Split Precision: The Breitling Navitimer 1 B03 Rattrapante Boutique Edition
Breitling introduced its Navitimer 1 B03 Rattrapante 45, outfitted with the venerable brand’s first in-house split-seconds chronograph movement, in 2017. At the recent Breitling Summit in London, whose centerpiece launch was the new Premier collection, Breitling unveiled a new limited version with a “Stratos gray” dial, available for sale exclusively at the brand’s 70 boutiques worldwide.
Breitling Navitimer 1 B03 Rattrapante-45 Boutique Edition with Stratos gray dial
The timepiece’s boldly proportioned, 45-mm case is made of stainless steel, outfitted with a convex, double-nonreflective coated sapphire crystal over the dial. The three dark gray-toned-toned subdials (30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o?clock, 12-hour chronograph counter at 6 o?clock, small seconds at 9 o?clock) pop against the sleek background of the main dial, which is framed by an inner rotating bezel with a circular slide rule, a useful tool for aviators that has been a fixture of Breitling Navitimers since the model?s debut in 1952 (original version pictured below). Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 (1952)
As on the previous, non-limited version of the Navitimer Rattrapante, the overlapping central chronograph seconds hands, with the brand?s ?anchor B? logo counterweight, makes a clever departure from the usual design: the ?B? is on the main red chronograph hand and the anchor is on the split-seconds hand. Thus the two logo elements are separated when the split seconds hand is ...
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