Airwolf Raven
REF. A7836423.B911.211S
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In Context
At 44 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 16.7 mm it is very tall, and sits high off the wrist. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 50 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.
It is quartz, so it will hold time far more closely than any mechanical watch here, and asks for a battery every few years rather than a service.
A7836423.B911.211S stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a stainless steel case.
Inside: Caliber Caliber 78
Explore this caliber →The Caliber 78 is the SuperQuartz analogue-digital movement of the Chronospace and the Airwolf, built on ETA's Thermoline base and certified by the COSC. It powers 37 watches in this library. Two liquid-crystal displays sit above and below the hands and carry the functions: a chronograph, an alarm, a countdown timer, a second time zone and a perpetual calendar, selected and set from the crown. Thermocompensation corrects the quartz oscillator against temperature, holding the movement to a few seconds a year rather than a few a month, which is the accuracy the chronometer certificate requires. The movement is 22 mm across with 7 jewels. In the library it sits under 22 Chronospace references, including the Chronospace Military of 2012 in black steel, and 15 Airwolf references from the mid-2000s. Cases run from 43.5 mm to 48 mm, with the 48 mm Chronospace at 16 references and the 44 mm Airwolf at 11. The [Caliber 79](/calibers/breitling-caliber-79) is the equivalent movement in the Aerospace, and the [B71](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b71), [Caliber 77](/calibers/breitling-caliber-77) and [B74](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b74) the three-hand SuperQuartz calibers in the rest of the range.
36 other watches in the library run the Breitling Caliber 78.
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