Breitling Montbrilliant 01 is a collector’s piece equipped with Caliber 01
a unique Breitling in-house developed movement. A sapphire crystal case back allows
the user a peep of the inner throbbing of the watch’s machinery. The limited edition
series issued in 2000 in steel and 200 in red gold is the collector’s dream possessions.
Breitling Montbrilliant 47 is again another limited edition that augments
the charm of the wearer’s wrist. The 47 mm diameter classics were presented in supplies
of 2000 in steel and 500 in steel and rose gold, are marked by their seamless integration
of the case and bracelet. The ring shaped counters gracefully stand out in the background
of black and silver dial.
The Breitling Montbrilliant Datora watches are the fine incarnations of that
watch which were best sellers in the 1940s, the noble chronographs endowed with
complete calendar; parade a unique way of showing date. The inventiveness of the
great craftsmen of ancient fame who did wonders with self winding mechanical movement
is clearly visible for all to see in these watches where the day and month are displayed
on side by side apertures while the date is marked by a half-moon pointer. The
Montbrilliant
Datora
is also fitted with an aviation slide rule and a tachometer and a
1/100th hour marker. The watches also show the military time in 24 hours pattern.
The watches are a tribute to the craftsman who packed so many complications in such
a limited space.
The legendary aspect of Breitling is trumpeted in the
Breitling Montbrilliant
Legend
. The aeronautical flavor of the Breitling is the dominant motif is
reiterated in the watch which exhibits on the case back a conversion scale for the
main aviation weights and measures. Though it is anachronistic to parade such details
on a modern watch it serves the purpose of delineating the glorious days of Breitling
when the watches met the real time needs of the pilots.