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51mm!!!!!! Jeeeees!

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Breitling navitimer super constellation LE
Omega Ploprof 1200m
Bremont supermarine
Rolex milgauss GV
Olivant and Botsford 40mm Gold edition

WOW

That's some serious piece of wrist equipment.

I love it, yet something tells me that there'll be those who will choose to hold on to the old design - as it's a little more 'subtle'. Bet you never thought you'd hear that in reference to an Emergency!

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Montbrillant Datora
Chronomat
Superocean Steelfish
A number of strap / bracelet combo's

A nice video for the demo in different languages for this Emergency II:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnlCAYJhNfU

You'd think that shrinks its demographic somewhat. Cripes.

Tech specs

Watch
Movement - Breitling Caliber 76, officially chronometer-certified by the COSC, thermocompensated SuperQuartzTM, 12/24-hour analog and LCD digital display, battery end-of-life indicator. 1/100th second chronograph, timer, 2nd timezone, multilingual calendar.
Case - Titanium. Resistance to 5 bars. Cambered sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides. Bidirectional rotating bezel. Compass scale.
Diameter - 51 mm.
Dials - Volcano black, Cobra yellow, Intrepid orange.
Strap/bracelet - Rubber Diver Pro III or Titanium Professional.

Beacon
Standard applied - COSPAS-SARSAT
C/S beacon classification - PLB Category 2
Transmission frequencies - 121.5 MHz / 406.040 MHz
Transmission power - ≥ 30 mW @ 121.5 MHz / ≥ 3.2 W @ 406.040 MHz
Transmitter autonomy - ≥ 18 hours at –20°C / ≥ 24 hours at +20°C
Operating temperature (beacon) - –20°C to +55°C
Power supply - Beacon: 1 x Li-ion 4.2 V, 1.1 Ah / Watch: 1 x silver oxide 1.5 V
Weight of the transmitter-watch - 140 g (without the strap)

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And the cost?

I've a feeling that'll be as big a jump as the size.

Hey Bibbs

UK retail prices for the bracelet version is £12,040, and for the diver pro III with clasp is £11,310!

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Thanks for the details. Wow that's a lot.
Wonder if they will do a new Mission version in a year or two?

I'll keep looking for a press owned original Mission then.

12k?
That would be bad even in dollars, let alone sterling!

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Breitling navitimer super constellation LE
Omega Ploprof 1200m
Bremont supermarine
Rolex milgauss GV
Olivant and Botsford 40mm Gold edition

Stunning achievement to fit everything into a titanium case you can wear on your wrist, BUT that price is eye watering!

A PLB and an Emergency I is significantly more cost effective, although perhaps not quite so cool!

Love the yellow, and yes 51mm is big, but then this watch is all about making a statement. I would

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BREITLING EMERGENCY + UTC CORAL DIALS
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ROLEX SUBMARINER BI-COLOR BLUE DIAL
LOUIS VUITTON TAMBOUR DIVERS
PANERAI LUMINOR

Well kudos to Breitling on the design - evolution over revolution and personally I like it for what it is (quartz pieces simply aren't for me). The dual frequency transmitter offers the best of both worlds and that's also a good thing.

51mm is likely driven by technical need, but it does make it too big for much of the target market - even in titanium that is a serious hunk of metal. As for a GBP12,000 price tag, which will equate to around US$18,000, well, that's more than a little ludicrous isn't it!

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BREITLING EMERGENCY + UTC CORAL DIALS
BREITLING AEROSPACE TITANIUM PROF (SOLD)
ROLEX SUBMARINER BI-COLOR BLUE DIAL
LOUIS VUITTON TAMBOUR DIVERS
PANERAI LUMINOR

Beautiful watch, and congrats to Breitling on sticking with the original styling. Good 4 min video on it's operation as well on YouTube now.


But as the others have said... The size and the ridiculous pricing will have gotten rid of a huge percentage of their target market. At around 6k I could see lots of people upgrading, but at $18k? Buy a Navi 01 AND a cosmonaute or even a Navi01, Transocean and a SO2 for that price!

Plus how many can really wear 51mm?!?!?

But if you do want to sell your E1... Let me know

finally a refresh from breitling, a decent release and imo it got better, bigger, still Ti, raised wing logo, this is why i still love breitling !!!!

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