Horological Meandering

My first Breitling

Although blue is my favorite color, I never owned any blue watch before this one (I admit it, in 2012 I went to a Bucherer Jeweler in Switzerland to see the new blue Submariner but I didn’t pay enough attention when it was launched on the market so I didn’t know it was completely made from white gold, then you could imagine my face when I was holding it and the guy told me It costed about 35k CHF!).

But anyhow, I bought a new blue car in 2015 so in order to “match it” (I realize it sounds a little silly) I also wanted a sporty, fresh, automatic blue watch on a under-3k budget. After a long and careful research, my choice was this 44mm Breitling Colt that I purchased last March. I had read many articles about Breitling and also about the watches on that budget range (there are many and many of them!). I have also cosidered Oris, Hamilton (again), Tissot, Bulova, Montblanc and Baume&Mercier. Then, on the Breitling website I have many times “built my own”, and I felt in love with that particular blue tone, the concentric circles on the very blue dial and the “Breitling” write on the rubber strap. Btw, do you guys think they are ever going to update the website or it must look like a ‘90s one forever?

When finally at the shop, I could only try the black one, felt firm on the wrist, good looking and solid but I needed so see the blue one (which apparently in that configuration was not available anywhere in Europe) so I “trusted” my instinct and ordered it anyway over the very same catalogue a very nice girl who was there for Breitling gave me at the Baselworld. One week later it arrived and now it is almost one year old!

To conclude: it is solid and also not so heavy as it could seem thanks also to the rubber strap, easy to clean whatsoever, love the bezel, the dial and the very-well polished case while I think the strap is way too grippy on the wrist and that’s why I bought a military-green nato one last year and now I am waiting for a premium grey one I purchased online last week (I’m also not totally convinced about the anti-glare glass, sometimes it looks too violet). By the way, ever heard of nato straps branded Phenomenato? I look forward for it to be delivered but never saw one in person, therefore any comment/advise would be much appreciated. I’ll promise I’ll share new pics as soon as I get my hands on it!

Thanks to all for reading - hope was not boring