Breitling has done a lot of work in the last year to revamp their chronograph lines, introducing new Navitimers, Top Times, and derivations thereof on a fairly consistent basis over the past several months. As a brand, they?re largely known for a handful of classic chronograph references, so this strategy makes a lot of sense. But their latest release is a good reminder that they can still make a pretty solid diver as well. The Superocean is their flagship dive watch, and Breitling has just unveiled an entirely revamped collection of the diver that pays due respect to the line?s roots in the 60s. 

The idea behind these new Superoceans seems to be to add color wherever possible, and give customers a ton of variety when it comes to case size. The new watches are loosely based on the Super Ocean ?Slow Motion,? so named for its lack of a seconds hand (in its place divers made use of a minutes-based chronograph which took an hour to move around the dial). The new Superoceans do, in fact, have a running seconds hand, but otherwise the aesthetic of Breitling?s 60s and 70s Superoceans is largely left intact. The watches feature crisp contrast between the dial interior and an outer minute track, making legibility at a glance about as straightforward as possible. It?s a simple, tried and true format that doesn?t exactly break any new ground, but that?s obviously not really what these watches are about. There?s a saying about things that aren?t broken not needing to be fixe...