I have never had a Breitling watch in my collection, whilst the Navitimer is the natural selection, does Breitling offer decent timepieces apart from the Navitimer and the Chronomat? I can’t say I am into smartwatches, I do research various smartwatch designs for interest only. The B55 Yachting reference EB5512221B1S1 is an example of what Breitling offers in the smartwatch range. At $9980, this is an expensive Regatta timer, so how well does it work? I have been unable to get my hands on one to take out on the boat to time our starts, so I don’t know for sure.

Instead, I use a Ronstan digital timer to countdown the start sequence, we use a five minute countdown timer, some races use a 10 minute start sequence and some short race series even require a three minute sequence. So the ability to easily reset the start timer sequence is necessary. Likewise, a synch function is absolutely paramount, you need to set the countdown function to the gun and if you are late, the four minute warning with a second gun and the raising of the blue peter allows the tactician to synch their timer.

This is a big watch, with a case diameter of 46 mm and thickness of 15 mm, even with 8” wrists, this is big. A water resistance of 100 metres, the 131 gram smartwatch is mounted on a blue rubber strap. Two pushers allow the timers to be set, there are two LCD screens on the dial with backlighting activated by the crown. I find this an interesting timepiece, it is well worth looking into and should at least be considered as a primary timepiece.