The Cockpit B50, Breitling’s new timepiece which was unveiled in September, is now available at Breitling retailers across the Middle East.

Swiss watchmaker Breitling introduced its new multifunction electronic chronograph at the National Championship Air Races in Nevada, US, in September.

The Cockpit B50 was designed specifically for pilots with a range of highly technical but easy to use functions. It is equipped with an exclusive in-house SuperQuartz movement, the B50 Caliber, which is 10 times more accurate than standard quartz and like all Breitling watches, is chronometer-certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute).

As a presenting sponsor of the races, Breitling vice president Jean-Paul Girardin joined world famous aviators, former astronaut Mark Kelly and Red Bull Air Race competitor, Nigel Lamb to introduce the new timepiece to the Reno crowd of pilots and aviation racing fans.

Additional functions include split-time and fly-back capabilities, as well as a second time zone display, a perpetual calendar, two alarms in buzzer and/or vibrate mode, a lap-timer function and a countdown complete with alarm.

Breitling has also equipped the timepiece with innovative functions such as an electronic tachometer, a countdown/count-up system serving to switch directly from a countdown to a timing operation, as well as an aviation-style ‘chrono-flight’ device which can be used for recording flight times by memorising departure and arrival times as well as the date. Another special feature is its use of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, the aviation reference time) as the time base.

The new Cockpit B50 has an ultra-readable display allowing for superior ease of use – the two white-on-black liquid crystal (LCD) screens are equipped with a backlighting system that offers four levels of brightness and is activated by pressing in the crown or by tilting the wrist. – TradeArabia News Service