Galactic 32 Two Tone Black / Calf

In Context

At 32 mm it is small by current standards, in the range most wristwatches occupied before cases began growing through the 1990s. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

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.

B71356L2.BA11.406X stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a yellow gold, stainless steel case.

The B71 is a SuperQuartz movement, Breitling's thermocompensated quartz, used in the smallest cases in the range. It powers 176 watches in this library, 154 of them Galactics. Ordinary quartz drifts with temperature. SuperQuartz, built on ETA's Thermoline base, measures the movement's own temperature with a thermistor and corrects the oscillator's rate digitally, which brings it to roughly ten seconds a year rather than ten a month. That is accurate enough for COSC chronometer certification, which very few quartz movements carry, and Breitling certifies every SuperQuartz caliber. The B71 is the two-hand-plus-date version for the 30 mm and 32 mm cases. In this library it sits under the [Galactic](/brands/breitling/galactic) 30 and 32, 154 references, with the Windrider and Cockpit ladies' models accounting for the rest. Cases are 30 mm and 32 mm almost without exception, and many are diamond-set or mother-of-pearl dialled. The [Caliber 77](/calibers/breitling-caliber-77) is the SuperQuartz for the Colt and Chronomat 32, the [B74](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b74) the three-hand version for the larger Colts, and the [Caliber 78](/calibers/breitling-caliber-78) and [Caliber 79](/calibers/breitling-caliber-79) the analogue-digital versions in the Chronospace and Aerospace.

175 other watches in the library run the Breitling Caliber B71.

Breitling

Galactic 32 Stainless Steel / Rose Gold / Pearl Diamond / Croco

C71356L2.A712.777P · 32 mm

Breitling

Galactic 32 Sleek Edition Stainless Steel / Diamond / Horizon Blue / Croco

A7133053/C951/778P/A14BA.1 · 32 mm

Breitling

Galactic 32 Sleek Edition Rose Gold / Golden Sun Diamond / Croco

H7133012.H550.778P · 32 mm

Breitling

Galactic 32 Stainless Steel / Diamond / Metallica Blue / Calf

A71356LA.C811.408X · 32 mm