CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

CHRONOMAT GMTCALIBER 04

THE AUTHENTIC TRAVEL CHRONOGRAPH

Adjusting instantly to the time and date of the place

of arrival, while maintaining a 24-hour home-time

display and without losing any precision in counting

the minutes, must be every traveler’s dream. A dream

now come true with the new Chronomat GMT, a

travel watch from Breitling boasting unprecedented

user friendliness. The wearer need only pull out the

crown and turn it forwards or backwards to move

between timezones in an outstandingly simple

manner. Equipped with the new Breitling Caliber 04,

entirely developed and produced within the company

workshops, the Chronomat GMT is one of the rare

chronographs to offer such a smoothly functional

dual timezone system. With its exclusive design and

its dial featuring subtle three-dimensional effects,

it is the new benchmark for all those who want to

experience high performances in all parts of the world.

AN INNOVATIVE MECHANIsM

From the famous world-time Unitime, the star of the

1950s, to the current Navitimer World models with

dual timezone display, travel watches have always

had a special place in the Breitling collections. A

natural vocation for the favorite pilots’ brand that

became “official supplier to world aviation”. Today,

Breitling is returning to the forefront in this field by

unveiling a new instrument distinguished by its smart

and convivial operating mode. To ensure peerless user

friendliness, the firm’s watchmakers and engineers

have developed a differential system – for which a

patent has been duly filed – serving to disconnect the

local hour hand from the gear train when changing

timezone. This operation thus has no effect on the

precision of the watch, nor on the performances of

the chronograph.

A HIGH-PERfORMANCE CHRONOGRAPH

The fact that the Chronomat GMT is such an excep-

tional instrument is also because it combines this

extremely practical dual timezone system with a

chronograph – and not just any chronograph. The

brand-new Breitling Caliber 04 developed for this

model is indeed derived from Breitling Caliber 01, the

sturdiest, most reliable and most high-performance

of all selfwinding chronograph movements, entirely

designed and produced within the company work-

shops. It features the same original architecture and

the same cutting-edge characteristics, including a

column wheel, a vertical coupling clutch guarantee-

ing high-precision activation, and an over 70-hour

power reserve – along with various innovative spe-

cial characteristics such as the patented recentering

device for the zero-resetting hammers. Designed

to provide maximum operational functionality

and security, Caliber 04 is manufactured using a

high-tech production-chain system revolutionizing

traditional movement assembly processes. Breitling

thereby guarantees the authentic reliability of its

“instruments for professionals” on a large scale. As

is the case for all the brand’s movements, this high-

performance “engine” is chronometer-certified by

the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Insti-

tute), the highest token of precision.

A POWERfUL sTyLE

The new Chronomat GMT is based on the power-

ful, unique and quintessential design of Breitling’s

leading model, with its imposing steel case featuring

ultra-sturdy construction and water-resistant to 500

meters (1,650 ft), as well as its unidirectional rotating

bezel engraved with exclusive numerals. However, its

dial available in six colors with tone-on-tone or con-

trasting totalizers has been redesigned to give it a

personality all its own. The applied hour-markers are

fitted with highly original bases, inspired by Roman

numerals. This refined detail accentuates the square

shape of the central gridwork-patterned central

zone that stands out in subtle ways depending on

how it catches the light. The triangular openworked

red-tipped hand points to home time on a 24-hour

graduated scale partially covered by the inner bezel

– thereby giving the dial even more life and depth

by playing on the third dimension. The home-time

hands and hour-markers are enhanced by a lumi-

nescent coating guaranteeing excellent readability

by day and night. Entirely made in Switzerland and

treated to extremely meticulous finishing, the Chro-

nomat GMT may be teamed with a choice of various

straps and bracelets offering a variety of styles and

uses: the classic touch of Barenia or crocodile leather,

the sporty spirit of rubber straps, and the sturdy

masculine nature of the steel Pilot bracelet. A whole

world of elegance and performance for the authen-

tic travel chronograph.

1 3

Home time10:10

Local time at destination

16:10

Position 2

PEERLEss fUNCTIONALITy

The new Chronomat GMT is equipped with two cen-

tral hour hands. The fi rst matches the minute hand

and runs over a 12-hour scale, while the second is

tipped with a red triangle and runs in 24-hour mode.

When the user is in his home country, the two hour

hands move in a perfectly synchronized manner.

CHANGING TIMEZONE

To adjust the 12-hour hand to local time, the user

simply pulls the crown out to position 2 and turns it

in either direction by the number of notches corres-

ponding to the number of hours composing the time

difference. The date display is indexed to this 12-hour

hand and changes automatically if required, both

backwards or forwards. The red-tipped hand keeps

track of home time on a 24-hour basis, thus enabling

one to distinguish between day and night and avoid-

ing the risk of waking family members, friends or busi-

ness contacts by phoning them when they are sound

asleep. And if the traveler makes stopovers in several

different timezones, he need only repeat the same

operation on each occasion and then, upon returning

home, reset the two hands to the same time. It’s hard

to imagine anything simpler!

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MOvEMENTBreitling Caliber 04, officially chrono­meter­certified by the COSC, self­winding, high­frequency (28,800 vibrations per hour), 47 jewels. Over 70­hour power reserve. 24­hour 2nd timezone display. 1/4th of a second chronograph, 30­minute and 12­hour

totalizers. Calendar

CASESteel. Water­resistant to 500 m (1,650 ft/ 50 bars). Screw­locked crown and push­pieces. Unidirectional ratcheted rotat­ing bezel. Cambered sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides. Diameter:

47 mm.

TECHNICAL dATA

DIAlSOnyx Black, Metallica Blue, Blackeye Blue, Blackeye Gray, Sierra Silver, Metallica Brown.

STRAPS/BRACElETBarenia leather, crocodile leather, rub­ber Ocean Racer (perforated), rubber Diver Pro (with raised central ridge)/Pilot.

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