Breitling Aerospace on a budget

[pistonheadforum]

Love the style/interface with the control being on the winder but don't have the coin for a Breitling model.

Any recommendations on "clones"? with the same style but 1/10th of the price?

Titanium a bonus, but in particular the functions (countdown timer) and the control on the winder.

Thanks in advance.

Edited by pistonheadforum on Wednesday 4th May 14:14

[r159]

pistonheadforum said:

Love the style/interface with the control being on the winder but don't have the coin for a Breitling model.

Any recommendations on "clones"? with the same style but 1/10th of the price?

Titanium a bonus, but in particular the functions (countdown timer) and the control on the winder.

Thanks in advance.

Edited by pistonheadforum on Wednesday 4th May 14:14

Certina do something called the Multi-8, at one point they were £200 from TKMaxx but this was the steel version. There is a titanium one for £500, not sure how the crown and pushers control the thing.

https://www.cwsellors.co.uk/products/certina-watch...

Steel on leather £327.50
https://www.cwsellors.co.uk/products/certina-ds-mu...

if you can find one 2nd hand there is the victorinox chrono classic xls mt which is very similar - the Breitling uses a modified version of the same movement. Or the Tissot PR50 seven titanium.

https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/a105339/want-th...

Edited by r159 on Wednesday 4th May 16:39

[The Big G]

Sometimes you can find them for a good price on Chrono24. Still not cheap, but better than full retail new!

Edit to add

https://chrono24.app/breitling/aerospace-e56060-in...

Even with import duties, it’s still cheaper than others in the uk.

Edited by The Big G on Wednesday 4th May 17:35

[bristolbaron]

It’ll only be worse now but the digital modules cost in excess of £1200 to replace when they fail, and they do fail. Worth bearing in mind with a potential purchase, looking at cheaper alternatives is definitely a good idea!

[Fallingup]

Even less coins:

https://www.accurist.com/p/men-s-brown-ana-digi-ch...

https://www.chapelle.co.uk/watches/watches-by-bran...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254490201403

https://www.birthyearwatches.com/product/c1999-tis...

[pistonheadforum]

Thanks - great suggestions - much appreciated.

Sad thing is none of them look as good a the original so I might just have to bite the bullet and try to source one for a price I can afford (about half!).