Breitling Colt Chronographe

If you’re gonna spring for a quartz-powered tool watch, a Breitling Colt 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, the former are truly excellent value for money —  especially if you can find a cool model from the 1990s or early 2000s. This particular Colt, a Reference A53035 'Chronographe', dates to circa 1996 and is a cool, affordable chrono that should fit just about any wrist! Housed in a 38mm stainless steel case with a signed, screw-down crown, dual pump pushers, and a unidirectional steel timing bezel with ‘rider tabs,’ it features a gloss black Tritium dial with applied indices, a triple-register chronograph with silver subsidiary registers, a matching handset, an outer tachymeter scale, and a date window at 4:30.  Powered by a Swiss quartz movement, this Colt comes fitted to one of our Analog:Shift alligator-pattern leather straps. On the lookout for a cool go-anywhere, do-anything chronograph? Consider your hunt over!