Breitling Caliber 49

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:

• Pull the crown out another click (position 3) to time-setting mode.
• Turn the crown to advance the hands.
• Press the crown back in and screw it in.

Examples of Watches with this caliber:

Additional Resources:

• More Breitling movements