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Breitling Colt GMT, c. 2010s
- Maker / attribution
- Breitling (maker)
- Date
- c. 2010s
- Historical period
- Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Dimensions
- Case 40.5 mm
- Stock no.
- 40940202
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Analog/Shift (40940202)
- Catalogue title (original)
- Breitling Colt GMT (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (stock number 40940202), this is a wristwatch by Breitling, made in Switzerland, dated c. 2010s. The Atlas places it in the Contemporary Horology period (2010 – Present) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 40.5 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Analog/Shift
If you’re gonna spring for automatic tool watch suitable for travel, a Breitling Colt GMT should be at the top of your list. Launched in the 1980s, the Colt was intended as a military timepiece, but its good looks, practical feature set, and myriad styles and sizes has since made it a favorite of civilians everywhere. Available in both quartz and mechanical versions, this latter packs a classic tool watch punch — especially if you appreciate the history of military watches. This particular variant, a Reference A32350, dates to the circa 2010s. Housed in a 40.5mm stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and a steel unidirectional timing bezel with Breitling’s famed ‘rider tabs’ for easy grip, it features a matte white dial with applied luminous indices, a matching handset with a red-tipped seconds hand and red GMT hand, an inner 24-hour scale, and a date window at 3:00. Fitted to a lovely leather strap this is a watch that’s truly ready for anything!
Historical context
Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
Silicon components, connected watches, optical-lattice research clocks and a thriving independent scene.
Smartwatches became the world's best-selling watches, while mechanical watchmaking focuses on craft, innovation (silicon components, new escapements) and independent makers.
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Atlas type guide
Military, pilot and travel watches
The wristwatch owes much of its adoption by men to warfare and aviation. Wristlets — small pocket watches soldered with lugs and worn on a strap — were used in colonial campaigns and became standard equipment in the First World War, with protective grilles over the crystal ('shrapnel guards'). Louis Cartier's Santos (1904), designed for the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, is often cited as an early purpose-made pilot's watch.
In the Second World War governments specified watches in detail: the German B-Uhr observation watches, the American A-11, and the British 'W.W.W.' (the 'Dirty Dozen' set of 1945). After the war, jet travel brought GMT and world-time watches, which show two or more time zones at once — Louis Cottier's world-time mechanism and the Rolex GMT-Master (1955) are examples.
What to look for
- Military markings on the case back: broad arrow, issue numbers, 'W.W.W.', 'A.T.P.'
- High-legibility black dials with luminous Arabic numerals; oversized crowns for gloved hands.
- 24-hour hands and rotating 24-hour bezels or city rings on GMT/world-time watches.
- Wire lugs on early wristlets converted from pocket watches.
Dating clues
- Wire-lug wristlets: c. 1900–1925.
- Military specifications of the Second World War: 1939–1945.
- GMT and world-time wristwatches: mainly after 1950.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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