As complications go, perpetual calendars propel you straight into the major league. That was clearly the intent when Breitling launched its first in-house perpetual calendar chronograph movement, Caliber B19, in 2024 as part of the brand’s 140th celebrations.
A perpetual calendar automatically accounts for leap years and different days in a month. The beauty of it is that it will not require manual adjustments as long as the watch runs uninterrupted. Historically, Breitling has not made many perpetual calendars — its most notable example was the Navitimer Olympus family of the 2000s, which…

