New releases - random chat

[MartynJC (UK)]

Me too!

Seems to have a bit of Orbiter 3 balloon envelope in the case back as well?

I DO like that too 100m wrt - new B70 movement with triple pushers. Cross between an Evo and a B-1. The battery life estimated at 2 years is appalling though!! Lets hope self-changing is as easy as before.. but looks like some specialist screw removal on the back..



I like it so much I have one on hold with Jura who have almost sold out their allocation in 3hrs... watch this space....

[Tooks]

I DO like that too 100m wrt - new B70 movement with triple pushers. Cross between an Evo and a B-1. The battery life estimated at 2 years is appalling though!! Lets hope self-changing is as easy as before.. but looks like some specialist screw removal on the back..



I like it so much I have one on hold with Jura who have almost sold out their allocation in 3hrs... watch this space....

Very excited for you, sadly bit of bad timing for me, and I do have a very lovely and personal Evo already.

[Tooks]

It seems Breitling are jumping on the Bremont bandwagon. This concept does absolutely nothing for me, nor does buying something that is commemorating something I wasn't involved with.

One of the first operational aircraft I flew is currently being cut up for keyrings...even with a genuine link to the thing, I still don't really see the point in getting one.

I do think the pushers are a step forward though. The crown thing was fiddly on the aerospace even when you acquired the knack to it!

Yes, I’ve got an Evo, and still find the single crown operation a bit of a fiddle!

I’m a self confessed ‘aerosexual’, and a once upon a time balloon pilot, and I quite like the idea of owning a bit of aviation history, albeit I haven’t seen confirmation of whether it is actually a bit of the envelope in the case back.

EDIT: Just had the Breitling email that confirms it is a bit of Orbiter 3, for better or worse.

Key rings wouldn’t interest me, but bits of aircraft stuffed into a watch or depicted on dials do get me falling for them, so Breitling and Bremont usually see me coming, and heck there’s worse things to like! :-D