2022 Breitling Navitimer - First Impressions

The Breitling Navitimer celebrates 70 years of production, but does the new Navitimer live up to its legacy?
0:00 Intro
0:41 Quick History of the Breitling Navitimer
1:35 The AOPA logo
2:36 Sizes for the new Navitimer
3:12 New Dial colors
4:42 The Breitling B01 update
What do you think of the new Breitling Navitimer? Are you glad they bought back the AOPA logo? Which size and dial color would you get? Let me know what you think in the comments section.
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[@ShahLusso]

What do you think of the new Breitling Navitimer? Are you glad they bought back the AOPA logo? Which size and dial color would you get? Let me know what you think in the comments section.

[@BB-gl7zt]

I like what they've done with the Navi and the playful colors they've utilized. Good for Breitling!

[@ShahLusso]

Completely agree, it's a great new spin on a classic without taking away from what makes a Navitimer a Navitimer

[@AvgJoeWatchReviews]

Great video. You’re the only person to explain the 1952 vs. 1954 release. I also like your take on the Breitling logo as I agree with you.

[@maw2710]

Appreciated your good analysis. 🙏🏻 I really like the NAVITIMER B01 CHRONOGRAPH 43👍🏻

[@mb-watches]

Great video and sharing your thoughts. Loved the animation. Keep up the good work, cheers 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ShahLusso]

Thanks bro, wasn't as lucky to get my hands on it yet like in your video, but can't wait to see it in the metal - especially that ice blue dial :D

[@TheCdM1981]

The grey dial is so nice.

[@ShahLusso]

At first i didn't like it, but it is growing on me, Breitling's color selection for this release was really well executed

[@paranormalskeptic3893]

Loving the 41mm blue with the black subdials on leather. Also liking the light green ones, and the copper one is beautiful. Top choice would be the 41mm blue with black subdials.

[@ShahLusso]

💯 the color selection for the whole range was really well executed, and i like how they still kept some colorways exclusive to a particular size (like that blue for the 41mm)

[@petrucho130]

@@ShahLusso the worse idea

[@Hojadecoca]

Great Vid.... TNX sharing !!!!... I am really looking forward to see more airtime on a great brand like Breitling in youtube....... well done!!

[@ShahLusso]

Thanks! Glad you liked it and definitely more Breitling videos to come :D Any models/collections in particular you'd like to see videos on?

[@Hojadecoca]

@@ShahLusso how about the chronomat and the evolution of the model along the years including special editions like the BlackBird or frecce tricolori?.. to me nowdays more watch than a daytona .. maybe another vid right there comparing them both... ?

[@rjblue42]

Couple other things point out: The dial is less busy due to the deletion of the tachymeter track; the date window has moved from the 4:30 to the 6 position (in the sub-dial); and the rotor arms echo the AOPA logo. Thanks for the video, thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@ShahLusso]

Ahh it was the tachymeter deletion I think that did it for me, I couldn’t put my finger on what it was that had changed that made it look less busy but now that you point it out I’m noticing that’s what did it for me. Thanks for watching and commenting :)

[@jwrappuhn71]

Beautiful watches.

[@ShahLusso]

💯

[@derekjones1801]

Love the Ice Blue colour, very interested. Great video, thank you.

[@ShahLusso]

Yeah it looks amazing, Breitling really is making a lot of the right moves these days. Thanks for watching :)

[@joelhoekstra3852]

I love both of the 46mm navitimers. The green dial with grey subdials and the traditional black dial with white subdials.

[@markjames4021]

Thank you Shah, you highlight the development of an icon while so many focus on the ubiquitous Rolex theme. In regard to the latest 'Navitmer' - owning the previous B01 variant appreciate the current tweaks; especially the open rotor. My concern is following the colour trend given this remains a 'stand alone' watch in history. Something one could argue may undermine its individual integrity.

[@ShahLusso]

Interesting point about it potentially tainting its integrity, but honestly I feel the Navitimer is enough of an icon to weather a trend like this and then go back to its classic colors in the next generations - same way it weathered the big watch trend going all the way up to 48mm and now its back to normal sizing

[@markjames4021]

@@ShahLusso If they'd created colours that were more individual, as on their 'Premier' models, then it may have augmented Brietling's move towards autonomy admidst what's become an irksome formula.

[@michaelriera6277]

Great release from the big B.

[@ShahLusso]

💯

[@bikefreak5787]

I like the “old” Navitimer being busy - it’s what makes it recognizable. The new version is in my opinion very nice, but it is ……… 🤔 I don’t know. 🇩🇰 Ps. Great video.

[@ShahLusso]

True, I think if they made it any less busy...well then we'd end up with the Navitimer 8...but I get what you mean - the Navitimer is meant to be busy by design. Thanks for watching & commenting :)

[@timzlow]

I agree with removing the wings is a stupid idea... I prefer the B Anchor wing logo instead of the AOPA and the B logo... It's beautiful, it's complex, it's meaningful to remember the history of this watch. When I was in Switzerland, Although I love other Breitling, but I bought the Endurance Pro over other Breitling because of the B Anchor Wing logo.

[@jjbettinger3818]

Thanks for the video. I real like the ice blue rail version 🙂 it's a very Nice color. I would realy like to have one.😎

[@ShahLusso]

💯 the ice blue is really nice

[@almeladze]

I liked that ice blue. Would love to have it in 41 mm. 12 hr chrono and everything. How much are they, I wonder?

[@leegoodwin9312]

That ice blue dial is the best of the lot

[@ShahLusso]

It does look stunning 🤩

[@leegoodwin9312]

@@ShahLusso it really does!

[@WatchUnwind]

I like the copper dial a lot and the green. Not sure what I think about the logo. I’m a fan of all the breitling logos I guess I’m kind of impartial on it either way it doesn’t matter much

[@ShahLusso]

Yeah the Copper & the Ice Blue are standouts for me on this one, but honestly Breitling did a great job on all their color selections for this release

[@josteinnilsen2156]

Jeg skal ha en med blå skìve

[@tarrynlewis2638]

Doesn't matter when Rolex schedules it's new releases.... you can't see them in their boutiques anyway...

[@ShahLusso]

Sad but true 😂

[@orangedan5424]

I personally don't like the Aopa wing logo,... Too plain and boring. I still wish they bring back the old wing... Look way better. Other than that the new ones are cool... Love the ice blue 😍

[@ShahLusso]

I agree, as a preference I'd have preferred the old wings too, but for the Navi at the very least to have wings in one form or another is still an improvement :)

[@gladlawson61]

Ya why get rid of their branding. Makes n0 sense. I have it when companies do that

[@BadGuyDennis]

Long story short. The 2022 new Breitling Navitimer is more similar to Sinn 903.

[@ShahLusso]

I don't quite see it, do you mean the bracelet maybe? The rest still seems decently different (or at least as different as the Navi & the 903 can get)

[@BadGuyDennis]

@@ShahLusso The outer ring of the slide rule is relatively flatten in the new version, which is the number one point similar to the Sinn. They omitted the "B & anchor" logo on the chronograph second hand. Third, on the sub dials, they use the similar style of fonts and hands as the Sinn on the new version.

[@petrucho130]

Sizes and combinations make me impossible to decide which to buy. Size is good 41 but color from 46. Horrible idea to limit colors per sizes.

[@orangedan5424]

I personally don't like the Aopa wing logo,... Too plain and boring. I still wish they bring back the old wing... Look way better. Other than that the new ones are cool... Love the ice blue 😍

[@ShahLusso]

True, I prefer the proper wings too, hopefully those come back - maybe the AOPA will be just for this year since it’s the anniversary year, as long as there’s at least some type of wings on it im still happy 😃