It is reminiscent of the harnesses that allowed pilots to keep their parachutes and survival kits readily deployable. 7234G is worn on a shiny navy blue calfskin strap secured with a clevis prong buckle in white gold. A useful feature for travelers is that the date is always synchronized with local time because the time-zone pushers also increment or decrement the date if the local time hour hand passes midnight either clockwise or counterclockwise. The analog date at 6 o’clock shows the date in three-day increments to improve legibility without cluttering the scale. While the entire Breitling Avenger range is made to fit in next to the Aviator 8 and Navitimer collections as out-and-out pilot’s watches, even the smallest examples could easily serve double duty as dive models as well. Afterwards, they must be locked again with a quarter turn in the opposite direction. Before they can be actuated, they must be unlocked with a quarter turn, which is simplified by delicate fluting. Rose gold-accented black dial 18K solid rose gold bezel Polished/brushed stainless steel case 70-hour power reserve Self-winding automatic world time movement Specification: BrandBreitling ModelUB0510U4 Weight112. The two time-zone pushers are equipped with a patented safety system that prevents unintended adjustments of the local time setting. As long as the watch owner is at home, the two hour hands are superposed. Both time zones have separate day/night indicators (LOCAL window at 9 o’clock for local time, HOME window at 3 o’clock for home time) to simplify time setting on the go and to prevent unintentionally waking up loved ones with a phone call in the middle of the night. The skeletonized hour hand continues to indicate home time. An Arabic numeral appears at the 12 oclock position. He consulted his watch one of those flashy, expensive, aviator timepieces. During such adjustments, the local time hand is disconnected from the movement, so the accuracy of time displayed by the minute and seconds hands is not compromised. Black dial with luminous rose gold-tone hands and index hour markers. In time, these feelings will pass and I will forget all about my reluctant. All it takes is the actuation of one of the two pushers in the left-hand case flank to move the luminous local-time hour hand clockwise (with the lower pusher) or counterclockwise (upper pusher) in one-hour increments. The self-winding caliber 324 S C FUS movement consists of 294 parts and features the exceptionally convenient Travel Time system for displaying a second time zone.
The face is decidedly technical yet timelessly elegant. The blue lacquered dial, inspired by aviator’s watches, is highly legible even in the dark thanks to applied white-gold numerals filled with a white luminous coating and broad luminous baton hands made of blued white gold. The round Calatrava case in white gold is sleek with a flat and slightly beveled bezel as well as a caseband that merges almost seamlessly with the strap lugs. 7234G Calatrava Pilot Travel Time has a diameter of 37.5 mm to fit women’s and men’s wrists.