Breitling Transocean Chronograph Red Gold RB015253.BB16.106W

The Transocean Chronograph runs on the Breitling 01, a self-winding chronograph calibre that Breitling developed and makes in its own workshops, with a power reserve of about 70 hours. Its lines recall the classic chronographs of the 1950s and 1960s, and Breitling now describes the Transocean as a short-lived precursor of its Premier collection.

The case takes a 22 mm strap and sits under a sapphire crystal, with stick-and-dot markers and stick hands on the black dial. Without the stones, the RB015212.BB16.220R is the same red gold, black-dial chronograph. The AB015253.BA99.743P keeps the diamond bezel and black dial in stainless steel, and the AB015212/BA99 references drop both the gold and the diamonds. The red gold Transocean Chronograph 1461 (R1931012.BC20.435X) is a different watch: 15.25 mm thick and limited to 100 pieces.