Luxury Retro Breitling Superocean Heritage 57
- bill wang
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min read
In appearance, Breitling Superocean Heritage 57 restores the historical prototype of 1957. But the size of the watch is increased to 42 mm (the historical prototype is 39 mm). The size of 42 mm is the normal size of a diving watch. But the thickness of 9.9 mm is very thin in the diving watch, which makes the Ocean Culture 57 actually feel not big at all, but has a small feeling. The first major feature of Superocean Heritage 57 is the bezel and mirror design that completely restores the historical prototype. Consistent with 1957, the inwardly recessed bezel and the raised box-type crystal were used. We can see that the bezel of Superocean Heritage 57 is high in the outside and low in the inside, forming an inward slope, while the central mirror is convex upwards. The huge bezel extends outward, beyond the case. This design is a unique feature in Breitling's history. In the new Superocean Heritage 57, the bezel is replaced by a ceramic ring and the mirror is replaced by a sapphire mirror. In the gold version, the ceramic ring is filled with rose gold scales, and the steel version is filled with white lacquer. The second major feature of Superocean Heritage 57 is the panel design that restores the historical prototype. Use bar and dot time markers, of which 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock, and 9 o’clock are dot time markers, and the center of the dot time marker is penetrated by a metal bar time marker. This design is a major feature of Breitling's 1957 Super Ocean. At the same time, the watch uses arrow pointers, and there is a "reverse metal arrow" inside the arrow pointer. This is also the unique design of Superocean in 1957. The new Superocean Heritage 57 completely restores these two historical features. In addition, the hands and time scales have a large area of luminous, and the dial is the same as the historical prototype without a calendar. The Superocean Heritage 57 does not use the Breitling B20 movement (the Breitling version of the Tudor MT56 series movement) like the regular Breitling Superocean Heritage replica watches does. Superocean Heritage 57 uses a universal movement, Breitling 10 movement is the purchased SW300 movement (2892 similar movement, power 42 hours).
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