The NEW Colt VS old Colt

[Crow1962]

If I were you, I'd buy the new Colt 44 quartz. Less maintenance and more accuracy, but that's just me. I'm selling most of my autos because I'm afraid will have to eventually service each and every one of them, so I'll keep one or two for the time being. I tried the Colt 44 with black dial today, and it's gorgeous. My question is, can you fit another bracelet instead of the Professional one? I like the older end links since the flat end link looks like if you purchased an aftermarket bracelet.

[Novacastrian]

I'll get howled down for this but if i want a piece of electronic time keeping, i'll pull out my phone. It's closer in make up to a quartz watch than an auto is. There's a romance to a mechanical movement (yes with it's poor accuracy and need for servicing) that a quartz piece doesn't have. As to new versus old, you can probably guess I'm with the old.

[Crow1962]

I just purchased a beautiful Colt 44 with the stunning black volcano dial, I'll let you decide if you like it or not:







I am absolutely thrilled by this watch, and the way is plays with the light. It's simply stunning, I also tried the blue dialed version, but the black one is just breathtaking. If I were you, I'll jump on a brand new Colt 44 with the black dial and the Professional bracelet. Good luck with your decision.

[Manuel Garcia O'Kely]

I have the old Colt GMT [first generation also], and I think it might take some time for the new one to grow on me. I think end links look much better with a bracelet, and I just liked the old bezel better. Oh well - Omni Mutantur et nos mutaumur in illis...Times change, and we change with them.

[ianc666]

The new one is too big, the bracelet looks bad where it doesn't have end links, the bezel is too generic and the numerals are too big and shiny. Apart from that it is OK

[DDD3333]

Crow1962

Fabtastic looking watch (and nice photographs). Congratulations!

The more I see of this watch the better it looks, and as I have noted before it not only represents a great leap forward for the Colt models it really does also articulate the fresher design direction that Breitling is taking. This watch is unmistakedly Breitling.

I love that the case is scalloped to match the bezel but perhaps the design feature I actually like the most is the bracelet. People have dissed the non-traditional end links but I think they work beautifully.

[ffeelliixx]

My Navitimer 50th Anniversary has similar nonflush end links. I like them. It actually works much better that one would think from the photos.

[Crow1962]

Two days after my purchase of the new Colt 44, I can honestly say it's a beauty you can't take your eyes off. I will order a couple straps from TOSHI and see how they look on this baby. As I mentioned before, I tried BOTH watches, old & new Colt at the AD before pulling the trigger, and it was a no brainer to me.
I couldn't be happier with this acquisition. The old Colt is too small for my taste.
Good day to you all.

[Lilac1]

I've always thought the B1 ugly. The Airwolf was a nice improvement, and so is the new Colt. Why don't people just buy the old model if that's the model they prefer?

Find me a BNIB old colt from someone who isn't gouging me and I'll buy it. Understandably, prices have skyrocketed since the launch of the newer models.


Also, if I wanted quartz, I'd get a tool watch from the professional series. The more fashion-oriented aeromarine range has always benefitted from using automatic movements, with quartz as a low-cost option.
For some reason, the new colt costs as much as the new superocean, even though it has a quartz movement. It even has a flat crystal for crying out loud, and they want $3000 for it.

Between the new superocean and the new colt I can literally hear breitling customers running towards the new omega smp-c.

[CaptRimmer]

Quartz movement? Flat crystal? What could be worse?
Cheers,
Capt