All,
I've been doing some research in order to wrap my brains around how Breitling classifies their clasps and buckles as I'm trying to upgrade a rubber strap and deployant clasp on my Super Avenger Blacksteel. I think the information below is accurate and I'm posting it here as I haven't seen anything else like it on the web. If anyone out there with better insights than mine recognizes inaccuracies, please correct them. Here goes:
Sample Part Number:Ex. M20DSA.4- 1st digit: Material type and/ or surface coatingA = Stainless Steel
E = Titanium
M = Stainless Steel; Blacksteel DLC Coating
V = Titanium; Blacksteel DLC Coating
X = Breightlight
- 2nd digit, 3rd digit: Size- 4th digit and/or 5th digit: TypeBA = Leather strap buckle ("square-shaped")
D = Deployant clasp (leather and rubber)
S = Rubber strap buckle, engraved logo ("rectangular-shaped")
SS = Rubber strap buckle, raised logo ("rectangular-shaped")
- 5th digit, 6th digit, and/or 7th digit: Finish[No character] = Polished finish
SA = Satin finish ("brushed")
- Last digit after decimal point: Version.1 = First iteration; leather buckles and leather deployant clasps (as far as I can tell, all buckles/clasps are versioned as .1)
.2 = First iteration; rubber deployant clasps (older style deployant clasp with exposed spring bar pinhole and tapered folding bars)
.3 = Second iteration; leather buckles and leather deployant clasps (conjecture: I haven't been able to find any examples of this part number anywhere. It's likely being reserved for a buckle/clasp redesign)
.4 = Second iteration; rubber deployant clasps (newer style deployant clasp, no exposed spring bar pinholes, square folding bars)
M20DSA.4 DecodedMaterial and Surface coating: Stainless Steel material w/ Blacksteel DLC surface coating
Size: 20mm
Type: Deployant clasp
Finish: Satin
Version: Second iteration of rubber deployant clasp