The Only Way To Get These New Breitlings Is If You Buy A Million Dollar Hypercar

This B19 44 Perpetual Calendar is one of the best-looking Super Chronomats Breitling has made, and you almost certainly can’t buy one. And if you can and you are reading this newsletter, do reach out. I want to talk. Breitling has opened a special configurator for owners of the Aston Martin Valhalla hypercar, and only they can order this watch or its smaller sibling, the Automatic 38. Both are built around the car, down to the colour of the hands.

The B19 has a 44mm titanium case, 14.45mm thick, with a black ceramic insert on the unidirectional bezel, a screw-down crown and 200 meters of water resistance. It’s a large, tall watch, and titanium helps it be more wearable. The Automatic 38 is 38mm wide and 11.88mm thick in stainless steel, with a bezel set with lab-grown diamonds certified to the SCS-007 standard. Water resistance drops to 100 meters.

Both dials are made out of carbon fibre. Owners get a choice of the flange and hand colour from four options, including Aston Martin Racing Green and Lime Green. The B19 adds a separate choice for the chronograph counter hands, with six colours that bring in Rosso Corsa red and Vivid Orange. A black carbon dial with one bright accent pulled from your car’s spec is a good idea, and the configurator lets you get it right. I guess if you're spending a million on a car, it's nice to get your watch matched to it. The 38 keeps things simple with three hands and a date at six.

The B19 uses Breitling’s in-house calibre 19, an automatic perpetual calendar chronograph beating at 4Hz with 96 hours of reserve and COSC certification. It won’t need a date correction until 2100, and the black rotor behind the display back can be engraved. The 38 uses the Breitling calibre 17, also COSC, but with only 38 hours of reserve. Its solid caseback has the Aston Martin logo and can also be engraved. The B19 comes on a titanium-steel Rouleaux bracelet, the 38 on a steel one, and both are offered on a black rubber strap instead.

The B19 44 Perpetual Calendar is priced at about €60,000, and the Automatic 38 at about €25,000. Both are sold only through the Valhalla configurator, and each comes with five years of membership to the Breitling Social Club, opening in Williamsburg, New York, in late 2027. This is a very fancy Breitling. See more on the Breitling website.