This dynamic new sequence encompasses a distinctive timepiece for every nationwide crew, restricted to 150 items per watch.

“As Breitling’s all-purpose, no-limits sports activities watch, the Chronomat Six Nations is the best match for the quick and fearless world of rugby,” says Breitling CEO Georges Kern.

The stainless steel watches have all of the signature Chronomat traits: the raised rider tabs on the 15-minute marks, the easy-grip onion crown, the triple-register dial with built-in date at 6 o’clock and the traditional rouleaux bracelet – all powered by Breitling’s distinctive Manufacture Caliber 01.

Every mannequin units itself aside by a dial that expresses the person union’s colors, with its emblem positioned within the subdial at 9 o’clock in addition to on the sapphire crystal caseback.

MEET THE RUGBY SQUAD

Offering the persona behind this assortment is the brand new Breitling Rugby Squad, a crew of seven notable gamers from every of the Six Nations Rugby unions and federations, who will symbolize the Chronomat of their dwelling nations.

Representing Wales, high scorer George North; from Eire, three-time champion Conor Murray; from England, powerhouse prop Kyle Sinckler; from Italy, star fly-half Paolo Garbisi, who made his check debut in 2020; from France, Gaël Fickou, a 2022 Grand Slam winner; from Scotland, Hamish Watson, the 2021 Participant of the Championship; and in addition from Scotland, Stuart Hogg, twice named the Championship’s high performer.

Breitling’s function as Official Timing Accomplice to Six Nations Rugby consists of the Six Nations Championship, the TikTok Ladies’s Six Nations, the Autumn Nations Collection, and the Rugby World Cup 2023 warm-up matches.

The high-performance motion of Six Nations Rugby competitions, mixed with its values of sportsmanship and inclusivity, are what drew Breitling to the partnership. The 2 additionally share a typical heritage: the watch model was based in 1884, whereas the Championship can hint its roots again a 12 months earlier, to 1883.

The Chronomat was initially designed because the official watch of the Frecce Tricolori, the famed Italian aerobatics squadron. Not solely in style amongst aviators, the Chronomat’s tachymeter attracted the curiosity of Method 1 groups within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.

Its reversible rider tabs, which permit for “rely up” or “rely down” capabilities, additionally made it preferrred for diving and yachting regattas. The Chronomat has since turn out to be Breitling’s most multifaceted sports activities watch, related to athletes who push the bounds of human endurance within the air, on land, and at sea.

The Chronomat Six Nations accommodates the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01, a COSC-certified chronometer that delivers a formidable energy reserve of about 70 hours and carries a five-year guarantee. The 42-mm case and rouleaux bracelet are stainless-steel.

The fingers are coated with luminescent Tremendous-LumiNova®, and like all Chronomat fashions, it’s water resistant to 200 meters. Every caseback is specifically engraved with the identify of the union, “Six Nations”, and the “One in all 150” limitation.

The Chronomat Six Nations is offered within the UK and choose EU nations. The Six Nations Championship kicks off February 4, when Wales hosts Eire. The sequence runs till March 19, adopted by the TikTok Ladies’s Six Nations, starting March 25.