Breitling Announce Emergency II.

As we announced back in early 2012, the original Breitling Emergancy watch was discontinued, and was consigned to the graveyard of old pieces of tech which were originally cutting edge, mainly due to the fact that the 121.5Mhz frequency it operated on would only be searched for by a rescue team during an actual rescue, this is because of a change from radio to satellite monitoring for emergency signals, so if you were in an emergency situation, until they are looking for you, they wont be looking for the 121.5Mhz frequency, a major obstacle in terms of the functionality of a piece of equipment which was perceived to be for "emergencies".

Roll on 2013 Baselworld, and Breitlings latest game changing announcement, the Emergancy is back in the form of the catchily named "Emergency II".  What the Emergency 2 does is take the marvel of miniaturisation which is the Dassault 121.5Mhz Analogue transmitter and fit it alongside a 406Mhz digital transmitter, thereby meaning that this new watch is fully capable of transmitting digital distress signals which will be picked up by all emergency services before, and during a rescue operation, in fact, the 90 nautical miles range of the original has been blown away by this innovation, as the digital distress signal from the powerful transmitter will reach low orbit, meaning there is no limit to where you can be found.

In addition to this amazing innovation, which by the way transmits the distress signal for an amazing 24 hours, and place the watch in the Personal Locator Beacon category of the Cospas International SAtellite System grading, the watch comes with a battery charging station, which will allow users to both check functions, and keep the battery topped up at the same time, the movement inside the watch is a COSC certified Caliber 76 movement, thermo-compensated SuperQuartz, and on the rear of the watch a clever window with an indication of when you need to change the battery and have the watch serviced.

Cosmetically speaking, Breitling have stayed very true to the original design, changing only the size, and functionality, and an updated strap, even offering the same three dial colours, they have kept titanium as the material of choice, along with the  compass bezel, coming in at 51mm, it is a full 9mm larger than the original, something which will be noticed by long time users.  No price is available as yet, but considering the original when discontinued was retailing for £5500, and Breitling is starting to become a serious player, continually increasing their prices year on year, expect between £5,000 and £10,000, or thereabouts