Breitling

Breitling


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Breitling is a brand of Swiss watches from the Canton of Jura. It produces Certified Chronometers designed primarily for aviation use, though most frequently worn as high-end luxury watches. Breitling Watches feauture aviation functions, though their chronograph functions have become more of status symbols than practically applied tools. They typically have a large face (e.g. Breitling for Bentley Motors edition has a 48 mm case diameter) for better reading and to allow to display more information on the analog dials.



Many models feature an automatic winding movements that use no electronic components. Many Breitling watches are equipped with additional functions such as the fly-back function, split-second, moon phase, date display and other complications.



All Breitling Watches are manufactured in Switzerland and are made from Swiss components. Raw movements are obtained from ETA and Valjoux and are modified in the Breitling Chronometrie Workshops before undergoing extreme COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres) certification.



Breitling was a sponsor of Team Bentley during their Le Mans 24 Hours campaign, running from 2001-2003. To commemorate this event, Breitling created the Limited Edition Breitling Bentley 24 Le Mans Watch.





Breitling


http://www.breitling.com





Breitling is a brand of Swiss watches from the Canton of Jura. It produces Certified Chronometers designed primarily for aviation use, though most frequently worn as high-end luxury watches. Breitling Watches feauture aviation functions, though their chronograph functions have become more of status symbols than practically applied tools. They typically have a large face (e.g. Breitling for Bentley Motors edition has a 48 mm case diameter) for better reading and to allow to display more information on the analog dials.



Many models feature an automatic winding movements that use no electronic components. Many Breitling watches are equipped with additional functions such as the fly-back function, split-second, moon phase, date display and other complications.



All Breitling Watches are manufactured in Switzerland and are made from Swiss components. Raw movements are obtained from ETA and Valjoux and are modified in the Breitling Chronometrie Workshops before undergoing extreme COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres) certification.



Breitling was a sponsor of Team Bentley during their Le Mans 24 Hours campaign, running from 2001-2003. To commemorate this event, Breitling created the Limited Edition Breitling Bentley 24 Le Mans Watch.

Breitling Bentley Mulliner Mens Tourbillon

Breitling Bentley Mulliner Mens Tourbillon Watch Manual Wind Chronograph Platinum Black Dial On Black Leather

Breitling Watches are more than just timepieces. They are instruments of time. Worn by professionals, the Breitling watch is the first choice of many pilots and is the official watch of numerous aerobatics teams worldwide. Breitling watches offer the highest standard of reliability and precision.
Features


Style Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon

Model # L18841TA-B788-761P


Gender/Size Men's


Case Platinum


Case Back See Through Sapphire


Bracelet/Strap Black Leather


Crown Screw Down


Bezel Function Bidirectional Rotating


Dial Color Black


Subdial Color Skeleton


Subdial Use Tourbillon chronograph, date, minute register


Hand Indicators Silver Tone Luminous


Hour Markers Silver Tone Luminous


Crystal Scratch-Resistant Sapphire Crystal


Movement Manual Wind COSC Certified


Date Calendar Date at 9 o'clock


Case Width 49.5 mm (53 mm with crown)


Case Length 55 mm with lugs


Case Thickness 15 mm


Bracelet Width 24 mm


Bracelet Length Fits wrist size up to 8 inches


Clasp Type Deployment Buckle


Water Resistant To 100 m / 330 ft

Citizen AIBATO M New Bluetooth Watch

Citizen AIBATO M New Bluetooth Watch
The watchmaking company Citizen has launched a new Bluetooth-watch AIBATO M which can be connected to a mobile phone.

The new watch is offered in two variants. Each measures 43.6 x 54.3 x 13.3 mm and weighs around 100 grams which is equal to an average weight of a mobile phone. The watch allows wireless connecting to the phone to check inbox messages or received calls as well as e-mail messages.



After a new message or call is received the Citizen AIBATO M makes a sound or visual alerts or simply turns on vibration mode to inform the owner. The only disadvantage is that the new watch will work only with a limited number of mobile phone companies – the devices by Sharp and Softbank are the most likely to be among them.



The new Citizen AIBATO M is going to appear at Japanese market on July 1, 2009. The price of the new gadget is still unknown as well as the plans upon support of a wider range of mobile phones.

There are two basic types of wrist watches: analogue and digital. What’s the difference between them? A digital watch is a timepiece equipped with a small computer chip and a digital display which simply shows the time as a number instead of a short hand and a long hand pointing towards some numbers on the dial.

How Did It Start?



The first digital watch, a Pulsar prototype, was developed in 1970 jointly by Hamilton Watch Company and Electro-Data. John Bergey, the head of Hamilton’s Pulsar division, said that he was inspired to make a digital timepiece by the then-futuristic digital clock that Hamilton themselves made for the 1968 science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. On April 4, 1972 the Pulsar was finally ready, made in 18-carat gold and sold for $2,100 at retail. It had a red light-emitting diode (LED) display. Another early digital watch innovator, Roger Riehl’s Synchronar Mark 1, provided an LED display and used solar cells to power the internal nicad batteries.



Most watches with LED displays required that the user press a button to see the time displayed for a few seconds, because LEDs used so much power that they could not be kept operating continuously. Watches with LED displays were popular for a few years, but soon the LED displays were superseded by liquid crystal displays (LCDs), which used less battery power and were much more convenient in use, with the display always visible and no need to push a button before seeing the time. The first LCD watch with a six-digit LCD was the 1973 Seiko 06LC, although various forms of early LCD watches with a four-digit display were marketed as early as 1972 including the 1972 Gruen Teletime LCD Watch, and the Cox Electronic Systems Quarza.



A Watch to Everyone



Digital watches were very expensive and out of reach to the common consumer until 1975, when Texas Instruments started to mass produce LED watches inside a plastic case. These watches, which first retailed for only $20, reduced to $10 in 1976, saw Pulsar lose $6 million and the brand sold to competitors twice in only a year, eventually becoming a subsidiary of Seiko and going back to making only analogue quartz watches.






From the 1980s onward, digital watch technology vastly improved. In 1982 Seiko produced a watch with a small television screen built in, and Casio produced a digital watch with a thermometer as well as another that could translate 1,500 Japanese words into English. In 1985, Casio produced the CFX-400 scientific calculator watch. In 1987 Casio produced a watch that could dial your telephone number and Citizen revealed one that would react to your voice. In 1995 Timex release a watch which allowed the wearer to download and store data from a computer to their wrist. Since their apex during the late 1980s to mid 1990s high technology fad, digital watches have mostly devolved into a simpler, less expensive basic time piece with little variety between models.






Despite these many advances, almost all watches with digital displays are used as timekeeping watches. Expensive watches for collectors rarely have digital displays since there is little demand for them. Less craftsmanship is required to make a digital watch face and most collectors find that analog dials (especially with complications) vary in quality more than digital dials due to the details and finishing of the parts that make up the dial (thus making the differences between a cheap and expensive watch more evident).



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Citizen Watch Collection: Citizen Ec Men’s Chronograph Canvas

Citizen Watch Collection: Citizen Ec Men’s Chronograph Canvas


Watch Review

watch with mineral dial, canvas band and buckle is considered to be durable and accurate. This watch will never let you down.

First of all the watch is produced by the well-known Citizen Company that was founded in 1924 and since then has expanded into a large high standard Company, a so called global brand. Today it is the world electronics leader. Citizen watch collection is varied. Here one can find children’s, men’s and women’s luxuriant and every day watches.







The main feature of a great number of Citizen Watch collection is their Eco-Drive system. This system is based on sunlight or daylight battery charging. It means that the watch owner doesn’t need batteries. All he should do is admire sunny days while his watch battery will be charging.






So what are other watch advantages? The watch is readable even at night due to its luminous hands and easy to set. It has scratch resistant dial, so you may be at ease in your mind about it living your usual active life. The watch has large face and this fact gives it masculine look. Being large it’s lightweight. It is noiseless, as the tick is silent. Noise is a real problem of many as they complain that they can’t sleep with the watch in the same room. With this watch this problem won’t disquiet you.




The watch has a handsome stylish appearance. It even looks a little bit informal. Those men that like to be in the limelight will definitely like it.






As far as its disadvantages are concerned many don’t bear its band. They say it is canvas outside and leather inside. And there are many problems to dry it after washing. Some people don’t like the watch chronograph that stops in 60 minutes.


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Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Skyhawk A-T Watch

Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Skyhawk A-T Watch #JY0000-53E

Watch Information


Brand: Citizen

Model Number: JY0000-53E

Part number: JY0000-53E

Crystal material: Mineral

Clasp: Fold over clasp with safety

Case Material: stainless-steel

Case Diameter: 48 millimetres

Case Thickness: 16 millimetres

Band Material: stainless-steel

Band Length: Mens

Band Width: 21 millimetres

Dial Colour: black

Bezel Material: stainless-steel

Calendar: Perpetual Calendar

Item weight: 70 grams

Movement: Quartz

Water Resistant Depth: 660 feet

Warranty type: Manufacturer

Warranty Description: 5 Year Manufacturer Warranty


Watch Review
Eco-Drive Men’s Skyhawk A-T watch with black mineral dial, Slide Rule function and fold over clasp with double push button safety has many pros.







The main watch advantage is its Eco-Drive light powering, backlight and atomic time setting. Citizen Eco-Drive Men’s Skyhawk A-T Watch never needs batteries. What is more, the watch can work for 6 months without sunlight charge. The watch is really very accurate due to its radio receiver which daily gets signals from the USA radio and resets the time. There are also European and Japanese radio analogues in the radio. But even without radio support the watch lose only 15 seconds per month. As the watch is considered to be a pilot watch the most valuable options is moving between time zones without any watch reset. So you can easily know the exact time of the country you’ve chosen. Two watch dials show UTC and 24 hour time. The watch also has such options as countdown timer, chronograph, day, date and month calendar, 2 alarms and certainly the Slide Rule which allows doing many computing operations. Water resistance is 600 feet. You can swim in the watch but it DOESN’T suit for diving.






Citizen Eco-Drive Men’s Skyhawk A-T Watch disadvantages include its size. Many complain that it is big and heavy. It may look too massive on slim wrists. But, well, it is a men’s watch that’s why its size is not that important. The watch has complicated options and though it comes with a good manual with an interactive disk it may become a problem for some.






Citizen Eco-Drive Men’s Skyhawk A-T Watch is of high quality which makes it really more expensive than it is. It is very solid, beautiful, and elegant with readable dial.






The watch comes in a special damage-preventing box. But unfortunately its mineral dial doesn’t seem to be rather scratch-resistant.


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