Have one and it is my part time weekend watch. For me it is for people who are bored of all the main stream ideals. This and that Rolex is the most important (i also have a few Rolex). Just when you like watches. Want something different, still kinda classic, but not to much out there… not for every day. For for those when you are bored of people telling you what to think. Especially if those are people who just recently got into watches and seem to recite main stream Options of watch ranking without any ideas for themselves..
Breitling has a rich Aviation Heritage. Everyone knows and recognizes a Rolex, for me, when my passengers are deplanning and one holds up his Breitling, having noticing mine and says "Nice watch", that's what owning a Breitling is about. The folks that recognize a Breitling are those that appreciate what it represents and it's like meeting a person from the small town you grew up in while touring the Alps. Chances are the fellow Breitling owner has something to do with or is a huge Aviation fan. When I was in my teens and a private pilot, I wanted a Breitling because of it's Aviation Heritage. So 45 years later and several Breitlings, I still admire the association with Aviation that Breitling has.
As a Chronomat 44 GMT owner (late model, with the wings logo), I appreciate how much of Breitling’s design language consistently goes into one of its flagship models.
This is well-executed maximalism. Yeah, it's got subdials, and golden pushers, and "riders" on the bezel, and a bracelet made of tiny bullets and there are some golden rings on it. But it's ok, cause each part builds on the previous ones. It's pretty refreshing in the modern era of minimalism, if you ask me. Like an ancient building with lots of ornamentation. No wonder it's popular in italy. Also, I've got the old two-tone b13050 version too with an extremely sunbirst grey dial and it's the only watch that ever actually got me a compliment from a woman.
I love all the renditions of the Chronomat and have owned most of them. I’m also a diver and have dove with tons of chronographs as a fun backup to my computer. I can tell you that I’ve never had a single problem. In fact all the omega 300m series chronographs as well as the Planet Ocean chronographs CAN be operated and their full depth of 300m and 600m respectively. Since most people don’t go beyond 40m I think they are just fine to dive with. There are plebty of other brands that have the same capability. So whomever told you chrono’s are not water resistant is not well educated in modern watch tech.
I turned 40 recently too and the gold thing is real. All of a sudden I’m ready to bling. Got a vintage Citizen square gold tone Stiletto with a 22mm matte and polished 7 link bracelet. Lovely.
Have the copper dial in steel. It is truly fantastic. The bracelet is supple and conforms to your wrist. FYI, Kendall Roy wore this in rose gold with Breitling rubber rouleaux style band in the first episode of Succession.
A lot of history behind the Chronomat name - like everything, it’s not for everyone, but I do love some of the other steel/colored dial variants. Also, if you wear one of these on each wrist, does that count as working out? 🤔
Haha I can understand why you find that this watch has too much going on! I bought the green dial version in January (but with the rubber strap) and it's my can't stop wearing it. It's indeed kind of a statement piece, but the rubber strap makes it a lot more balance in terms of visuals, IMHO.
I had a Ball Hydrocarbon Trieste diver’s chronograph that was not only water resistant, but the pushers could be operated down to 600M! Sadly, I was never able. To dive with it. Diving is now in my past. I sure wish I had been able to take that Ball to Grand Cayman. Our first dive every morning was 120 feet. It would have been cool starting the chronograph at tat depth, just to prove I could! That Breitling is definitely a chunk, but the capabilities make it worth it’s weight.
Great review! I bought this watch (on rubber strap) after watching this video. An impulse purchase while looking for a Christmas watch. If there’s such thing as beauty and the beast in the watch collecting world. This is it
I get you so much about seeig the watch in the right moment and having it change your mind! I used to laugh at full arabic numerals, then i worked with one guy who wore something with 1-thru-12, and that is why I have this Hamilton UTC on my wrist right now.
I know what you mean about the gold thing. I have always detested gold on any watch, and then suddenly I owned a Black Bay Chronograph S&G. I still hate gold on watches, but that Tudor ticks a box I didn't even know I had. The Chronomat is definitely giving some serious resurrection vibes.
I miss the square on the dial of the older references - that was wonderfully quirky! And the weird, diagonal bracelet links. Hey Evan, if you're in Scotland sometime, wanna come flying with me and talk pilot watches? I've got some videos on my channel if you want to make sure it'd be survivable ;)
Great review as always. I looked into this watch I wanted to like it so much, but the LOOK AT ME! Factor, and the price threw me off. 2 questions, did a lot of people notice or comment? And have you ever looked at bronze watches?
They must roam the streets of Monaco? Here is my alternative. the Glasshütte Sea Q Chronograph. It's not gold, but if had the wrist size, the money and and I wanted something similar, then that one would be right at the top of my list ...only $14.8K on a bracelet too!
I think Breitling makes some really cool watches. However, I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to pay for one at MSRP. I, personally, find most current models to be $1-2K over what I value them at (in a subjective sense).
"When I took this out of the box, I could not stop laughing" - This is how I feel when I look through the windows at my local Breitling boutique. Most Breitling watches are just too EXTRA.
A watch that's not a GMT 😮 (I joke) Love the bracelet on these watches. I did try on the steel chronomat for fun and it was comically large for my wrist however I can definitely see the client for this watch. A person with money who just wants a good watch and this one felt comfortable when they put it on
Good overview. There are reasons someone wears a watch like this. I own this watch in stainless green face rubber strap (not much of a gold watch type guy too flashy). At 6'4" 240 large wrists this watch fits well.. Short of the fact it is deep at 44 it isn't all that big. I wear IWC watches at 46.5 so this is considered small in my world. The other thing as a older person my eyesight is not what it was. This watch like all larger examples if properly colored are easier for me to read without reading glasses. The ego thing is way down the totem pole insofar as what someone else thinks in my world. Regardless, it is a great looking watch people notice and recognize as an attractive well designed functional art piece.
Sure, those older Italian gentlemen might have been rocking those two-tone chronomats with panache, but wait until those bezel rider tabs on the older models start to snag and unravel your fine knit woolen sweater. Take it from one 40-something, whose "months away" from a retirement home, to another.
Initial reaction at the beginning of the video: "have you fallen and hurt your head?" Post-video reaction: "yeah... bruh.... take that 7inch wrist to an elevator next time ;P "
A chronograph with a dive watch timing bezel is a great idea, that's why I've grown to really appreciate diver chronographs. You have both a stopwatch and a countdown timer in the same watch, also the water resistance of a diver chronograph give you the roughness to actually use stopwatch for outdoors and sports
Hi from France, it's not "roulauex" but "rouleaux". You can translate it in "rolls", yet "blingy chunk" seems more relevant with that... thing. Pleasant video anyway as usual, despite its monstrous subject. 😭
Mann, if only Breitling would make this Chronomat in 40/42mm. Then in would instantly buy it. The thickness is also too much, 15.3mm it should be more like 11-12mm.
We're all just monkeys playing a horological game of "spend a lot of money for many years just to realize you like what you like even if it's not popular"
It's the design equivalent of adding sugar to tea until the solution is saturated and the sugar no longer dissolves. Take away any single "design" element and it couldn't fail to be an improvement.
My father in law wears an older version of this and, every time I see it, I’m well and truly put in my place
Previous versions rocks. This one is🤦
I love the entire Chronomat line, it's just so unapologetically bold and also uniquely Breitling.
Have one and it is my part time weekend watch. For me it is for people who are bored of all the main stream ideals. This and that Rolex is the most important (i also have a few Rolex). Just when you like watches. Want something different, still kinda classic, but not to much out there… not for every day. For for those when you are bored of people telling you what to think. Especially if those are people who just recently got into watches and seem to recite main stream Options of watch ranking without any ideas for themselves..
Breitling has a rich Aviation Heritage. Everyone knows and recognizes a Rolex, for me, when my passengers are deplanning and one holds up his Breitling, having noticing mine and says "Nice watch", that's what owning a Breitling is about. The folks that recognize a Breitling are those that appreciate what it represents and it's like meeting a person from the small town you grew up in while touring the Alps. Chances are the fellow Breitling owner has something to do with or is a huge Aviation fan. When I was in my teens and a private pilot, I wanted a Breitling because of it's Aviation Heritage. So 45 years later and several Breitlings, I still admire the association with Aviation that Breitling has.
Having a watch that aligns itself with Aviation is all the watches you'd need. We live in the 3 dimensional space.
As a Chronomat 44 GMT owner (late model, with the wings logo), I appreciate how much of Breitling’s design language consistently goes into one of its flagship models.
This is well-executed maximalism.
Yeah, it's got subdials, and golden pushers, and "riders" on the bezel, and a bracelet made of tiny bullets and there are some golden rings on it. But it's ok, cause each part builds on the previous ones. It's pretty refreshing in the modern era of minimalism, if you ask me. Like an ancient building with lots of ornamentation. No wonder it's popular in italy.
Also, I've got the old two-tone b13050 version too with an extremely sunbirst grey dial and it's the only watch that ever actually got me a compliment from a woman.
I love all the renditions of the Chronomat and have owned most of them. I’m also a diver and have dove with tons of chronographs as a fun backup to my computer. I can tell you that I’ve never had a single problem. In fact all the omega 300m series chronographs as well as the Planet Ocean chronographs CAN be operated and their full depth of 300m and 600m respectively. Since most people don’t go beyond 40m I think they are just fine to dive with. There are plebty of other brands that have the same capability. So whomever told you chrono’s are not water resistant is not well educated in modern watch tech.
Never was a fan of Breitling and especially never liked the Chronomat, but somehow i find this one gorgeous!!
I turned 40 recently too and the gold thing is real. All of a sudden I’m ready to bling. Got a vintage Citizen square gold tone Stiletto with a 22mm matte and polished 7 link bracelet. Lovely.
You're a young and silly man!
Breitling has so much history and wrist presence.
Such a nice quality looking timepiece, one to put on our bucket list !
Unpopular opinion but I love the Chronomat! This one wouldn’t be me because of the size but the green dial GMT is awesome!!
Felt the same. Tried the gmt on and instantly fell in love but had my eye on another watch.
Unpopular how?
The white dial GMT is very appealing to me
Have the copper dial in steel. It is truly fantastic. The bracelet is supple and conforms to your wrist. FYI, Kendall Roy wore this in rose gold with Breitling rubber rouleaux style band in the first episode of Succession.
A lot of history behind the Chronomat name - like everything, it’s not for everyone, but I do love some of the other steel/colored dial variants. Also, if you wear one of these on each wrist, does that count as working out? 🤔
the only good thing i can say about the design of this watch is that the date window is very well integrated into the design.
For sure
I tried the steel version on at an AD in Melbourne and just loved it. Such a fun and robust watch.
Haha I can understand why you find that this watch has too much going on! I bought the green dial version in January (but with the rubber strap) and it's my can't stop wearing it. It's indeed kind of a statement piece, but the rubber strap makes it a lot more balance in terms of visuals, IMHO.
Forgot to mention that I'm Italian, so maybe that explains why I love the watch :-)
It’s about time someone did a revue on this. On the rubber strap it is so garishly good
Great video. Chunky watches are fun - everyone should try it. This one isn’t for me, but I still appreciate it.
I love Breitling in general and the Chronomat in particular. I really enjoy your content, well done and very funny. Thank you.
Dial is just insanely beautiful
Maybe it’s my advanced age but I find that to be a very beautiful watch. Thanks for the review!
Love this watch way more beautiful than most Rolex. I also love the vintage dual tone chonos from Breitling
I had a Ball Hydrocarbon Trieste diver’s chronograph that was not only water resistant, but the pushers could be operated down to 600M! Sadly, I was never able. To dive with it. Diving is now in my past. I sure wish I had been able to take that Ball to Grand Cayman. Our first dive every morning was 120 feet. It would have been cool starting the chronograph at tat depth, just to prove I could! That Breitling is definitely a chunk, but the capabilities make it worth it’s weight.
Breitling has best hardware for the money in watch industry. Cases, hands, dials, bracelets... Everything is done properly
Breitling is pretty underrated and Chronomat is even more. It's a watch you first have to hold in your hands to convince you.
If I can double down…I’ve never seen a picture do the Chronomat justice. You have to see it to understand how beautiful it is.
Great review! I bought this watch (on rubber strap) after watching this video. An impulse purchase while looking for a Christmas watch. If there’s such thing as beauty and the beast in the watch collecting world. This is it
Another excellent review with a twist of humour… well done
Had tried on many watches from different brands. The bracelet on the Chronomat is superior to everything else.
I get you so much about seeig the watch in the right moment and having it change your mind! I used to laugh at full arabic numerals, then i worked with one guy who wore something with 1-thru-12, and that is why I have this Hamilton UTC on my wrist right now.
You’re becoming my favorite TH-camr chap 🎉
You must have me confused with someone else.
I know what you mean about the gold thing. I have always detested gold on any watch, and then suddenly I owned a Black Bay Chronograph S&G. I still hate gold on watches, but that Tudor ticks a box I didn't even know I had. The Chronomat is definitely giving some serious resurrection vibes.
@@IDKline I know, ridiculous isn't it.
I adore it!
I miss the square on the dial of the older references - that was wonderfully quirky! And the weird, diagonal bracelet links. Hey Evan, if you're in Scotland sometime, wanna come flying with me and talk pilot watches? I've got some videos on my channel if you want to make sure it'd be survivable ;)
I tried on the new gmt and the bracelet is freaking fantastic
Great review as always. I looked into this watch I wanted to like it so much, but the LOOK AT ME! Factor, and the price threw me off. 2 questions, did a lot of people notice or comment? And have you ever looked at bronze watches?
come on man! ;)
Best watch videos out there. Always love your content!
That butterfly effect comment was hilarious
Beautiful watch
YoureTerrific is truly a man of his people. Don't come at this guy weak, he swims laps with a Breitling..
💪
Another great, and very entertaining, review. I really like the 42mm version. Want one.
I really want to find a Breitling with that bracelet that I like but still haven't found one. This one certainly isn't for me but it's a nice watch.
They must roam the streets of Monaco? Here is my alternative. the Glasshütte Sea Q Chronograph. It's not gold, but if had the wrist size, the money and and I wanted something similar, then that one would be right at the top of my list ...only $14.8K on a bracelet too!
I think Breitling makes some really cool watches. However, I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to pay for one at MSRP. I, personally, find most current models to be $1-2K over what I value them at (in a subjective sense).
Impeccably made, beautifully finished and absolutely hideous.
Kendall Roy was wearing a full red gold Super Chronomat in episode 2. RB0136E31Q1S1
I love it, I shouldn't but I do, Breitlng can't keep getting away with this!
How dare they
what a great review of this amazing timepiece... i might buy it ... but you made me wonder if I should check with my therapist first
"When I took this out of the box, I could not stop laughing" - This is how I feel when I look through the windows at my local Breitling boutique. Most Breitling watches are just too EXTRA.
As if Invicta designed a $14k watch. Tacky.
I’m almost 40. I hated two tones for the past 10 years. Yet, I have many two tones on my radar for my 40th Birthday Watch. Evan is The Oracle.
A watch that's not a GMT 😮 (I joke)
Love the bracelet on these watches. I did try on the steel chronomat for fun and it was comically large for my wrist however I can definitely see the client for this watch. A person with money who just wants a good watch and this one felt comfortable when they put it on
Enjoyed the sneaky Zoolander reference. And the review.
I like this in the steel. Sadly the lug-to-lug is too long for my wrist. Can't wear it, even though I want to.
Chronomat 42 Salmon is amazing
The beastholder" hahahahaha,.you're kicking out of the park... 15k for a watch for ants lmao
My Breitling Chronomat Evo 44 never fails to turn heads of Rolex owners. It’s an Alpha.
Man!! Once again you said it all…..!!
The bracelet is sweet looking. That’s about it for me.
This looks like the result of telling the Omega Ploprof to "CALM DOWN".
Very terrific
Good overview. There are reasons someone wears a watch like this. I own this watch in stainless green face rubber strap (not much of a gold watch type guy too flashy). At 6'4" 240 large wrists this watch fits well.. Short of the fact it is deep at 44 it isn't all that big. I wear IWC watches at 46.5 so this is considered small in my world. The other thing as a older person my eyesight is not what it was. This watch like all larger examples if properly colored are easier for me to read without reading glasses. The ego thing is way down the totem pole insofar as what someone else thinks in my world. Regardless, it is a great looking watch people notice and recognize as an attractive well designed functional art piece.
I like the 42mm green one, might get one. And I like two tone, but not here.
Best chronograph coming out from Switzerland B01
Sure, those older Italian gentlemen might have been rocking those two-tone chronomats with panache, but wait until those bezel rider tabs on the older models start to snag and unravel your fine knit woolen sweater.
Take it from one 40-something, whose "months away" from a retirement home, to another.
Initial reaction at the beginning of the video: "have you fallen and hurt your head?"
Post-video reaction: "yeah... bruh.... take that 7inch wrist to an elevator next time ;P "
However I do own a 15 year old blue dial Chronomat Evolution with yellow gold and stainless steel, 43 mm.
Try Linde Werdelin watches! Big but wears small. And super light.
get you one of those chronomat 40 GMTs (preferably in white) in for review please, sir
I actually like the chronomat a lot but 44mm and two tone? I don't think I could do that 😂
A chronograph with a dive watch timing bezel is a great idea, that's why I've grown to really appreciate diver chronographs. You have both a stopwatch and a countdown timer in the same watch, also the water resistance of a diver chronograph give you the roughness to actually use stopwatch for outdoors and sports
Very entertaining review, thanks. It is a super watch - amazing and attractive. Wearing it daily is too much for anyone, I think.
Hi from France, it's not "roulauex" but "rouleaux". You can translate it in "rolls", yet "blingy chunk" seems more relevant with that... thing. Pleasant video anyway as usual, despite its monstrous subject. 😭
I used to call it the Bullet Bracelet.
Zenith Defy extreme is it's main competitor + Hublot
I think you’re right.
For that price I'd get something high horology to be honest, like a blancpain. Cool looking watch though
I like it, if I'm going to spend that much on a watch, it needs to look different and stand out. Too many luxury watches are boring in my opinion
Not for me but I hope this watch makes someone very happy.
It's spelled rouleaux and not roulauex, but I get your point : bullet bracelet it is.
Love it. Love you.
These watches are for the top dogs. Not hipsters.
A true luxury excessory™
ha ha, great! I love it, actualy my next "I need this watch " watch 😂
Great video as always but the bracelet name is spelled “Rouleaux” not “Roulauex” !
This feels like a luxury Invicta
Mann, if only Breitling would make this Chronomat in 40/42mm. Then in would instantly buy it. The thickness is also too much, 15.3mm it should be more like 11-12mm.
how big is this guys wrist, for reference????
ill show myself out.
6.0" apparently.
The metric system really helps to hide the heft of this fella. 236g is just a splash over 8oz of soda or a single Big Mac with cheese.
Thank God, freedom units
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M (Chronograph) in two-tone is less than $10,000!
We're all just monkeys playing a horological game of "spend a lot of money for many years just to realize you like what you like even if it's not popular"
Zoolander quotes on a watch review. What's not to like? 😄
$14,000 dollars? That's one expensive $10,000 watch that I will buy for $6000 and then sell for $4000!
It's the design equivalent of adding sugar to tea until the solution is saturated and the sugar no longer dissolves.
Take away any single "design" element and it couldn't fail to be an improvement.
I couldn’t finish this video… I got the gout and diabetes halfway through. Too rich for my blood.
The gout
My chrono ceramic pusher fell off after a week.
🔥
so bold so out there its too much exactly what they aim for i think.
Fiftythree lug to lug on a
🎉🎉🎉 SEVEN INCH WRIST 🎉🎉🎉
I rather like the (Bamboo style actually) bracelet. but thats about it...
I dunno, “for me” Breitling has gone way off the rails. I’d still like to purchase some of their older models, but the more recent ones, not so much.
Swap my ss watch for a tt one … I guess age is catching up with me 😢
Pitchforks!
Whoa! That's a hot mess of a watch. So busy, definitely not for me. although I like the GMT version.