Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling has announced a partnership with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its travel retailer, KrisShop, as part of the 70th-anniversary celebrations of the legendary AAA UK replica Breitling Navitimer aviation watches. The collaboration has spawned a pair of commemorative timepieces, each made in a limited edition of 100 pieces. First of them is the Navitimer B01 Chronograph 41 Singapore Airlines Limited Edition. The celebratory Swiss made Breitling fake watches features a dial finished in SIA’s signature blue color. In addition to that, the special edition also sports the SIA logo engraved on the crown. The rest of the timepiece is identical to the regular model which has three chronograph sub-dials, baton indexes, a circular slide rule, and a notched bezel. Powering the high quality Breitling replica watches is the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01 chronograph movement that’s housed inside the 41mm stainless steel case.
The second special watch is the Navitimer Automatic 38 Singapore Airlines Limited Edition which features a smaller 38mm stainless steel case. The caseback of the non-chronograph timepiece is engraved with SIA’s iconic batik design. Inside the case is the Breitling 17 movement which offers a 38-hour power reserve. Both perfect replica Breitling special edition watches are paired with stainless steel bracelets and are engraved with “One of 100” on the caseback. The best copy Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph 41 watches is priced at S$13,037 (approximately $9500), while the Navitimer Automatic 38 is priced at S$7,336 (about $5,300). The commemorative timepieces are available exclusively on KrisShop’s Batik Label concept store.
Alvin Soon, president of Breitling Asia, said: “We are particularly excited to embark on this journey with Singapore Airlines and KrisShop, a partnership united by a passion for aviation and an unwavering commitment to quality and precision. This was prominently reflected in the final product design, which we are proud to say was a truly collaborative effort between Swiss movements Breitling super clone watches’ design department, pilots from Singapore Airlines and the KrisShop team.”
There are plenty of watches out there that can be considered “classics.” But some watches truly define their time – these watches become icons. Not only do they have great aesthetics, but they have a story to tell as well. Here’s the most desirable and historically important AAA UK replica Breitling watches.
Breitling Navitimer Replica Watches
In the late 1940s, high quality Breitling fake watches was in desperate need of a new product. The company had been founded in 1884 by Léon Breitling, a watchmaker from Grenchen, Switzerland. Léon’s son Gaston had been running the company since 1930, but he struggled to find a product that would keep the firm profitable.
The answer came in 1947 when an American pilot named Jacqueline Cochran visited best Breitling replica watches’ offices in Grenchen. Cochran was at the time preparing for her attempt to break the world speed record for women pilots and she wanted to use one of perfect copy Breitling’s chronograph watches to time her flights. Cochran was delighted with the results — so much so that she asked Breitling if they could make a chronograph designed specifically for pilots that would allow them to take off and land safely even if their instruments failed due to fog or smoke.
Breitling delivered on this request by creating two different versions of its luxury Breitling Navitimer replica watches: one with a small seconds subdial at 12 o’clock and another with larger hour markers around its dial. This watch would become known as the Navitimer 01 (or simply “Navitimer”).
It has since become one of the most popular pilots watches ever made. The name Navitimer comes from “navigation” and “time.”
Breitling launched its first super clone Breitling Navitimer watches online site in 1952, but it was not until 1954 that the model became a bestseller due to its success with pilots and other professionals who needed a precise timepiece that could also be used in navigation. The model was so popular that top Swiss Breitling fake watches decided to produce it in four different collections: Chronomat, Superocean, Cockpit, and Vintage 1945.
In March 1962, Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter requested revered pilot-watch maker Breitling to develop a watch capable of space flight. The requirements were a 24-hour dial display and a more pronounced bezel for operation with gloves. A few days before the triple-orbit Mercury-Atlas 7 flight, Breitling delivered the AAA UK Breitling replica watches to Carpenter for use onboard Aurora 7. Despite the success of the primary objectives, re-entry was compromised, and Carpenter’s capsule was 400km adrift from the target. Carpenter struggled to keep himself and the capsule afloat for fifty-five minutes as rescue services scrambled to locate him. The high quality Breitling fake watches saw irreparable damage with salt-water ingress beneath the crystal. Now, sixty years later, Breitling pays tribute to its stake as the first Swiss wristwatch in space. For 2022, Breitling unveils the new Navitimer Cosmonaute.
Unlike Bulova’s tenuous connection with NASA, which Robert-Jan explained, perfect replica Breitling watches’ space-faring story is irrefutable. And while the reality of the mission isn’t all romantic, it adds to the rich tapestry of Breitling’s heritage. The Cosmonaute has seen many references throughout the generations, but by marking sixty years, Breitling is keen to cement its history and closely follow the original specifications. The new best copy Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute watches also uses a 24-hour dial. The in-house B02 movement, therefore, is geared for a full rotation of the hour hand every 24-hours. A mixture of indices and Arabic numerals is within the main dial. The three sub-dials break up the continuation of the digits in two-hour increments for the subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock and the minute and hour chronograph totalizers. At the 6 o’clock position is the date window with a matching black background and white printing.
The date window is a contentious addition to the watch. While some luxury fake Breitling Cosmonaute reference watches included the date window, most frequently at 4:30, the original Scott Carpenter Cosmonaute did not. This could be a deal-breaker for some, but the new Cosmonaute is not a 1:1 recreation à la the Ref. 806 or 765 AVI capsule collections. A little modernity is nothing terrible, after all. I find the 6 o’clock window placement within the hour totalizer sub-dial to be the least intrusive option. The hands and indices also have a vintage-hue luminosity to play on the heritage theme. The beige color also stands apart from the regular Navitimer, with its stark black and white contrast.
The tachymeter scale is absent from the Navitimer’s signature slide-rule bezel. While the original Swiss movements Breitling Navitimer replica watches did not include the tachymeter, Carpenter also requested the removal of the logarithmic “C” scale. The logarithmic scale was redundant for space travel, reducing the clutter. As this new Cosmonaute takes inspiration from the original Breitling super clone watches for men, it also honors Carpenter’s request to remove the scale and the tachymeter. However, I must note that the latest Navitimer range also does not include a tachymeter scale. Breitling perhaps intended to clean up the complex and claustrophobic slide-rule bezel before the Cosmonaute. Nevertheless, some did note the glaring omission of scale on the new Navi. Although, for the Cosmonaute and its history, it makes sense to maintain the relative clarity of the bezel.
Modernising the Cosmonaute formula
As I said before, the new Cosmonaute is a nod to the past but is a thoroughly modern construction. The 41mm diameter closely follows the dimensions of its inspiration, but there are some variances. For instance, the dial only mentions “Navitimer,” whereas the original states “Cosmonaute.” This is partly due to Navitimer being a more recognizable model name. Also, when Carpenter’s watch was rendered defective following the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, he wrote to Willy Breitling to restore the replica Breitling watches wholesale. Instead, Carpenter was provided a brand new Cosmonaute that only states “Navitimer” on the dial — the same as the new watch. It does state “Navitimer Cosmonaute” on the periphery of the exhibition case back. The replacement watch is in the Carpenter family’s possession, while the original space watch belongs to Gregory Breitling, grandson of Willy Breitling.
Breitling chose Cosmonaute as its space-faring model name as another Swiss watch brand already trademarked “Astronaut,” reportedly Bulova.
The applied logo is the embossed wings design that shares the AOPA emblem outline from the 1950s. The classic design follows from the inclusion on the Breitling Navitimer fake watches shop site earlier this year and bears a striking resemblance to an open book. Turning the watch over reveals the in-house B02 movement via the sapphire case-back, with stunning bridge engravings. The Aurora 7 logo has three circles around it, referencing the three Earth orbits performed by Scott Carpenter and his name, the capsule silhouette, and the jewel count. The B02 is based on the B01 but instead has a manually winding mechanism with a 24-hour cycle. Yet, it preserves the 70-hour power reserve and relative slimness due to the lack of a rotor.
Final thoughts
As you may glean, Breitling has scrutinized the past while making an appealing watch for today’s market. Adding to this is the protruding shape of the bezel. Carpenter’s brief in March 1962 requested the ability to operate the bezel with space gloves. However, the outer bezel grip material is rendered in platinum for the new model. There’s a premium quality to the inertia and feel of the bezel, but it equates to a higher price in comparison to all stainless steel 1:1 Breitling replica watches.
There is still a question about why Breitling or NASA did not continue with the Cosmonaute as a flight-qualified NASA-issued timepiece. In 1964, after the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, Carpenter took a leave of absence to work on the SEALAB project. However, broken bones from a scooter accident grounded Carpenter for future space flights. This severed the thread of further Breitling endorsement within the agency. And while NASA went out to tender for qualifying wristwatches for space, led by James Ragan, Breitling was either not approached or did not submit a suitable proposition. There’s no knowing if the watch as it was in 1962 would’ve passed the stringent tests. But understanding the importance and pride of specific wristwatches in space proves how history could’ve been different.
The 2022 Swiss fake Breitling Navitimer B02 Cosmonaute watches is a limited edition of 362 pieces on either a brushed/polished steel bracelet for €10,550 or on a black alligator leather strap for €10,200. The 41mm stainless steel case with platinum bezel has a water resistance of 30 meters. This is in keeping with the standard Navitimer depth rating due to the rotatable sapphire crystal and bezel construction.
