Superocean Heritage 46 Chronoworks Ceramic / Black / Rubber

In Context

At 46 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 15.44 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, 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.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 100 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

SB0161E4.BE91.256S stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a ceramic case. It was a limited edition. Introduced in 2016.

Reworked version of Breitling 01 movement; especially built for increased efficiency. Ceramic baseplate and geartrain bridges; silicon center wheel, third wheel & fourth wheel; silicon escapement; variable-inertia balance adjustable via four tiny gold weights situated around the rim; elastic toothing in the coupling gears.

2 other watches in the library run the Breitling Caliber B01 Chronoworks.

Breitling

Superocean Heritage 46 Chronoworks Ceramic / Black / Calf

SB0161E4.BE91.439X · 46 mm

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Superocean Heritage 46 Chronoworks Ceramic / Black / Croco

SB0161E4.BE91.760P · 46 mm