It looks like the Swiss-based brand wants to spread the relatively new fake Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime complication across its whole product range. Besides the gorgeous Transocean pilot’s watch, the 24-cities display has also been recently added to their elite Breitling for Bentley line. Called (rather predictably) Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime Chronograph, the new watch is powered by the same in-house caliber as both Transocean models, but comes in a deliberately oversized body that literally dwarfs a normal “sporty” chronograph with its gargantuan proportions.
The dial of the watch looks like it was borrowed from the 2012 Breitling Transocean Chronograph Unitime World Time automatic watch, although the hands and the luminous hour markers are a noticeably thicker.
Available both in stainless steel and 18-carat rose gold and in two colors of its cluttered dial, the new watch is whole 49 millimeters in diameter and looks quit thick, too. As usual, the massive bezel of the timepiece is decorated with that signature knurled ornament that mimics the famous “chicken wire” grille of a classic Bentley.
Unlike many other mens fake Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime chronograph wristwatches that feature similar layout, the Unitime Chronograph works in a bit unusual way. Here, you first set your home time and then, as you arrive, say, to Beijing, you pull the crown and rotate the hour hand in counterclockwise direction until the name of your current city arrives at a position at 12 o’clock right a top of Breitling’s famous wings-and-anchor logo. To make sure that date is displayed correctly, make sure that the day/night indicator (it is, by the way, not as usable here as on other models since it lacks the usual light/dark parts that divide day and night, so you will have to take not at the hours indicated on the ring) turned the way it should.
The small date window is still squeezed between 4 and 5 o’clock.
Judging by the layout of the map, which is printed in light grey over black background, the timepiece either targets customers living in both Americas, or simply tries to show you the Pacific and Atlantic oceans at a single glance.
Of course, the main selling point of this device is the “worldtimer” complication that makes it a very nice choice for those who put on thousands of miles each month (or for those who like the style and can actually afford owning this thing).
Some may find the way the whole setup works a bit cumbersome, but I personally find it quite amusing.
Since both models are powered by the same Caliber B05 in-house self-winding movement that the Swiss brand seems to be so proud of, the dial layout is also the same: there is a 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour totalizer at 12 hours, and a subsidiary seconds indicator at 9 hours.
The massive body of the watch that looks like it was crafted from a single slab of gold big enough to bail out Greece, remains unchanged with all its mirror-polished surfaces and oversized crown and chronograph push-pieces.
Starting at approximately $15,000 and $39,000 they seem a bit overpriced, but the same goes to Bentley brand itself, as well as other trade marks dealing in defiantly conspicuous consumption.
Photos: Breitling
Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime Chronograph watch specification
Price: $15,000 (steel) / $39,000 (rose gold)
Movement: Automatic, Caliber B05, in-house, COSC chronometer, Swiss Made
Number of jewels: 56
Movement frequency: 28,800 vph
Power reserve: More than 70 hours
Movement decoration: No data
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph, 24-cities disk (GMT)
Case material: Stainless steel / 18-carat rose gold
Bezel material: Matches case
Crown material: Matches case
Case shape: Round
Bezel shape: Round
Case size: 49.00 mm
Case height: No data
Lug width: No data
Dial: Arctica / Royal Ebony
Numerals: None
Hour markers: Luminous
Hands: Luminous
Water resistance: 100 meters
Strap: Black Barenia leather strap / Rubber band / Speed metal bracelet
Crystal: Sapphire, antireflective on both sides, cambered
Case back: Sapphire
So far, the company plans to make only two versions of the Swiss made Breitling replica watch, in stainless steel and more expensive rose gold, each available with a black Barenia leather strap ith light-grey contrast stitching, a rubber band and their signature Speed metal bracelet.