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A Left Turn for Breitling.
Breitling rarely wanders. For decades, the brand stayed loyal to cockpits, slide rules, and purpose-built tools that felt born in midair. That is exactly why this watch lands with such force. It feels like a private experiment that slipped out of the archive and onto a wrist.
The Asymétrique arrives from the 1960s with a case shape that refuses symmetry and politely ignores convention. Triangular, off-balance, and quietly mischievous, it feels closer to avant-garde jewelry than aviation hardware. At just 22mm wide, the scale keeps it intimate, but the presence is anything but small. The geometry draws your eye in, then keeps it there.
What makes this piece especially compelling is how closely it echoes the design language of Gilbert Albert, the visionary best known for his radical, asymmetrical creations at Patek Philippe. His work favored tension, imbalance, and radiating lines that felt alive rather than decorative. Here, those same lines fan outward from the center of the dial, creating motion even when the watch is still. Whether Albert had a direct hand in this design or his influence simply lingered in the air at the time remains unconfirmed, but the resemblance is hard to dismiss.
The case is 18k yellow gold, softly worn in the way only decades can accomplish. The crown sits in an unexpected position, reinforcing the sense that this watch was never meant to play it safe. Even the strap attachment feels intentional. Instead of conventional lugs, the leather threads through a triangular opening at the back, allowing the case to float and keeping the silhouette uninterrupted. It is a small detail that changes how the watch wears and how it feels on the wrist.
Inside beats a manual-wound Caliber 9M, a reminder that beneath the eccentric exterior lives the discipline you expect from Breitling. The movement, case, crown, and caseback are all signed, grounding this playful outlier firmly in the brand’s lineage.
This watch was likely conceived for women, as many bold designs of the era were. Today, it belongs just as naturally on the wrist of an eccentric gentleman who values ideas over expectations. It offers the spirit of a Gilbert Albert design without the auction-room theatrics, and that might be its greatest charm.
This is not Breitling as you know it. That is precisely the point.
Overall, the watch presents as a well-preserved and striking example of a rare Breitling design from the 1960s.
The 18k yellow gold case shows honest surface wear consistent with age, with soft edges that retain their original character.
The dial is clean and legible, with light aging visible under close inspection and intact radiating line details.
The caseback is signed Breitling and stamped with reference number 5556, with clear hallmarks present.
The hands are original and well-matched, and the crystal shows light surface marks with no major damage.
The leather strap is in new condition and correctly threads through the rear triangular attachment.
The manual-wound Caliber 9M is signed and running as expected at the time of cataloging.
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