Breitling SuperOcean Travel from the department store models

from the department store models all the way up to the high-end Credor timepieces with hand-painted enamel dials and hand-finished movements

and a Rolex at that

Red accents on the sweeping seconds hand and on the locking crown mechanism wrap up the package brilliantly

together with their cousin

Sailing across the Pacific on a balsa wood raft to win a bet - (okay

Breitling SuperOcean Travel from the department store modelsNautical Chronographs inhabit a strange space on the vintage timepiece spectrum. Most divers rely on a rotating bezel to calculate how much time is remaining for their dive. Topside timepieces, like Heuer's Skipper models and various yacht timers often utilize small, hard to read chrono subdials which are sub optimal in choppy conditions. Thus, the notion of developing a chronograph most usually employed in the fields of aviation or racing with a