Breitling Navitimer Olympus Review

[Rockrolex]

Now that I've had my Olympus for a month, it's time for a review.

First, the specifications:

Size: stainless steel 43 mm case diameter; 15.4 mm thickness

Crystal: saphire

Movement: B19 ETA 2892-A2 automatic, 28,800 vph, 38 jewels, 42 hr power reserve

Functions: Hour, minute hands, second hand in subdial @ 12:00; chronograph with large sweep second hand, 2 subdials: 12 hour @ 6:00, 30 minute @ 9:00; moonphase window @ 3:00; calendar function includes day in 6:00 subdial, month in 9:00 subdial; date in 12:00 subdial.

Bi-directional bezel with slide rule function

Crown: non-screw locked with two gaskets; two pushers to control chrono function; four flush pushers to set month, day, date and moon phase.

Water resistant to 3 bars

Strap: Breitling black crocodile band with a Breitling stainless steel full deployment clasp, 22 mm.

Discussion:

Once I got the strap adjusted properly, the watch sits very comfortably on the wrist. It's big and bold, unfortunately too big to be worn under some of my tighter cuffed shirts. It is a heavy watch, from the feel, the heaviest in my collection by far, but is still very comfortable to wear. I haven't been strict about measuring accuracy, but my rough calculation seems to put it well within COSC specs.

It's a fun watch, what with all the complications, and for the time being it has replaced the GMT as my every day wearer. Hopefully, the novelty will wear off so I can get back to the GMT, but every morning when I think I will switch back, something says, just wear it one more day. I think I may be developing a problem here.

I will say it was well worth the wait for this one. I am really enjoying it.

Some pics:

Face


Side


Back


(Yes I know the protective seal is still on the back. Sort of like the hologram. I don't remove them. )