4 March 2021
Swiss watchmaker Breitling has launched a new aviation watch, the Chronomat Red Arrows Limited Edition. Breitling is an official sponsor of the UK display team.
The watch has the Red’s emblem and just 160 of them will be produced, a tribute to the number of pilots to have flown and served in the team since its first 1965 season.
Breitling’s association with the RAF dates back to the 1930s, when the company’s precision on board chronographs were supplied to RAF aircraft to enable precise calculations of distance and fuel.
Breitling’s new limited edition Red Arrows watch. Top: Cheer up chaps! It’s not just any watch, it’s a Breitling watch.
The Breitling Red Arrows Limited Edition features a RAF blue dial with black contrasting sub-dials and the Red Arrows Diamond Nine logo positioned at 12 o’clock where the Breitling logo is normally placed.
On the back there’s transparent sapphire crystal with the Royal Air Force insignia and an engraved message ‘One of 160’.
Sssh! It’s secret. Only the wearer will see the RAF insignia on the back when they take it off…
Squadron Leader Tom Bould, Red 1 and Team Leader, said, “Precision teamwork, accurate timing and dynamic creativity are hallmarks of the Red Arrows and are fundamental to the team’s activities.
“The Chronomat Red Arrows Limited Edition is a distinctive example of how these qualities are shared by Breitling, forged by its historic work with the aviation community. Particularly special is the limited edition number of 160 pieces, as an acknowledgement of those who’ve flown as a Red Arrows pilot since the opening 1965 display season.”
Price? £6,900.
