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Breitling’s new Chronomat Six Nations limited editions honours the Six Nations Championship

The latest watches represent the unique identity of the six unions in the Six Nations Rugby teams - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, and Italy
Breitling has been the official timekeeping partner of the Guinness Six Nations Championship, an annual international rugby union competition, which includes teams from six nations including England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, since 2023. Now, for this fourth season, the watchmaking brand has revealed 12 new Chronomat Six Nations limited editions.  There are two models per country of the - 40mm Chronomat Automatic GMTs and 32mm Chronomats, six in each. 

Chronomat Automatic GMT Six Nations England

“You can feel the energy of rugby’s greatest championship and all six unions in these limited editions, created by Breitling for this partnership. We are proud to be the official timekeeper of Six Nations Rugby, supporting both men’s and women’s rugby, and celebrate the bold spirit of a sport that resonates with Breitling’s sense of purpose,” says Georges Kern, CEO, Breitling. 

The 32mm Breitling Chronomats

The new Chronomat Six Nations limited edition watches are distinguished by their unique textured dials, which take inspiration from the stripes of the rugby field, featuring alternating matte and horizontal brushed finishes. Though the silhouettes are the same for all the novelties, there are dedicated dial colours in the signature shade of each nation - burgundy for Wales, green for Ireland, bright blue for Scotland, blue for France, savoy blue for Italy, and silver for England. 

Chronomat Automatic GMT Six Nations Italy

There are six 40mm Chronomat Automatic GMTs for men, limited to 250 pieces each; and six 32mm Chronomats for women, for the first time in the collection, a limited edition of 75 pieces each. Crafted in stainless steel, the GMTs feature a unidirectional ratcheted bezel and rhodium-plated and Super-LumiNova® coated hands and hour markers, and a contrasting GMT hand, while the three-hand models have a fixed bezel, feature 18K yellow gold hour markers with diamonds, and Super-LumiNova® coated hands and markers. Both variants have a date window at 6 o’clock. 

Chronomat Six Nations Wales

Powering the Chronomat Automatic GMTs is the COSC-certified Breitling Caliber 32 with 4Hz frequency and 42 hours of power reserve. The 32mm models are equipped with a COSC-certified thermo-compensated SuperQuartzTM movement with 3-4 years of battery life. The casebacks of all watches are engraved with the logo of the teams along with the mention of the limited edition numbers. The stainless-steel rouleaux bracelet with butterfly clasp flanks the cases. All models are water resistant up to 100 metres. 

Caseback engraved with the logo of the Scotland team

These limited-edition watches are only available in-store and online within the UK from January 28 and in select European Union countries.

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