Super Chronomat 38 Stainless Steel / Ice Blue / Alligator

In Context

At 38 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. At 14.45 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. 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.

A17356531C1P1 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a blue sunburst dial with a ceramic, stainless steel case.

The Caliber 77 is a SuperQuartz movement for the smallest Breitling cases, built on the ETA Thermoline 956.652. It powers 122 watches in this library, most of them the 33 mm Colt. SuperQuartz is Breitling's name for thermocompensated quartz: a thermistor reads the temperature of the movement and the rate is corrected digitally, which holds the movement to a few seconds a year and earns it COSC chronometer certification. The Caliber 77 is the three-hand-and-date version at 25.6 mm with 7 jewels, and it is what makes a Breitling possible at 32 mm and 33 mm without a mechanical movement the case could not hold. In the library it sits under 77 [Colt](/brands/breitling/colt) references, almost all the Colt 33 and Colt Lady, 23 [Chronomat 32](/brands/breitling/chronomat-32) references, 11 [Navitimers](/brands/breitling/navitimer) in the 32 mm and 35 mm ladies' sizes, 8 Super Chronomats and 3 Premiers. The 33 mm case accounts for 72 references and the 32 mm for 37. The [B71](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b71) is the equivalent movement in the Galactic, and the [B74](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b74) the larger SuperQuartz three-hander in the Colt 44.

121 other watches in the library run the Breitling Caliber 77.

Breitling

Chronomat 32 Six Nations Italy

A773101B1C1A1 · 32 mm

Breitling

Chronomat 32 Six Nations France

A773109A1C1A1 · 32 mm

Breitling

Chronomat 32 Six Nations England

A773105A1A1A1 · 32 mm

Breitling

Navitimer Quartz 32 Red Gold / MOP / Croco / Pin

R77320E61A1P1 · 32 mm