocean’s 24-hour scale and rare 1/100s-hour scale, described as an “aeronautic hundredths scale.” The movement is a chronometer-certified ETA 2824-2.
