Breitling has long been purveyor of chronographs to pilots, but in the 1950's, the popularity of dive watches like the Rolex Submariner and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms pushed Breitling to enter that race.

In 1957, Breitling released both a time-only dive watch, the SuperOcean Reference 1004, and a chronograph in the form of the Reference 807. These watches would be the start of a long-lasting and ever-evolving line of nautical watches loved by many.

The watch that you're looking at here, a SuperOcean Automatic Blacksteel, is Breitling's contemporary take on its SuperOcean that started it all. Housed in a 42mm “Breitlight” DLC-coated, stainless steel case, it features a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, a unidirectional rotating dive timing bezel, and a luminous black dial with applied Arabic and baton indices — plus a date wheel at 3:00. It’s matched to a black rubber dive strap with a Breitling buckle. 

This stealthy package remains in fantastic condition overall and is accompanied by its factory goodies.

This is a great opportunity to take an excellent contemporary Breitling for a spin!