Estate Originals Stainless Steel Breitling Transocean Swiss-Made Watch

This Limited Edition (of 2,000) gentleman's Stainless Steel BREITLING TRANSOCEAN Chronograph Swiss-made wristwatch has a 43-mm case diameter, an elegant round black-toned dial, luminescent stainless steel outlined hands, baton hour and minute markers and second hand. It displays three chronograph sub-dials at the three, six and nine o'clock indicating 60 seconds, 30 minute and 12 hours. There is a date window between the four and five o'clock and a tachymeter around the outer rim. It is powered by the Breitling Caliber 01 self-winding Swiss-made automatic officially certified chronometer movement with a 70-hour power reserve which can be seen through the sapphire crystal exhibition caseback. It is water resistant to 30 metres (100 feet). The case # is 3036643 and the model # is AB0151. It has a fixed bezel, stainless-steel screw-down crown and pushers and a scratch resistant anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The back reads ""Transocean Chronographe Edition Limitée a 2,000 Exemplaires Etanche 100 m."" This watch differs from the regular edition with a gold ""B"" logo and contrasting subdial colours. The watch is attached to a mesh stainless-steel bracelet with fold over clasp signed, Breitling. This watch was originally made in 2010.

Since its introduction in 1958, the Transocean has proven to be one of the more successful product lines for Breitling. Aiming to build off of the success of its chronographs, the Transocean started its life as a simple time-only model. Stated in early Breitling marketing to be the ""civilian version of the watch that has won the confidence of professional fliers"" (referring to the Navitimer). Since the late 1950s, the Transocean name has taken a few forms but always leaned more towards the everyman rather than the military or aviation feel of other Breitling product lines. In 2010, the modern iteration of the Transocean was born with the introduction of the three-handed Transocean and the Transocean Chronograph. Both models were praised as faithful reinterpretations of their vintage counterpart's simple and elegant designs.

Willy Breitling was approached by the renowned US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) in 1952 and asked to create a new chronograph for its members. He decided to develop an innovative wrist-worn instrument that would enable pilots to perform all necessary flight calculations, including average speed, distance traveled, fuel consumption, rate of climb or descent, and conversion of miles to kilometers or nautical miles. At that time, calculations required a logarithmic slide rule. Willy Breitling therefore adapted the original logarithmic slide rule of the 1940s Chronomat for aviation purposes and integrated it into a rotating bezel, surrounded by small beads to make it easier to manipulate. The case diameter was fixed at 41 millimetres, which was large for its time; large enough to ensure that all the information provided by the dial would be easy to read. The readability was further enhanced by oversized Arabic numerals filled with radium that efficiently contrasted with the black dial. The name itself is a combination of navigation and timer.

• Stainless steel
• Gram weight is 158.2
• Independently appraised value for insurance purposes: $8,500.00 (note: may not reflect selling price)
• Case measures approximately 43 mm in diameter 

All items in the Estate Originals Collection are estate pieces created in years gone by. Although this item is in excellent condition, it could have some signs of its age and past enjoyment. The images shown are of the exact item you will receive.