Breitling Superocean Automatic 36

The ocean is calling

This next-generation Breitling Superocean diver revisits the distinctive, pared-down aesthetic of the original SuperOcean Slow Motion chronograph from the 1960s and 1970s, yielding a highly technical tool watch that marries a fully modern and thoughtfully engineered case design with just the right amount of nostalgia. 

Water-resistant to 300 m (1000 ft), this new three-handed design is characterized by broad hands and oversized hourly indexes coated liberally in Super-LumiNova® that allow for exceptional readability underwater. Its uni-directional rotating dive bezel is topped with a scratchproof ceramic insert designed to resist wear and fading from sunlight exposure. 

Best of all, the Slow Motion’s distinctive square minute hand has made a comeback. So has the high-contrast minute scale. Vintage dive watch fans will also remember “the dot,” a circular window at 6 o’clock that displayed different colors depending on whether the minutes-based chronograph was engaged, paused, or off. In the new Superocean, a circle near the tip of the second hand gives a wink to that much-loved detail.

Specifications

• Caliber: Breitling 17
• Movement: self-winding mechanical
• Power reserve: approx. 38 hrs
• Vibration: 28,800 v.p.h
• Jewel: 25 jewels
• Case: Stainless steel
• Caseback: Screwed in
• Water resistance: 300 meters (1,000 ft)
• Bezel: Unidirectional, ratcheted with ceramic insert
• Crown: Screw-locked, two gaskets
• Crystal: Convex sapphire crystal, glareproofed both sides
• Diameter: 36.00 mm (Lug-to-lug: 42.4mm)
• Thickness: 12 mm
• Strap: Rubber with ratcheting stainless steel clasp
• Lug: 18/16 mm