1988 Breitling Sextant B55047
Brand
Breitling
Series
Vintage Series
Catalogue Reference
Chronomat Sextant (B55047)
Production Year
1988
Movement Type
Quartz
Style
Sports Watch
Date
A feature that displays the current day of the month, typically in a small window on the dial, commonly placed at the 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock position.
Chronograph
A watch with a built-in stopwatch function that allows you to measure elapsed time in addition to its regular time-keeping functionality. It often includes a start/stop button and a reset button.
Tachymeter
A scale on the dial of a chronograph that allows the wearer to calculate speed based on time and distance, typically by measuring how many seconds it takes to travel a fixed distance (e.g., 1000 meters).
Case
Diameter
36 mm
Thickness
12 mm
Material
Stainless Steel with Gold Details
Water Resistance
Waterproof up to 100 M / 328 feet
Finishing Details
Polished
Bezel
Riders Tabs, 15-minute Graduated
Crown Type
Screw Down
Crystal
Sapphire
Caseback
Details Engraved
Dial
Color
Modena Red
Dial Markers
Dagger Indeces
Finishing Details
Gold Details
Luminiscent Indexes
Hands and Markers (Trititum)
Calendar
Date display between 4 and 5 o'clock position
Bracelet
Material
Leather
Buckle Type
Standard Buckle
Width
18 mm
Color
Black
Frédéric Piguet 1270
The Caliber 1270 is a hybrid chronograph movement that combines a quartz base movement with a mechanical chronograph mechanism.
Frédéric Piguet's meca-quartz movements powered a variety of watches under different brands or caliber names:
- Roberge Cal. MMR2322
- Zenith Cal. 430
- Breitling Cal. 55
- Omega Cal. 1270
- Chopard Cal. 1270
- Bvlgari Cal. 1270
- Bugatti Cal. 694
- MHR Cal. 1270
- Thorr Cal. 1270
Manufacturer
Piguet
Model
1270
Type
Quartz
Frequency
21600 A/h
Jewels
22 (Twenty-Two) Jewels
Functions
Hours, Minutes, 6 o'clock sweep seconds, Central Chronograph seconds, 9 o'clock 30 minute subdial, 3 o'clock 12 hours subdial, date at 4 o'clock