Breitling celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force’s Patrouille Suisse acrobatic team with the launch of the Avenger Swiss Air Force Team Limited Edition.
In 1964, the Swiss Air Force created an aerobatics team, named Patrouille Suisse, made up of some of its most talented pilots. Over half a century later, the Patrouille Suisse squadron continues to dazzle audiences with its aerial displays and supersonic fly-bys. In honour of these Swiss flyboys, Breitling has created the Avenger Swiss Air Force Team Limited Edition.
The Breitling Avenger Swiss Air Force Team Limited Edition has a 45 mm stainless-steel case with a ratcheted unidirectional rotating bezel. Its striking black dial features the logo of the Patrouille Suisse squadron on the subdial at 9 o’clock as well as distinctive yellow and red accents that reflect the colours of the Patrouille Suisse squadron’s logo. The yellow-tipped second hand adds another dash of colour.

The hands and the black indexes of the new timepiece are coated with Super-LumiNova, a luminescent material that makes them easily readable in all lighting conditions, while the caseback is engraved with the Patrouille Suisse squadron’s 55th anniversary logo – a stylized 55 and six supersonic jets in flight – along with the words “ONE OF 550”, an indication of its special limited-edition status.
The new timepiece is powered by a Breitling Caliber 13, a COSC-certified chronometer movement with a power reserve of approximately 48 hours. It is also water-resistant to 30 bar (300 meters) and presented on an anthracite leather military strap with a pin buckle.
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