Breitling Caliber 49

Brand	Breitling
Caliber Number	49, B49
In-House?	No
Base Caliber	ETA 2896
Movement Type	Automatic, self-winding mechanical
Lignes	11.5”’
Diameter	25.6mm
Height	4.85mm
Jewels	22
Power Reserve	42 hours
Beat Rate	28,800 vph (4Hz)
Lift Angle	51 degrees
Shock System	Incabloc
Regulator System	ETACHRON
Rotor	Ball bearing system
Rotor Winding Direction	Bi-directional
Hand-Windable?	Yes
Hands Count	3
Features	Central hours; central minutes; central sweeping seconds; double digit big date at 3:00
Hacking Seconds?	Yes
Quickset Date?	Yes
Country of Manufacture	Switzerland, Swiss made
Known Models	Breitling Galactic 41 (Ref: A49350, B49350, C49350), Breitling Cockpit (Ref: A49350, B49350, K49350, C49350) (Add your watch in the comments below…)

The Breitling caliber 49 (you may also see this caliber written as B49) is a Swiss made automatic watch movement with a double digit big date at 3:00.

ETA Base Movement:

The Breitling 49 is not an in-house movement. It is based on the ETA caliber 2896, which is basically a calibre 2892A2 with a big date module.

Not being “in-house” does not mean that the movement custom modifications or finishing done by Breitling, it just means that the base movement architecture/framework was not designed and manufactured by them.

Setting the Time and Date:

If the watch has a screw-in crown (as most Breitling watches do), unscrew the crown to be in hand-winding position (Breitling calls this position 1).

Date:

Pull the crown out one click (Breitling calls this position 2).
Turn the crown counterclockwise to advance the date forward.

For accurate time/date setting, set the date to the day before the current date. Use time-setting mode to make the date flip to the current date and then proceed to set the time accordingly.

Time: