Buy it for the bracelet
By Hannah Lindqvist, Stockholm ยท
The Rouleaux bracelet is the reason. Those rounded, bullet-shaped links wrap around a small wrist like a bike chain, and with 18 mm at the lugs the whole thing feels in proportion at 36 mm. Plenty of brands shrink a case and forget to shrink the bracelet. Breitling didn't.
It's also 1980s to the bone, with the rider tabs on the bezel, the polish and the general flash. That's the part I go back and forth on. Some days I'd love it. Some days I'd feel like I'm wearing shoulder pads.
Practical bits: 100 m, so swimming is fine. 11.3 mm is a reasonable height for a sports watch. The B10 has 42 hours, which is okay and nothing more.
The price is where I hesitate. 5,650 to 6,200 dollars, and a Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 sits in the same neighbourhood if you can get hold of one. The Breitling is easier to buy and arguably more fun. I'd take the silver dial and wear it more to the office than on a run, because a bracelet this shiny on a muddy wrist feels like a waste.