Breitling Navitimer Super 8 Watch
Breitling is going through a bit of a reinvention period for 2018. With a change of leadership under the new CEO Georges Kern, the brand has looked to its past and introduced models based on their vintage catalog to bring Breitling back to its roots, without losing any of the iconic style that Breitling has become known for. For Baselworld 2018, Breitling has introduced the Breitling Navitimer Super 8, a watch inspired by one of Breitling's pilot stopwatches from the 1930s and 1940s called the Reference 637.SpecificationsBrand: BreitlingModel: Navitimer Super 8Dimensions: 46mm diameter (50mm including bezel), 14.4mm thickCase Material: Titanium or Stainless SteelCrystal/Lens: Convex Sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sidesMovement:?Manufacture Caliber B20 Automatic (Based on the Tudor MT5612)Frequency: 28,800bphPower Reserve: 70 hoursStrap/Bracelet: Brown leather NATOPrice & Availability: TBD
Dietrich Time Companion TC-1 Watch Review
More than a year after it originally debuted, the Dietrich Time Companion TC-1 watch still hasn’t shipped out. Nevertheless, the watch’s early fans continue to patiently wait. Emmanuel Dietrich, the founder of the brand, admits that these delays are due to quality issues. The man has an admirable vision for what a truly affordable, luxury watch should look like, and he’s sticking to it. My understanding of the delay is that one major problem that held up production for so long was finding a way to properly keep the links in the bracelet securely together. The Time Companion (a name I don’t find particularly elegant) watch collection is meant to be a Royal Oak or Nautilus for a new generation that does not appreciate the price range of traditional Swiss giants. Unfortunately, however, producing the TC-1 family, which currently has six models in a natural steel or a PVD-coated black steel case, is proving to be quite expensive.In many ways, the Time Companion TC-1