Got the New Breitling B09 Pistachio on the Timegrapher
Unfortunately, I can't find the lift angle for ANY Breitling movement anywhere, so I had to go with the default of 52.0 degrees. The watch was fully wound.
Having said that, if I can trust my results, this is the best measuring purely mechanical watch I own, even beating out my Oris 2022 Holstein Edition FullSteel (+2 to +5s/d) and regulated Tissot T-Complication Squelette (-4 to +2s/d). In the four main positions, it measured like this:
Dial Up: Rate: +1s/d. Amplitude: 287 degrees. Beat error: 0.0ms
Dial Down: Rate: +2s/d. Amplitude: 282 degrees. Beat error: 0.1ms
Crown Up: Rate: +3s/d. Amplitude: 267 degrees. Beat error: 0.2ms
Crown Down: Rate: 0s/d. Amplitude: 266 degrees. Beat error: 0.0ms
or +0 to +3s/d. In my daily wearing of it so far, it seems to gain a second somewhere between a day and two days, definitely my most precise fully mechanical watch (i.e., not including my Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGA493).
Very impressed.
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That is fantastic, and yes please more photos of that stunner of a watch.
Can’t help with Breitling but this site has a list of others for you. https://watchmakingtools.com/watchmaking-resources/
For you all asking for more pics of the watch, just check out my profile. I've been taking lots of photos of this watch since I bought it Saturday!
Great, it is not COSC certified, yet very good accuracy. I have Oris ProPilot X with is -1 to -2 spd per day. My Formex Chronometer is -1 to -3 spd.
Which timegrapher did you get? I’ve been thinking to get one for a while! Seems like a dozen similar ones n Amazon
Which timegrapher did you get? I’ve been thinking to get one for a while! Seems like a dozen similar ones n Amazon
I ended up getting the Howkun WEISHI Timegrapher No. 1000 (https://www.amazon.com/WEISHI-Timegrapher-Machine-No-1000-Watchmaker/dp/B08H543X6X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Howkun+WEISHI+Timegrapher&qid=1702474133&sr=8-2). It seemed like the one I saw on most of the videos I saw while researching which one to get.
Great, it is not COSC certified, yet very good accuracy. I have Oris ProPilot X with is -1 to -2 spd per day. My Formex Chronometer is -1 to -3 spd.
Which Propilot X did you get? I love those watches, both the big manual winding one and the newer automatics. I've come so close to buying one of those several times.
Which Propilot X did you get? I love those watches, both the big manual winding one and the newer automatics. I've come so close to buying one of those several times.
Kermit. in house movement 5 days power reserve
I ended up getting the Howkun WEISHI Timegrapher No. 1000 (https://www.amazon.com/WEISHI-Timegrapher-Machine-No-1000-Watchmaker/dp/B08H543X6X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Howkun+WEISHI+Timegrapher&qid=1702474133&sr=8-2). It seemed like the one I saw on most of the videos I saw while researching which one to get.
Hmmm. - there is no such brand on Amazon canada.
Amazon.ca has the Weishi 1000 made by:
Zouminy, Wolike, Jadpes, Neufday, Taidda, LABFENG, OTOOLWORLD, YaeTek, BONEWST, MOOKEENONE, WREA... list goes on x100
WTF China? so many copies and nonsense company names. Ug.
Probably all the same? but I get the sense these companies come and go like the wind. 😕