This Exclusive Breitling Dive Watch Was Designed By a Surfing Legend
If you’re a surfer from the mainland, Hawaii is the dream. With waves at Pipeline, Honolua, Haleiwa, Sunset, and Pe’ahi (Jaws) the “summer” is nearly endless as is the opportunity to ride. So it’s probably not much of a surprise that Florida-born Kelly Slater owns a house or two on Oahu’s North Shore. In tribute to his adopted home, the greatest professional surfer of all time has teamed up with Breitling to create new Superocean Heritage B31 Automatic 40 Kelly Slater edition dive watches.
Limited to 500 pieces worldwide, the dial is adorned with a stunning foliage pattern that represents the light and shadow play created by a tropical, Hawaiian canopy. “Breitling has been with me for years,” Slater says. “This watch reflects everything I love—the ocean, nature, and the easygoing style I’ve always connected with.”
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The 40mm diver is part of Breitling’s reimagined Superocean Heritage line and offers 200 meters of water resistance plus a unidirectional, stainless steel bezel with a blue ceramic insert to match the dial. The hands and applied indexes are treated with SuperLuminova for low light conditions both above and below the surface. There’s also a date window at 6 o’clock.
This Superocean Heritage is powered by the B31, Breitling’s first in-house, three-hand caliber, which debuted in March. The movement is COSC-certified with an accuracy of -4/+6 seconds per day and a 78-hour power reserve.
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The caseback is open so you can peek the movement as it beats at 28,800 vph. The outer ring is engraved with “One of 500” as well as “Kelly Slater Limited Edition.” The piece comes on either a blue rubber mesh-style strap or stainless-steel mesh Milanese-style bracelet and inside the special Hawaiian floral presentation box collectors will find a personal note from Slater himself.
“From as early as I can remember, I dreamt of travelling to and living in Hawaii,” says Slater. “It was this far-off land of amazing waves, perfect weather, and the ultimate surfing lifestyle. After living here, I realized it’s much bigger than that. The people, the community, the nature, all so intertwined. The respect Hawaiians have for their land, people, and culture runs deep. It makes Hawaii even more special than what I dreamt of when I was a kid. And now I call it home.”
The is available now at breitling.com for $6,450 on rubber and $6,750 on steel.