Breitling Exospace B55 Yachting

Breitling Exospace B55 Yachting EB5512221B1S1

Breitling spent decades making watches for pilots, so when it built its first connected watch, the 2015 Exospace B55, it made it for aviators. It tracked flight times, memorized departures and arrivals, and talked to your phone over Bluetooth. Then Breitling added a version for drivers.

The B55 Yachting, released in 2018, is the one for sailors, and it finished Breitling’s old promise of watches for the air, the ground and the sea. The sailing part is built into the watch. Regatta racing depends on a countdown to the starting gun, and judges sometimes stop that countdown and restart it.

The B55 Yachting has a countdown system with audible, visible and vibrating alarms, and if the sequence gets reset, you can re-sync the watch to the new countdown quickly. The regatta chronograph has its own independent alarm, and the notched bidirectional bezel is there for working out wind angle and your position on the starting line. Breitling developed these functions with yachting professionals and regatta racers.

The case is 46mm titanium, 15.25mm thick, with rider tabs on the bezel and 100 meters of water resistance, and the dial is carbon under sapphire. It’s a hybrid, with a traditional analog display and two LCD windows, and the LCD lights up when you press the crown or tilt your wrist.

The movement is Breitling’s own Caliber B55 SuperQuartz. It’s thermocompensated, COSC-certified, about ten times more accurate than a standard quartz movement and powered by a rechargeable battery. It also has a flyback chronograph, an electronic tachymeter, lap and split times, a second time zone, seven daily alarms and a perpetual calendar. It connects to a smartphone over Bluetooth Low Energy for notifications and for recording and replaying your race times.

This one is in excellent condition on the original blue rubber strap with a titanium pushbutton folding clasp. It’s a full set with the box and papers, the GRZ authentication card and the original sticker, and the warranty is valid until 02/07/2029.