Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42
Swiss luxury watch brand Breitling has unveiled six new models of its Premier B01 Chronograph. Updated with a heritage-inspired design, these models house the Manufacture Caliber 01.
The origins of the Premier collection date back to 1940s when Willy Breitling designed a series of elegant chronographs named the Premier.
Reintroduced by Breitling in 2021, the Premier Heritage chronograph collection revived Willy’s dream of seeing the functional chronograph made undeniably elegant and infinitely wearable.
Breitling Caliber 01 is a manufacture self-winding movement designed for maximum precision, reliability, and functionality. Introduced in 2009, it is one of the most highly regarded chronograph movements in the industry. Moreover, this COSC certified calibre offers an accuracy of -4 and +6 seconds per day.
The latest iteration of the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01 found in the new Premier chronograph was redesigned in 2022 and features a trimmer profile and more compact oscillating weight. This movement is visible through the transparent sapphire-crystal caseback. It comes with a five-year warranty and provides an approximate 70-hour power reserve.
The new Premier spotlights distinctive vintage-Premier design details, including the smooth fixed bezel, twin-register dial, streamlined rectangular pushers, and applied Arabic numerals.
At 42 mm, the case diameter is slightly larger than the 40 mm found on the existing B09 (manual-wind) models. The Premier is water resistant to a 100 m (10 bar) water resistance.
The tone-on-tone subdials with chronograph minutes at 3 o’clock and running seconds at 9 o’clock lend a polished style, while new dial shades in salmon, blue, green, black, and cream add a contemporary twist to the stainless-steel models.
A further variation in 18K red gold features a classic cream dial. The watches come on a choice of classic alligator leather strap or sleek 7-row metal bracelet.
Technical details
Model: Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42
Movement
Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01
Diameter: 30 millimeters
Depth: 7.2 millimeters
Winder: self-winding mechanical, bidirectional with ball bearing
Power reserve: approximately 70 hours
Number of components: 334
Balance frequency: 28,800 a/h or 4 hertz
Chronograph: column-wheel, vertical clutch, 1/4th second, 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers
Display: hour, minute, second, date window
Certification: COSC-certified
References: AB0145221B1P1, AB0145221B1A1, AB0145171C1P1, AB0145171C1A1, AB0145331K1P1, AB0145331K1A1, AB0145371L1P1, AB0145371L1A1, AB0145211G1P1 or AB0145211G1A1
Case
Material: stainless steel
Diameter: 42 millimeters
Thickness: 13.6 millimeters
Height (upper lug tip to lower lug tip): 50.03 millimeters
Water resistance: up to 10 bar (100 meters)
Glass: cambered sapphire, glare-proofed on both sides
Case back: screwed steel, sapphire crystal
Crown: non-screw-locked, two gaskets
Bezel: fixed
Dial
Black, blue, salmon, green or cream with tone-on-tone chronograph counters
Super-LumiNova® luminescent hour and minute hands
Strap
Black, gold-brown, or brown alligator leather strap with a folding buckle (22/18 mm) or stainless-steel seven-row bracelet with a butterfly clasp
References RB0145371G1P1 and RB0145371G1R1
Case
Material: 18K red gold
Diameter: 42 millimeters
Thickness: 13.6 millimeters
Height (upper lug tip to lower lug tip): 50.03 millimeters
Water resistance: up to 10 bar (100 meters)
Glass: cambered sapphire, glareproofed on both sides
Case back: screwed steel, sapphire crystal
Crown: non-screw-locked, two gaskets
Bezel: fixed
Dial
Cream with tone-on-tone chronograph counters To create the design of the
Super-LumiNova® luminescent hour and minute hands
Strap
Brown alligator leather strap with an 18K red gold folding buckle (22/18 mm) or 18K red gold seven-row bracelet with a butterfly clasp
