breitling’s exospace B55 prepares for the future with smartwatch functionality 
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true to its tradition of instruments for professionals, breitling designed its first entry into the smartwatch market with the ‘exospace B55’. the chronograph comes with standard multifunctional movements, dial and hands, two months’ autonomy and a waterproof case leveraging the user-friendliness of the smartphone to improve its ease of use and efficiency. 

breitling-exospace-B55-smartwatch-designboom-03the breitling exospace B55 connects to a smartphone via bluetooth 

 

 

 

the ‘exospace B55’ was entirely developed, assembled, finished and tested in switzerland, with the smartphone app developed and produced there as well. together with a smartphone the watch can also simultaneously indicate two timezones, one with the hands and the other on the digital display. thanks to the ‘swap’ function, these two timezones can be reversed by pressing once on the push piece, while taking account of any possible data change. the system is useful and practical when traveling, making it possible to have local time easily indicated by the hands at any time. 

 


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the breitling smartwatch records up to 50 intermediate times by a ‘flyback’ function which serves to launch a new timing operation while the chronograph is already functioning. the tachymeter enables measurement of average speeds for a given distance, with a unit conversion option. users can download all these results on their smartphone in order to read them more easily, store or share them.

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connection to the smartphone enables receipt of notifications in the event of an email, a message or a telephone call. it is also possible to display the day’s next appointment in hours and minutes. the watch memorizes 20 notifications with the time they took place. the breitling ‘exospace B55’ stands out with a light and sturdy titanium case. it is equipped with a rotating bezel with rider tabs used as reference points to mark a departure time or deadline that one wishes to remember. the two-tone rubber strap with its sporty look will be available in three versions: black, anthracite on black, and gray on black. 

breitling-exospace-B55-smartwatch-designboom-05the ‘exospace B55’ is equipped with a rotating bezelbreitling-exospace-B55-smartwatch-designboom-06it’ll be available in three colors