Breitling has updated its Avenger range with a series of new perfect Breitling replica watches, including its chronograph with in-house movement. John Mulgrew spent a week on the wrist with the range’s flagship model.
The in-house movement has never been more important to swathes of higher-end luxury Swiss fake Breitling watches brands.
There was a time when it was simply a name on a dial which garnered sufficient interest or clout for a buyer. You only have to look at Omega Seamasters from the 1990s and 2000s, when quartz was ubiquitous.
Many models across some of those name brands still turned to the big producers of Swiss movements, both automatic and manual.
Now, looking at the last few years of the Omega catalogue – and with other burgeoning brands – the in-house calibre is king. You’re unlikely to find anything other than a Co-Axial variant in the majority of Omega’s watches, for example.
And while 1:1 online Breitling copy watches has also developed many of its own in-house movements, it’s upping the stakes again and utilising its own components across a wider swathe of its range.
The high quality replica Breitling Avenger watches has been in the Breitling stable for more than 20 years, and now, the current iteration includes its Automatic 42 and heftier B01 Chronograph 44 variant – the latter sporting the Breitling calibre 01, a COSC-certified automatic, column-wheel, vertical clutch chronograph, beating at 4Hz.
There’s a chunkiness and ruggedness to the 44mm chrono version. It feels like something which belongs on an adventure, and with a 300m depth rating has the stats to back that perceived durability up.
It’s also forgone the sizeable Breitling wings logo in favour of a more subtle ‘B’ instead, just below the ‘Breitling’ branding.
Housed in a fairly hefty steel case, the dial of the cheap Breitling super clone watches features three sub-dials – with the date at the six spot in the centre dial – broad hands and a fine chronograph hand with red tip, inner chapter ring and block markers.
It’s not overly busy and keeps to a controlled and sensible palate, with that little dash of scarlet helping lift it.
The rotating bezel of the top Breitling replica watches is clean and relies on deep machining in order to make the numerals pop – forgoing any paint.
Green is certainly en vogue, but this is a softer pastel variety, almost pistachio, which swaps out bright and brash rich sunburst and patterned dials for something more subtle.
It all works well on the military-style calfskin leather strap – a complementary green camo shade which is a touch darker than the dial.
That in-house movement offers up a good 70 hours of power reserve, which puts it up there with the majority of newer in-house COSC-certified movements on the market from other brands.
The pushers are rounded cuboids, sitting fairly neat and flush to the case and thus, not adding to its already fairly sizeable proportions, while the crown has suitable knurling and hefty enough to make adjusting or screwing in and out an easy task.
You also get an open caseback to see that in-house movement in all its glory.
The Swiss movements fake Breitling Avenger watches has a fair bit of depth when strapped on, given the case size and the chronograph movement, but it should sit well on most wrists.
The chronograph is a step forward for the brand in terms of bringing the stats up and putting the horology on par with the design and aesthetics.
But if it’s a touch too large or the chronograph doesn’t seem necessary, then the best US replica Breitling Automatic 42 watches is another option – a smaller case size and price, partly due to Breitling opting for its COSC-certified calibre 17, which is a modified ETA 2824-2.