Breitling

Breitling Men's A7338011/B782 Aeromarine Chrono Colt II Watch

• Quality Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 41.1 mm

Product Description

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The solid and attractive Chrono Colt II is built for performance and reliability. The handsomely finished steel case is outfitted on Breitling's triple link steel Professional II bracelet. Highly legible beneath the scratch-resistant glareproof sapphire crystal, the textured black dial features luminescent hands and markers and a date display at the four o'clock hour. Three silver subdials display the 1/10 second, 60 minute and 12 hour chronograph functions, and a unidirectional rotating bezel with engraved minute markers allows tracking of elapsed time. This watch is also designed to perform quick time zone changes without disturbing the running of the minute and seconds hands. Contributing to its sturdy design, the Chrono Colt II features lateral crown reinforcements and protective push piece rings for optimal durability and shock resistance. It also features a screw-down crown and caseback, for water resistance to 200 meters. The Chrono Colt II is driven by Breitling's chronometer-certified SuperQuartz™ movement, a technology that provides 10 times the accuracy of standard quartz movements.

The Breitling Story

Louis Breitling founded his watch company in 1884 in St Imier, Switzerland with the specific purpose to develop chronographs and counters for scientific and industrial applications. In the early 19th century, Breitling expanded into creating high-quality timing instruments for automobiles and airplanes, beginning a long history of creating timing instruments for the aviation industry. In 1952, the Navitimer was launched, a wrist watch equipped with a so called "navigation computer" that allowed pilots to calculate flight plans. In 1962, the 24-hour Cosmonaute chronograph was released, and this watch was worn by Scott Carpenter when he flew America's second ever manned orbital flight in the Aurora 7.

Continuing to innovate for professional flyers, in the mid-1990s Breitling introduced the Emergency, which features a built-in microtransmitter that broadcasts on the 121.5 MHz aircraft emergency frequency. This is used as a backup to airborne beacons, and its signal can be picked up within a range of up to 90 nautical miles. The Emergency has been put to the test on several occasions, most famously in rescuing two British pilots who crashed their helicopter in Antarctica.

Breitling has also been at the forefront in advancing the mechanics of the chronograph timepiece. In 1923, it was the first watch manufacturer to introduce an independent push piece for the chronograph, enabling the start and return-to-zero function (previously performed by the winding-crown). Then in 1934, Breitling added a second push piece to the chronograph enabling either cumulative or incremental time recording.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000G2CHM6
• Item model number: A7338011/B782
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,776 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Watch, October 4, 2010

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T. Madsen (Mpls. MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breitling Men's A7338011/B782 Aeromarine Chrono Colt II Watch (Watch)

This watch is great. I've had mine since 2004, no problems keeps great time. Bracelet is nice and beefy, heavy watch I suggest you have a good size wrist. It's a big watch, I get many compliments and couldn't be happier with my purchase. The other reviewer SHOULD NOT have worn his in a hot tub. Never ever do that the seals breakdown pretty quick, it's hard on a watch. I wear mine all the time in the shower, swimming in the pool. It does snag into things once in a while because the main bezel has some sharper edges, but because it's crafted from a solid piece of steel. It's not stamped like cheap watches.

Buy one and enjoy, it has the Breitling quality you would expect.

14 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This watch sucks - Customer services is even worse. DO NOT BUY IT., December 6, 2008

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Marcelo Miki - See all my reviews
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I bought a Breitling 4 years ago and had so many problems with it since then. I am not used to taking my watch off my wrist even when I take shower. I have 2 other watches, one Rolex and one Omega and never had problems taking bath or getting into the water with them, but with Breitling I had. It was about 2 months after I bought it, the damn thing formed moisture inside it, kind of the air condensate inside , probably from me getting into a hot bathtub wearing it, so I took the watch to the dealer and they said that Breitling didn't offer any warranty in the case that water, humidity gets or moisture/condensate forms inside the watch.(It was supposed to be water proof). So I had to pay US$900 to have a repair service and cleaning done on the thing. Then within one week after getting the watch back, one screw of the bezel fell off so I took the watch back for repair and again they told me that there was no warranty for that because the place where the screw goes was damaged due to over torque on the screw and that it would cost me about US$400, or even more depending, to have it repaired, so I just gave up repairing it again. Next day I took the watch to another watch repair store, and to add insult to injury, the clerk at the store told me that who ever did the repair on the watch before had over tightened the screw and by doing so had damaged not only the screw but the hole and then to cover the mistake they had put superglue in the hole and placed the screw back. (Isn't it a kind of thing that would piss someone off?)
WHAT A SH.T service.

I am very disappointed and I am sure to let everyone knows about it.
I have had my Rolex for about 10 years and my Omega for 6 and never had a major problem with them.
The only time I had a problem with my Rolex was when the wristband didn't want to lock properly so I took it for repair and they repaired it in 24 hours NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

I'll give it one star because there is nothing worse to give in here.