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    Yeay! :)
    It's just a matter of time...

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    A real teaser . . .

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    0:09 in you can pause and get a tiny glimpse! :laugh:

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    I love how at 0:13 it looks like he's already landed. :D

    Sounds interesting anyway, not that I'll be buying it.

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    From their website.

    April 24th apparently (and am #emergency2 hash tag for twitterers)


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    They will no doubt have added a number of aesthetically unpleasing new design elements to it, e.g. pinstripes and circles/squares texturing on the dial, crazily large numbers and general clutter/busyness, a bezel featuring a pointless scale (i.e. degrees instead of minutes), more shiny bling and less luminous paint, horrible fonts, weird antique style chapter ring and an unnecessarily huge case. All of which will give the watch an identity crisis - part practical, part fashion victim, part dress watch.

    Maybe I'm being too cynical but they are increasingly putting out real dogs dinners these days, as are many other top brands. My prediction is that the new model will have a few features that people really want but will leave people wishing that they had just added them to the old classy, understated design.

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    Quote Originally Posted by petespendthrift View Post
    They will no doubt have added a number of aesthetically unpleasing new design elements to it, e.g. pinstripes and circles/squares texturing on the dial, crazily large numbers and general clutter/busyness, a bezel featuring a pointless scale (i.e. degrees instead of minutes), more shiny bling and less luminous paint, horrible fonts, weird antique style chapter ring and an unnecessarily huge case. All of which will give the watch an identity crisis - part practical, part fashion victim, part dress watch.
    I know where they're going with this, unfortunately :



    It's fashionable to slam many brands for not making the simple and more elegant watches that they used to, but the fact it, people don't want them. If people want large, bling and flash, manufacturers would be negligent in their duties to the people who own them if they did not sit down and curl them out. So some "blame" for this erosion of class should be directed at the demand, not just the supply.


    ...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!

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    11K RRP though :(

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave O'Sullivan View Post
    11K RRP though :(

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave O'Sullivan View Post
    11K RRP though :(
    seriously? who comes to administer the monthly handjobs?

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    I was very excited about this until I read £11k... is this definite?!

    Looks like a Ti finish like the last one. I'm just hoping for more features such as an EL light if ana\digi and better water resistance.

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    I've heard it's an absolute beast... 49mm.

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    11K is what I've heard. Seems about double what it should be to me.

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    will it transmit on the new frequency or continue to work on the previously used frequency i wonder.

    are there any stories of anyone being rescued due to their breitling emergency?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sheepsteeth View Post
    are there any stories of anyone being rescued due to their breitling emergency?
    An interesting thought... Another one is are there any stories of people being fined the £50k or whatever it is for a false alarm?

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    Quote Originally Posted by W44NNE View Post
    I was very excited about this until I read £11k... is this definite?!

    Looks like a Ti finish like the last one. I'm just hoping for more features such as an EL light if ana\digi and better water resistance.
    I'd definitely agree on the WR issue. It would also be nice to see some sort of emergency strobe or something. If your going for action man type watch, why not go the whole hog?

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    The only things I would change on my current model Emergency are:

    Better WR
    Backlit LCDs
    406Mhz ELT

    That last one seems impossible to me though unless they make it substantially bigger. A 406MHz ELT would also need GPS as the whole ideal behind them is they are no longer a simple homing beacon but transmit your current location to satellites so rescuers know exactly where to find you. If they've simply made a more bling version of the old model to appeal to the highstreet buyer, I won't be bothering to upgrade. Hopefully they'll surprise me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moose View Post
    The only things I would change on my current model Emergency are:

    Better WR
    Backlit LCDs
    406Mhz ELT

    That last one seems impossible to me though unless they make it substantially bigger. A 406MHz ELT would also need GPS as the whole ideal behind them is they are no longer a simple homing beacon but transmit your current location to satellites so rescuers know exactly where to find you.
    A point lost on most WISes, or indeed, almost anybody else who reads an internet thread and proves again that a little bit of knowledge is more dangerous than a lot!

    For the hard of understanding : An Emergency can't reach a satellite. It's too small. It's a homing beacon only. So it's irrelevant that satellites stopped monitoring 121.5 years ago, and they won't pick up an Emergency broadcasting on any other frequency either. I'm not even in SAR, but I found this simple enough to understand!
    ...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!

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    Hope this works .. but apparently a leak of the new watch, caught at a meeting @ Breitling.
    (may have been an April fools, but looks fairly genuine when compared with the pics above)


    http://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid...32650476760454

    (Link got from a thread on Breitling Source, about the new Emergency)
    Last edited by Bibbs; 2nd April 2013 at 01:12.

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    New Emergency 2??



    Could be I suppose. Not sure I like the fussiness of it though. Seems like they've added in a load of unnecessary crap. LCDs look the same as the current one too but I guess could be backlit like the current Aerospace. Still awaiting some info from one of my contacts about the transmitter though.
    Last edited by Moose; 2nd April 2013 at 07:37. Reason: speeeling

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    Cool

    So, we'll know more tomorrow I guess. Any final predictions?

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    I don't think I could ever own one of these, or the emergency 1. I'd have to pull the bloody thing out!!!!

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    Here it is...

    http://www.breitling.com/emergency/

    First impression - ugly.
    Only 5 bar water resistance.
    Not sure about backlight. It's not mentioned on the website

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    I love it, especially with the black dial, but as above, the WR (and possibly size) kills it for me at the moment.

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    Bloody hell thats a big-un!
    "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."

    'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.

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    I do like that and 50M WR isn't that bad. I know I will never go down that deep. I think when I dived once I went to 12 metres and that was deep enough for me.

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    It looks good, but... at 51mm, surely it's about 6mm too big..!?

    Look for the wrist shot in the presentation video, proper clowns watch.

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    The yellow one has my name on it. not for the girly wristed.

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    Perfect for "Emergency" trips to the pub to show it off!

    I read somewhere that Breitling claimed 20-odd people had been pinpointed after activating the homing beacon inside. However, it is well known that 99% of buyers are internet geeks, bankers, management consultants etc.
    ...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!

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    Quote Originally Posted by adesmith View Post
    I do like that and 50M WR isn't that bad. I know I will never go down that deep. I think when I dived once I went to 12 metres and that was deep enough for me.

    ....50m WR doesn't mean you can take it to 50m !!! wouldn't chance 12m either. maybe light snorkelling in the bath if you're brave enough :)

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    Pah! its not so big for us Deepsea, Ploprof guys



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    Quote Originally Posted by RossC View Post
    If it wasnt so darned big i would start saving for this today!
    "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."

    'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.

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    I thought I was off Breitling these days, but I'll be having that yellow one for sure!

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    Quote Originally Posted by adesmith View Post
    Pah! its not so big for us Deepsea, Ploprof guys

    Maybe the size doesn't look as bad from that shot, but here


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    Disapointing, could have been so much better.

    Comes with a re-chargable battery and a mains powered charger, but they don't say how often you have to plug it in to the mains?, kinda makes it useless for long periods out in the wilderness.

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    Not as bad as expected but way too large (for me at least)...

    I wonder if this is still for "aeronautical emergencies" only as it's said for the Emergency? Either way, if I was in /real/ emergency I'd pull the antenna of my Emergency anyway :-D

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    I think the size will be down to the fact they've managed to squeeze a 406MHz transmitter in there. That's a seriously impressive feat considering the power they require (which is why it has that Li-Ion battery). I'd have to see one in the metal but I fear it'll be too big for my wrist which can only just pull off the Emergency 1...

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    Retails for £12,040 (on bracelet) and the diver pro III with clasp is £11,310.

    Wow!

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    Seems to me that they have fallen into the convergence trap. This is neither a good watch or a good emergency beacon (short battery life, no GPS receiver?).

    For me the whole point of the Emergency was to have an emergency beacon with you at all times, because you never know when an emergency is gonna happen.

    However, this watch is so damn big and garish I wouldn't want to wear it all the time, and if it has to spend any significant time in its charger then its not on my wrist anyway, therefore its not doing its job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willows View Post
    Retails for £12,040 (on bracelet) and the diver pro III with clasp is £11,310.

    Wow!
    For £10K less I will stick with a used Emergency 1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willows View Post
    Retails for £12,040 (on bracelet) and the diver pro III with clasp is £11,310.

    Wow!
    Insane! I'll stick with the original...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willows View Post
    Retails for £12,040 (on bracelet) and the diver pro III with clasp is £11,310.

    Wow!
    £12k !!!! For that price, I'd expect the watch to have built in rotors so that it can airlift you to safety.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drhexagon View Post
    seriously? who comes to administer the monthly handjobs?
    Monthly ??????

    It'd want to be more regular than that!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willows View Post
    Retails for £12,040 (on bracelet) and the diver pro III with clasp is £11,310.

    Wow!
    Hahaha, for a 51mm Quartz watch, with a feature you'll never need.....that is the top of ridiculous....I am sure EPIRB with GPS, costing around 1k is surely more interesting than a so called Emergency watch
    http://www.kannadmarine.com/en/produ...epirb-with-gps

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    12k?? Ok I retract my previous statement about wanting a yellow one - that's beyond ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrew View Post
    [/I]I'm not even in SAR, but I found this simple enough to understand!
    I was and you are correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meinessex View Post
    For me the whole point of the Emergency was to have an emergency beacon with you at all times, because you never know when an emergency is gonna happen.
    However; a potential emergency sitiation needing an individual homing beacon is not all that unpredictable for all but the exception. Most of us live in densily inhabited parts of he world ánd have gsm with us.
    The gsm btw is a véry good alternative for a homing beacon as even without coverage the emergency number call is recognised by several other receivers.
    It simply is not a relevant risc for the vast mayority of us.

    For the exception; take a proper gps alarm thing with panic button with you. Those are as small as a gsm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrew View Post
    However, it is well known that 99% of buyers are internet geeks, bankers, management consultants etc.
    And like all divers watches are owned by divers?

    I like it, but the battery servicing is now going to be mega money, as it's no longer two button cells, and they have an expire date.


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    Too expensive.

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