An automatic winding system is inherently weak and during shock or extreme forces it can break. As a sort of "well we might as well include it" feature, Breitling wanted to make the automatic winding system more interactive. Fully stopping the rotor will stop automatic winding, but will also feasibly protect the movement during certain sport activities. fake breitling the efficiency of the spinning engages an additional gear (which is part of the "Turbine Control" system, and slows down the winding.
This is useful if you are doing things like playing golf or other activities and want to slow the rotor to protect it. The rest of the time you can keep it on "full. " It is easy to say that "well with such an expensive watch why would you wear it when it might break. " I would agree. Not only that but the system requires you to plan in advance if you are going to take it into danger. Talk about an extremely horological lifestyle. In the end it is a sort of fun complication - that again - is meant to increase interactivity with your high-end luxury timepieces.
Having a power reserve indicator of course makes the "stop" function for the imitation hublot system more practical. I learned that the winding efficiency indicator is designed to be sort of like a power reserve indicator. Once again it "remembers" how much winding you have given the Breitling movement in the last two hour period and shows on a scale from red to green how much love you've given the mainspring barrel.
Of course the best part of the system is the new "fat hand" time telling display. Breitling once again has re-imagined their satellite time telling system and further complicated it. Hours are still shown in revolving cubes, but the minute hand is new for the Breitling. The large minute hand is a "jumping hand" and the best way to understand it is to watch the above video. The hour indicator sits inside of it and when it reaches the end of the hour, the minute hand jumps back to 0 to connect with the next hour cube. You can also set the time backwards without breaking the system. It is a really neat thing and cooler than ever.
Breitling will produce just 35 pieces of this version of the Breitling watch in titanium. If i know anything about Breitling then there will be more case finishes and limited editions available in the future. It is worth noting that the nickname of this watch is the "Maltese Falcon" due to the shape of the minute hand. However, I just don't see the connection. Continue reading "This is useful if you are doing things like Breitling watches in other activities"
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