Breitling Navitimer B19 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
Breitling releases a new Navitimer B19 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph in stainless steel with platinum bezel and an ice-blue dial.
This Navitimer comes equipped with Breitling’s first exclusive perpetual calendar chronograph movement, the Caliber B19, released only last year as part of Breitling’s 140th anniversary celebrations. This newest Navitimer features an ice-blue dial, complemented by a platinum bezel, in a 43 mm stainless-steel case, complete with illustrated moonphase at 12 o’clock.
The mushroom pushers enable easy use of the timekeeping functions, while the open case back makes it possible to marvel at the movement.
The Navitimer B19 comes with the options of a black alligator leather strap with a comfortable folding buckle, or a seven-row stainless-steel bracelet with a butterfly clasp.
The Caliber B19 is the latest evolution in the brand’s move towards Breitling-exclusive movements, which began with the 2009 release of its flagship Manufacture Caliber 01. The B19 combines Breitling’s chronograph specialty with a calendar complication that self-corrects for leap years and months of 28, 30, and 31 days.
In addition to rigorous independent accuracy tests to achieve COSC certification, the Caliber B19 undergoes a 16-year aging simulation that includes, among other extreme challenges, 100,000 crown winds, 3,456,000 weight turns, and 60,000 shocks at 500G.
Designed and assembled at Breitling’s Chronometrie, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the Caliber B19 offers a stunning 96-hour power reserve and requires only minor adjustments to stay up to date for the next hundred years.
Model: Breitling Navitimer B19 Chronograph 43 Perpetual Calendar
Reference
PB1920251C1A1 or PB1920251C1P1
Movement
Breitling Manufacture Caliber B19
Diameter: 30 millimeters
Thickness: 8.53 millimeters
Winder: Self-winding mechanical, bidirectional with ball bearing
Power reserve: Approximately 96 hours
Number of components: 374
Balance frequency: 28,800 a/h or 4 hertz
Chronograph: Column-wheel, vertical clutch, 1/4th second, 30-minute
Display: Hour, minute, second, perpetual calendar
Certification: COSC-certified
Case
Material: Stainless steel
Diameter: 43 millimeters
Thickness: 14.94 millimeters
Height (upper lug tip to lower lug tip): 49.07 millimeters
Water resistance: up to 3 bars (30 meters)
Glass: Cambered sapphire, glare-proofed on both sides
Caseback: Stainless steel, screwed in, sapphire crystal
Crown: Stainless steel, non screw-locked, two gaskets
Bezel: Platinum, bidirectional with circular slide rule
Dial
Ice-blue dial
Super-LumiNova® luminescent indexes, hour and minute hand
Strap
Stainless steel seven-row bracelet with a butterfly clasp, or black alligator leather strap with a stainless steel folding buckle
Size (lug/buckle): 22/18 mm
