New Premier Timepieces from Breitling

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Breitling has introduced six new Premier models, updated with a heritage-inspired design and equipped with the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01.

By 1943, Willy Breitling had built a name for himself as a maker of aircraft instrumentation and tool watches that met the functional needs of wartime. But the third-generation Breitling founder also dreamt of a time after the war, when utility would give way to unbridled optimism. With that future in mind, he designed a series of elegant chronographs and assigned them the best materials, the best finishings and the best calibres. He called his new line the Premier.

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Reintroduced by Breitling in 2021, the Premier Heritage chronograph collection revived Willy’s dream of seeing the functional chronograph made undeniably elegant and infinitely wearable — in his words, “the unmistakable stamp of impeccable taste.” Now, the Swiss watchmaker has added six new references to the Premier assortment, all of them powered by the self-winding Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01.

Breitling has introduced six new Premier models, updated with a heritage-inspired design and equipped with the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01.
Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42_Ref. AB0145171C1P1

The new Premier B01 Chronograph 42 is sure to live up to Willy Breitling’s uncompromising technical standards. The six models are powered by the self-winding Breitling Caliber 01, a manufacture movement designed for maximum precision, reliability, and functionality. As with all of Breitling’s mechanical calibers, each one has achieved the rigorous COSC certification for accuracy within -4 and +6 seconds per day.

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The latest iteration of the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01 found in the new Premier chronograph was redesigned in 2022 and features a trimmer profile and more compact oscillating weight that can be admired through the transparent sapphire-crystal caseback. The movement comes with a five-year warranty and provides an approximate 70-hour power reserve. In keeping with Willy’s desire to marry usability with elegance, the Premier now comes with a 100 m (10 bar) water resistance.

Breitling has introduced six new Premier models, updated with a heritage-inspired design and equipped with the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01.
Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42_Ref. AB0145371L1A1

Breitling has also preserved the distinctive vintage-Premier design details, including the smooth fixed bezel, twin-register dial, streamlined rectangular pushers, and applied Arabic numerals. At 42 mm, the case diameter is slightly larger than the 40 mm found on the existing B09 (manual-wind) models.

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The tone-on-tone subdials with chronograph minutes at 3 o’clock and running seconds at 9 o’clock lend a polished style, while new dial shades in salmon, blue, green, black, and cream add a contemporary twist to the stainless-steel models. A further variation in 18K red gold features a classic cream dial. The watches come with a choice of classic alligator leather strap or sleek 7-row metal bracelet.

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