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News: Breitling Colt Skyracer

Breitling's Colt enters 2017 with a variant that seems more adventurer-focused than ever. For a time-only watch it is feature-packed with modern tech geared at making the watch stronger, lighter and more accurate. The headlining detail is the use of Breitlight, appearing for the second time since the release of the 2016 Avenger Hurricane.

Breitling Colt Skyracer Front

Despite its appearance, Breitlight is neither forged carbon fibre nor ceramic; it is, in fact, a proprietary polymer lighter than titanium and harder than steel that also boasts properties like scratch and corrosion resistance. The mottled texture provides excellent grip on the bezel and a matte finish. Perfect for covert ops ...

Breitling Colt Skyracer Angle

Providing the go is a thermocompensated SuperQuartz calibre 74 movement, accurate to within seconds per year, rather than seconds per day like a mechanical movement. As an added bonus for the map readers out there, the strap has 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scale rules moulded into the rubber.