It’s been a little over six months since we heard the news that longtime Richemont executive Georges Kern was leaving the confines of the luxury conglomerate to join Breitling. Today, after months of teasing his work on his personal social media account, we received word on what Kern’s first collection will look like and it’s a doozy.
The Breitling Navitimer 8 B01 Chronograph with a black alligator strap.
We’ve got five new additions to the iconic Navitimer line in a variety of colors and styles. Called the Navitimer 8 collection, these new watches are unlike any Navitimer we’ve seen in the 21st century. The Navitimer line has always been distinguished by its signature function, an aviation-inspired circular slide rule bezel, since its introduction in 1952; however, the dial of these new models have been scrubbed clean and are almost unrecognizable as one of the brand’s tentpole novelties. Breitling describes these watches as being influenced by a vintage chronograph taken from the Huit Aviation Department that the brand founded in 1938. The new timepieces will be offered alongside the classic Navitimer, with its slide rule function, as a complementary piece rather than as a complete shift in design ethos. The Breitling Navitimer 8 B01 Chronograph.
Out of the five new watches, the model that has quickly garnered the most attention on social media and throughout the horological blogosphere is the Navitimer 8 B 01. It’s a 43 mm, stain...