Breitling continues the transformation initiated under the impetus of Georges Kern. After the Navitimer presented the day before the opening of the Watches & Wonders trade show this spring, it is the mythical AAA UK replica Breitling SuperOcean watches which is going through the mill from the classic revisited to the “casual chic” fashion which has made the success of the brand since its takeover.
A launch orchestrated in Biarritz on the occasion of the 2022 edition of the Wheels & Waves Surf and Motorcycle Festival, of which the watchmaker has been a partner since 2018.
It is gray this Thursday morning at the end of June on the beach of Milady but it does not matter if the sky threatens. The water is good, the wind is blowing and the waves promise a bit of sport for the surfers who are about to set off… with more or less conviction, it is true. Because there are us, the anonymous people, some of whom are trying this exercise for the first time, and there are the others. And not just any others, since the Breitling squad brings together the fine flower of this sport, – men and women who literally fly over the rollers -: Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Freddie Meadows… If some, like Kelly Slater are not there this morning, we spot on the beach the British Andrew Cotton, who is famous in the category of giant waves, Natxo Gonzalez and the Frenchman Jérémy Florès. Even in wetsuits, it is easy to identify other known faces. If they shine in other disciplines, the journalist Irene Saderini, the actors Guillaume Canet and Álvaro Morte (the Professor of the series La Casa del Papel) and the chef Juan Arbelaez do not deserve on their board. All are in Biarritz for the launch of the new high quality fake Breitling SuperOcean Automatic watches, on the occasion of the Wheels & Waves Festival.
The SuperOcean, a diver’s watch born in 1957
We are at the very beginning of the 1960s: the first professional diving best Breitling replica watches brought technical solutions and new functionalities. They are “tool watches”, developed to equip combat swimmers, scientific expeditions (we remember those hours spent dreaming in front of Commander Cousteau’s expeditions) and to meet the demand of amateurs, ever more numerous to practice recreational diving.
In addition to water resistance, a diver’s watch must meet very specific specifications in terms of simplicity and readability (hence the luminous and oversized indexes and hands), because underwater every minute counts when it is to count down the immersion time.
Presented in 1957 in a 3-hand version and in a chronograph version, the Swiss made Breitling SuperOcean copy watches (water-resistant to 200 m) was Breitling’s first diver’s watch. Even if the brand with the winged logo has long been associated with aviation, the success of this diver’s watch will not be denied over the decades.
Appeared in 1964, Slow Motion is an ingenious version of the chronograph, which brings a new solution to the – vital – problem of counting down the time of immersion. On a classic chronograph, the minute sub-counter is too small to be readable at a glance underwater and the movement of the hand is not significant enough to allow safe and instantaneous reading. On this new chronograph caliber designed by Willy Breitling, exit the minute sub-counter: it is the main chronograph hand that takes over, devoted to calculating the dive time. Instead of completing one revolution of the dial in 60 seconds, this hand rotates in slow motion and completes its rotation in 60 minutes. A luminescent power indicator at 6 o’clock allows you to check that the chronograph is engaged underwater.
2022, the SuperOcean wins the beach (and the city)
Presented in several diameters (46, 44, 42 and 36 mm), in several colors and in three materials (steel, steel/gold and bronze), on a new three-link steel bracelet or with a rubber strap matching the watch dial , this new collection takes up the aesthetic codes of Slow Motion, for a different interpretation and of the diver’s watch, firmly anchored in wholesale Breitling replica watches’ DNA.
If the rotating bezel has replaced the Slow Motion chronograph and the seconds hand has recovered its original function, the 70’s spirit is there and 2022 Breitling super clone watches brings a new interpretation of the sport-chic watch.
Limited edition perfect fake Breitling SuperOcean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater watches with orange dial and khaki rubber strap is available in 1,000 pieces.
Breitling continues the transformation initiated under the impetus of Georges Kern. After the Navitimer presented the day before the opening of the Watches & Wonders trade show this spring, it is the mythical top Breitling SuperOcean replica watches which is going through the mill from the classic revisited to the “casual chic” fashion which has made the success of the brand since its takeover.
A launch orchestrated in Biarritz on the occasion of the 2022 edition of the Wheels & Waves Surf and Motorcycle Festival, of which the watchmaker has been a partner since 2018.
Kelly Slater is the undisputed GOAT of surfing — one of those special athletes who transcend their sport to enter the rarified territory of a household name. His stats speak for themselves, most notably a record 11 World Surf League Championships, and his shaved head and affable grin are as recognizable in the swells as they are outside them. But it’s his brand work, first with Quicksilver (Slater was to the board short purveyor what Jordan is to Nike) and later with his own sustainable apparel company Outerknown, that’s made him equally important to the surf community and beyond.
Sustainability is what led to Slater’s partnership with 1:1 UK Breitling replica watches. Known for pioneering the modern chronograph, as well crafting handsome and highly coveted navigational watches, with collections built for air to land to sea adventures, the venerated Swiss horology brand is no stranger to outfitting folks who like to live outside the parameters of conventional society. In Slater, they found the perfect partner, and vice versa, particularly because Breitling was receptive to making bands from recycled materials.
For their latest collab — the high quality fake Breitling Superocean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater watches, a watch limited to 1,000 pieces — the duo used Breitling’s iconic dive watch as a starting point, retaining technical influences like the revolutionary minutes-based chronograph (dubbed the “SlowMotion”) and chunky luminescent batons for underwater readability, while style came in the form of an Army green band and bright orange dial — a nod to a timepiece once owned by Slater’s late father.
With the recent launch of Slater’s signature watch, it seemed like the perfect time to sit down with the now 50 year old (yet perennially youthful) icon. We caught up with Slater in early June via Zoom as he took a break from surfing sessions in Bali and talked watches, waves and a potential run at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
InsideHook: First things first, what led to your collaboration with Breitling?
Kelly Slater: They reached out about four years ago and they had this idea to collaborate on some watches. I was receptive. Obviously watches are important for me because of what I do. We surf 30 minute heats generally, though I can surf up to almost 50 minutes at a time. So that was the through line that made sense to us. Perfect Breitling replica watches was also really receptive to working with some sustainability measures that I’ve implemented at Outerknown, my company that I started. They let us at Outerknown design a strap created from Econyl, a material made of regenerated nylon waste, one source of which are recovered fishing nets from the ocean. It’s just been a fun project, really. Breitling has been super supportive of us. We’ve done some beach cleanups, a number of different fundraisers and they’ve offered money to help clean up waterways.
Is watch culture now synonymous with surfing?
Surfers place more importance on travel than spending money on a watch. That said, the type of people who surf now has evolved greatly over the years. In the sixties it was draft dodgers who didn’t have a job and threw parties on the beach. But today there’s a much bigger cross section. It’s one of the biggest lifestyle sport in the world. All kinds of people surf.
When I was a little kid and a teenager I was especially into watches. It actually started because there was a video game on a watch that I liked. Just like a 200 mega pixel Ms. Pac-Man thing that I liked. It also had a calculator on it, so I felt like I was cheating in math class. And I always wore top Breitling copy watches because it was a necessity for my sport. It wasn’t so much a style thing when I was a kid: I needed to have a watch on my wrist so I knew how much time I had left in the water. As I got older I received a couple of watches as gifts from people, and obviously working with Breitling I’ve come across many nice watches, so it’s been a nice style addition in my life. A fringe benefit of having a sponsor like Swiss movements Breitling replica watches, obviously.
The 2022 wholesale fake Breitling Superocean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater watches has a bold aesthetic. What was the inspiration behind it, particularly the colors?
When we started to get into design a few years ago, we got into things that could inspire the design angle. I have some guitars made out of Koa wood, which is a native Hawaiian wood. I have one that has some nice mother of pearl inlays. Actually, I have several. I had a ukulele that got stolen, and I had another one made. I have a couple of Koa wood guitars, and they all have mother of pearl abalone inlay so we were trying to work with that, but it’s gonna take full-time to test those materials at depth and under pressures, so it wasn’t something we could jump on right away. Then we started talking about best Breitling super clone watches designs, and I said, “oh my dad when I was a kid had this orange-faced dive watch.” One day for some reason after having the watch for 20 years he decided to buy a different band for it. And we went surfing the next day and it fell off his wrist and he lost it. He went diving a few days later to look for it and couldn’t find it. So it was a really important thing in his life. I forget if his dad gave it to him or something, but it was a heartbreaker for my dad. So the orange colorway on this watch is definitely inspired by that as an homage to my father. It was really cool.
Speaking of travel, what’s your favorite spot to surf?
My favorite spot is in Fiji on an island called Tavarua. The waves are amazing, the people are super nice, the water is warm and tropical. The fishing and diving is great. They’re actual in the middle of a giant clam restoration project, so there’s giant clams all around the island. The nicest people I’ve met in the world are Fijians.
What about outside the water — where do you like to go?
As a young guy traveling on tour one of the first places I ever went to that is landlocked was Paris. I had a lot of fun going to art studios and parties and restaurants, getting a little culture outside of surfing. In my early 20s I started golfing, and I’ve become really addicted to golf in the past 25 years. I really enjoyed Scotland, going to Scotland to play golf at St. Andrews and Kingsbarns and Carnoustie. I’ve been invited to play in a tournament there a few times in the past 10-12 years. I love going up there. There are some waves around the coast. But I go up there to golf. There’s rarely surf up there.
What do you pack when traveling?
I always have a knife, you just don’t know when a knife is going to come in handy. I always have a screwdriver or wrench tool. Sandpaper. A headlamp or some kind of waterproof flashlight. I take a lot of food and supplements with me. I always have an extra bag or two that roll up small. I like my gear. And I always take an instrument with me. For anyone who likes to play guitar a ukulele is the best because it’s so small. I played music for a long time so I always try to have an instrument handy to unwind.
Surfing torches calories…how do you replenish?
I could live on smoothies. I love smoothies. It’s mostly fruit, so it’s healthy, and you can mix in your protein powders and other things that don’t taste so good and you don’t notice. Not everyone wants a chia seed pudding. I can mask the flavors of things in a smoothie. A smoothie is my go to meal.
What do you eat when you want to cheat on your diet?
Ice cream. I love a sundae. I’ll never not be a sucker for an ice cream sundae.
Do you do a lot of cross-training to keep fit at 50?
I don’t do a lot of cross-training. Surfing keeps you in good shape, especially if you’re surfing hard all day. Your cardio gets good, and certain muscles, like your lats and shoulders will get big — paddling muscles. But it’s not the best for your posture. I’ll spend most of the day arching backwards. To balance that you need some cross-training, some body work, some deep massage to recuperate. But you’ll get pretty lean, you get in pretty good shape. If you’re spending three hours at a time in the water, and you want to surf two or three sessions a day, you’re not going to eat that big of a meal, because then you’re going to feel full and bloated, so you’re going to burn more calories than you’re going to take in.
You’ve won nearly everything there is to win, and you’re still competitive against kids half your age — have you ever considered retirement?
I was actually considering retirement this year. I think the thing about it for me is that competing keeps me having a goal, keeps me in shape, keeps me on top of my game, so by default keeps me fit, aware of what I’m putting into my body, my sleep patterns. How in shape I can be is always going to be better if I’m in competition mode. I have off from September to late January so I’ll have some time to think about it. I did want to get until I was 50. I wanted to make the Olympic team last time but I failed to do so. But there’s a slightly different qualification coming up in the next year. I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was on my mind. Because the location of the next Olympics is a spot I’ve probably had my first or second best results in my career — it’s in Teahupo’o in Tahiti. France is hosting the Olympics and they’ve chosen to take it down to Teahupo’o — I’ve won that contest like six or seven times. It would be really great to try to make that team. They only took two people from each country in the last Olympics, and they’re going to take three from a couple this time — including the U.S. I honestly think the qualification is potentially harder for me than winning the Olympics. If I can get in there I think I’d have a shot at winning the Olympics in 2024. And I’d be 52, so I’d be one of the oldest Olympians in that game.
You’ve pioneered apparel lines and brands, most notably with Outerknown, which has a huge sustainability component. Has environmentalism always been a big priority for you?
Honestly it wasn’t as a kid. I just wanted to get sponsored and get free clothes and get free surfboards. I didn’t think about it. But I think as your platform gets bigger and you have more effect on people you start thinking of how you can use your platform in a way that’s more beneficial toward the world. I guess when I got into eating healthy in my early 20s, that’s kind of in line with the health of the planet. When Twitter came out, I got in this algorithm where I started following a bunch of people who were raising awareness for environmental issues, and I started to learn a lot more about that — especially in regards to clothing. I didn’t know the impacts of the clothing and fashion industries on the problems in the environment. You know rivers being dyed blue or red because of dye being used in clothing and the effects that has on the world. The desert in Chile…they’re just literally dumping untold numbers or acres of used fabrics and textiles from the clothing industry. There’s a big wasteland that they’re basically just dumping in the desert. It’s really wild to see. And most of the people who work in the fast fashion industry around the world and in factories, they’re not well taken care of, there’s not very good safety measures, they don’t have good working conditions, often times they can’t use the bathroom for like the whole day. It’s wild when you hear these stories. It wasn’t until I started following some accounts on Twitter back in 2008 or ’09 that it started to hit home for me. The thing that’s made me the most money in my career has been the clothing industry and I didn’t know much about it so I decided to start getting more involved. I started a company when I was still surfing for Quiksilver. We started a company called VSTR, and then when my time at Quiksilver finished I had already decided about 6-12 months prior that I would start my own brand, which was Outerknown. I started to kind of formulate behind the scenes what I wanted it to be, and social compliance was really number one, even ahead of environmentalism, though they’re kind of hand in hand for me.
For the relaunch of high quality Breitling Superocean replica watches, ELLE traveled to Biarritz, the French haven for skaters and surfers, and spoke to ambassador and surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore about the surf lifestyle.
Catching Waves in Biarritz
The sea is turbulent as I walk onto the beach of the French seaside resort, bouncing with a surfboard that later turns out to be too small for me. It’s raining and it’s gray, but the mood is sunny and positive. With a group of international press and influencers, we are guided by professional surfers, all with best UK fake Breitling watches on their wrist. Practice the ‘pop-up’ on the wet sand for five minutes and then immediately try to stand on the plank. They think it shouldn’t be that hard. My instructor and Swedish surf pro Freddie Meadows checks the waves and gives me a set for the necessary momentum to get up. I can’t, of course, because my board turns out to be too small for my height to keep my balance. No excuse, really, Freddie said so herself!
We are in Biarritz during Wheels & Waves, the international festival for surfers, skaters and motorcyclists that Breitling has been a sponsor of for years. A perfect moment for the Swiss watch brand to launch the new collection of their 1:1 cheap replica Breitling Superocean watches. The new version is inspired by the original Superocean Slow Motion, a model from the 60s and 70s, where all superfluous functionalities have been removed to only serve the life-saving needs of diving – a very popular sport at the time. The renewed Swiss made Breitling Superocean copy watches is available for men and women, comes in all kinds of colorful dials and watch straps with cases of 36, 42, 44 and 46 millimeters.
Breitling Ambassador Stephanie Gilmore
The Breitling Surfer Squad was called back to be the face of the Superocean campaign, which included Australian seven-time surfing world champion Stephanie Gilmore and I got to speak to her.
Stephanie, 34, grew up in Murwillumbah, a small beach town on the east coast of Australia. My father is still one of the most passionate surfers I know to this day. As a child we had the choice of waiting at the beach or going into the water with him. The sea is my first great love, I learned to understand it from the age of ten. Since then it has been a place where I feel humble and balanced.’
That early start on a board has taken her far. She won the Women’s World Surf League in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018. Last year she competed in the Summer Games in Tokyo where surfing was introduced as an Olympic sport. “It was a wild experience, also because the event was unfortunately impacted by Covid. But it was fantastic to be part of such a global event. We focused so much on performance. I loved feeling that connection with other top athletes from different sports. Walking into the opening ceremony is something I dreamed of as a child and it was even better than I could have imagined.”
Stephanie is a long-time ambassador of Breitling and therefore uses the 2022 Breitling Superocean replica watches in all her sports performances. Breitling may be Swiss, but it is a very cool and relaxed watch brand. I respect the heritage and the quality. There is nothing cooler than passionate people who understand their craft and are never too old to learn. The Superocean is a very handy and stylish tool for me. For competition surfing, counting and timing wave rotations is very important and the AAA perfect Breitling Superocean super clone watches helps with that. I love the new version of the watch, with ocean-inspired colors. The simple design is easy to read and therefore perfect for surfing.’
Like music styles and art flows, sports have also created different subcultures, each with their own clothing style. Surfing is no exception. ‘Self-expression is very important in surfing, and in life in general. Surfing really is a lifestyle, a way of life where surfers have a cool, laid back and colorful take on style. Wonderful to be a part of that.’
If you want to surf yourself, you really don’t have to start as a ten-year-old child like Stephanie. ‘I recommend starting on a large board, preferably a 9’0 soft top. Try a gentle wave, a point break [waves that break through a rock that protrudes and therefore roll longer] is always best. Go with friends that you can laugh with, to laugh the first frustrations away and try to have fun. Knowledge of the ocean is just as important as the technology itself, so start with both from scratch.’
“Sometimes when I’m competing, I try to weigh up how much time I have to get a score,” the legendary surfer Kelly Slater tells us. “I look at each swell as a period of time and just know.” Earlier in the year in February, on the way to one of Slater’s best ever career wins, one of those moments occurred at Pipeline in Hawaii. Turning 50 in a matter of days, the 11-time surfing world champion found himself needing a decent wave to progress through to the next round of the Pipe Masters.
“I looked at my AAA UK Breitling replica watches and saw there was 45 seconds left. I knew that there was three waves coming and the third one looked like the biggest one. So I paddled out a little way, so that I had gained myself a few seconds. It was 14-second periods that day, which is actually better for the type of wave I was looking for, so I just knew I was going to have a couple seconds to stand up,” Slater adds.
When the wave eventuated, there were three seconds left of the heat. Slater paddled in, stood up, and rode a winning wave into the shore. Days later, he was crowned the winner of the Pipeline Masters 2022, much to the surprise and delight of the surfing community.
To celebrate the special-edition of high quality fake Breitling Superocean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater watches (only 1000 pieces, it’s part of a new Superocean collection), we caught up with Slater to talk about the importance of time to him, and find out what the inspiration was behind this watch’s eye-popping orange dial and a military-green rubber strap.
When was the first time you remember wearing the best replica Breitling watches in the water?
In early grade school, I remember I had this perfect Breitling copy watches that had a little video game on it, maybe a little Pacman or something. I thought it was so cool, and there was a computer on it too, so it was almost like I could cheat in my maths class. But for the water, by the time I was about 10 I started to wear a watch because of competition. We’d time our heats, 15, 20, 25 or 30 minutes in the water so I got used to wearing a watch as a young kid.
Is it fair to say that telling the time serves a greater importance to surfers than, say, other sportspeople?
Definitely, it’s been so bred into me, those short periods of time, that and the distance between waves. Those types of things have allowed me to have an internal stopwatch, so I can pretty well closely tell you every minute or five minutes how long it’s been, and if I’m counting waves it’s clockwork, because generally you have somewhere between 10 and 15 seconds of time period in the interval between waves. If it’s 15 seconds, there’s four waves every minute, that’s 20 waves every five minutes – you can really do the math that way.
How many watches have you lost in the ocean?
A couple, for sure. When I won my fifth World Title in the late ’90s, I was given a watch that was a very expensive, a very nice luxury watch. I was surfing on Maui [Hawaii] and I didn’t know how to drive a jet ski. I was just a total novice at the time so a friend of mine took me out on a not very big day, but he just was going to give me the first-time 101 breakdown. I had this Swiss movements Breitling replica watches on and the clasp came off and I thought, oh, that’s not good, so I took it off and put it in the jet ski holder. Then I was driving the ski and got caught by this wave and it hit me from the side, I got Bucking Bronco’d sideways. It flipped and that little drawer opened up and I lost the watch. Aside from that, I lost a few other watches when I was younger but the way they used to make the watches back then, there’d be just these really weak pins that would hold the band on. And so the band would remain, but the pins might break and the top super clone Breitling watches will fly off.
You’ve been an integral part of Breitling’s Surf Squad with Steph Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbon for a few years now. Back to front this new Superocean campaign, what is it about replica Breitling watches wholesale that you particularly like?
Breitling have just remained true to themselves. They haven’t gone chasing after the digital era of fake Breitling watches online site. There’s a thorough line in their design from the very beginning and they throw back to that in each of the watches we’ve worked on; there’s always a throwback to an earlier time. They know who their customer is and what those people love, so it’s been a real nice time working with them. I like the Surfer Squad and was really honoured when they reached out and wanted to work together, but the idea to put who they view as the best in different areas together in these little squads is a pretty cool idea and not something I’ve done with a company before. Especially a brand outside of surfing. It’s neat that we all have these separate lives but we each have our own little squad and it is the things that relate between each of the people on the squad.
It is funny to think that luxury watch brands like Breiting, TAG Heuer and Tudor are all investing in surfing?
Yeah. It’s a funny one, because surfing has been a niche sport for so long. Now, I wouldn’t say it is becoming giant, but the surfing lifestyle is massive around the world. I’ve heard there’s more surfers and golfers in the world and you see what kind of money’s in golf, so that caught me off guard. Most people that surf don’t compete, but most people love the beach around the world so a favourite travel destination is always going to be to get to the beach somewhere.
Why is your label Outerknown such a seamless fit with Breitling?
When I started Outerknown, I wanted to make a brand that was socially compliant with the workers and the factories; to me, that was number one. Alongside that, I wanted to deal with the environmental concerns around making clothes. So we put those at the forefront of our brand and, when Breitling replica watches for sale came to talk about an idea, they were really receptive to working with Outerknown to create a band that was representing recycled fabrics, recycled materials, sustainability, and so that really spoke to me.
The first SuperOcean model dates back to the ’60s – why do you think it remains so popular today?
It’s just simple and classy. There’s no frills on the watch and it looks like classic Breitling. I guess it also pops a little with the colours. In that sense, I don’t need something that just has everything in the world on it. I want something pretty simple and just looks good and gives me the time.
Your latest collab has an orange dial. What’s the story behind that?
Ever since I was born, my dad had this watch with an orange face and it was his favourite watch. He didn’t have a lot of money, but he had a couple best quality fake Breitling watches he loved and he always wore it out surfing and for some reason he decided to get a new watch band and the first day he went surfing he broke it and lost the watch. I remember he got his dive tanks and went and tried to find it at the beach over the next week, but at a sand-bottom beach that’s going to be tough to do. So when we started talking about colours and design and stuff, I said, “Well, I got this memory from my dad,” and they were like, “Oh, that’s cool,” so we just jumped on top of it. When I was young I used to paint my boards orange and green, so that was the inspiration there too.
From Gucci to Doxa, Rolex and Hublot, a lot of watchmakers are experimenting with pops of colour more than ever. Did you have this in mind when designing this watch?
I wasn’t even thinking about trends or anything like that, it just so happens that that’s happening at the same time, which worked out for us. But I guess people who are looking for a certain style and are able to afford China Breitling replica watches or luxury items, they probably want to have a little bit of a quiver, like I have of surfboards. Have a little different colour, a little different purpose for each occasion. For me, my surfboards, I’m going to ride a completely different board based on size and conditions of waves, so for some people the watch is the same way. A quiver of watches, there you go.
The new Swiss made fake Breitling Superocean collection watches is available in four sizes (46, 44, 42 and 36mm), with three different case metals—steel, steel-gold and bronze. It’s water resistant to 300m, features broad hands and indexes coated in Super-LumiNova and its automatic Breitling Caliber 17 comes with a two-year warranty and an approximate 38-hour power reserve. The two strap options (a sporty rubber and a new three-row metal bracelet) have a folding clasp.
