1950s Breitling TransOcean Chronometre In Yellow Gold

Why This Watch Matters The chronometer-rated TransOcean is incredibly resilient, which was a crucial characteristic for Breitling’s adventurous clients. As such, this unusual yellow-gold, time-only piece could be considered one of the most important watches produced by Breitling at the time. This is a very good-looking, multi-purpose watch. The Full Story The TransOcean was Breitling’s pride and joy in the 1950s, as they had created a watch that could resist almost anything – water, magnetism, shock, you name it. It was also incredibly precise, and received Chronometer certification, a prestigious label given only to the likes of Rolex. Yet, it remains a very elegant watch with a thin yellow-gold case and gorgeous dauphine hands that give the watch a stylish edge. Beyond its aesthetics, the watch features technical engravings and the twin-jet on the case back. This timepiece is certainly, “a watch of value to be prized,” as stated in Breitling advertisements from 1959. The Fine Print M