The rouleaux bracelet is the point
By Rafael Ortiz, Mexico City ยท
The Chronomat came back in 2020 with the 1980s rouleaux bracelet, the one with the rounded bullet links, and I think it's the best looking bracelet Breitling has made in years. It drapes. It catches light. It makes a 42 mm, 15.1 mm thick chronograph feel less heavy than it should.
And yes, 15.1 is thick. With 200 meters of water resistance and a rotating bezel with rider tabs, it's built more like a sports watch than a pilot's tool, and that's fine. The B01 inside is excellent (70 hours, crisp pushers, you can see it through the open back).
I'd wear this on vacation more than at work. On a long sector the bracelet would get warm and the case would bump the yoke, but at the beach in Puerto Vallarta it would be perfect.
At 8,850 to 9,450 dollars it's fair for what you get. Not cheap, but the bracelet alone is worth a chunk of that. Just know you're buying a lifestyle chronograph, not a cockpit instrument.