The Registry · No. 12 of 42
Breitling
4 files in the archive carry a Breitling. Everything here comes from the people who wore them.
The files
2011 SuperOcean2011 Breitling SuperOcean
A 2011 Breitling SuperOcean on suede, staged on a Lume Raiders EDC watch tray, the Arabic dial one, with the coins that tell the story: intelligence support, South America, and an operations tempo he summarized in one line about the ELN having fewer members and less swag than when he arrived. The Department's coin sits in formation on the far side of the dial. Some wrists work better unattributed.
Navitimer 46mmBreitling Navitimer 46mm
The Capability Development Division Chief at the Coast Guard’s Software Yard, where major applications for the fleet are developed and sustained. He was an Apple Watch guy until a year ago, when a shipmate sat next to him at the Senior Leadership Transition Course wearing an Omega and talking about the watch community; one conversation and six watches later, a different piece goes to work every day. The favorite is this Breitling Navitimer, the 46 millimeter chronometer whose circular slide rule has been doing flight math since 1952. And resting on the Coast Guard cover in frame is a Department of Watches challenge coin, which this office notes with entirely professional satisfaction.
44mm Avenger GMT44mm Breitling Avenger GMT
A U.S. Secret Service officer, photographed from behind the wheel on the Fourth of July, working the Freedom 250 detail marking the nation's 250th birthday. On his wrist, over the kit stacked in the seat beside him, is a 44mm Breitling Avenger Automatic GMT, black dial, rubber strap, red-tipped hand tracking a second time zone. A protection watch for a protection job, on the biggest day of the year to have one.
Aerospace WvoBreitling Aerospace Wvo
Over six hundred combat hours, seven countries, three areas of responsibility, and the same watch on the wrist for every mission. The aircraft is an MQ-9 and the cockpit is a ground station outside Las Vegas, but the time it keeps is Zulu, the same reference the fight runs on thousands of miles downrange. A pilot's watch doing exactly what it was built for. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio.