Breitling 2026 Releases So Far
Breitling’s newest releases for 2026 so far include a wave of limited-edition watches across its Navitimer, Top Time, and SuperOcean Heritage collections. Leading the pack is the brand’s return to Formula One, which they’ve marked with the first titanium Navitimer. Also released this year is a 300-piece North America exclusive Navitimer with a silver panda dial, a special edition of the Top Time to ring in the Year of the Horse, and a few Oceania SuperOcean Heritage exclusives.
Breitling x Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team Collab – Navitimer B01 Chronograph
The most buzz-worthy 2026 Breitling release marks two important milestones for the brand: its return to Formula 1 as the official watch partner of the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team and the first Navitimer with a titanium case. Breitling’s partnership with the renowned automotive company is expected to last 3 to 5 years and kicks off with a special-edition Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 in titanium, limited to 1,959 pieces. 1959 was the year Aston Martin made its Formula 1 debut.
This release is just the first of several watches to mark Breitling’s newest Formula 1 partnership, and it doesn’t disappoint. For the first time, the Breitling Navitimer is cased in lightweight titanium. Even though Aston Martin drivers Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso will never be allowed to wear their Breitlings on the track per Formula 1 protocol, we can see why the brand chose titanium for this watch. It’s lightweight and performance-ready. That design ethos extends to the leather strap, which mimics the texture of a racing harness, and the carbon dial, flecked with green specs to represent the colors of Aston Martin Aramco.
Breitling even paid special attention to the B01 powering the watch, equipping it with a specially made matte-black rotor featuring the Aston Martin Formula One™ Team logo. Special engravings “ONE of 1959” and “INTRUMENTS FOR DRIVERS” also adorn the case back. As we said, this watch is just the first of many Breitling x Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team watches. We’ll be sure to cover all the new watches as they drop. Breitling for Aston Marin, anyone?
2026 Breitling x Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Specs
| Collection: | Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 |
| Reference: | EB01381A1B1X1 |
| Case Material: | Titanium |
| Case Size: | 43mm diameter 13.69mm thick 22mm lugs |
| Crystal: | Cambered sapphire |
| Dial: | Black/green carbon, tri-compax |
| Strap: | Anthracite calfskin leather Titanium buckle |
| Movement: | Calibre B01 Self-winding 70-hour power reserve |
| Functions: | 1/4th second, 30 minutes, 12 hours |
| Limited Edition: | 1,959 pieces |
| 2026 MSRP: | $11,500 |
2026 Breitling North America Limited Edition Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43
There’s another new edition of the Navitimer 43 turning heads this year, besides the brand’s Aston Martin Formula One collab: a stainless steel model on a special brown leather strap and with a striking silver panda dial with red accents. Ref. AB01381E1G1P1 will be a North America exclusive, available for purchase only through ADs in the United States and Canada and online at Breitling.com. More importantly, this watch is limited to just 300 pieces.
To commemorate the release, Breitling is including special “LIMITED EDITION” and “ONE OF 300” engravings on the case back. The sapphire crystal gives us a clear view of the famous self-winding caliber B01, which has a handy 3-day/70-hour power reserve and a date display neatly tucked into the bottom sub-dial.
As with other current-production Navitimers, the dial is surrounded by a classic slide rule bezel, initially developed by the brand to calculate stats while in the air, and that, of course, can also be used for basic, everyday calculations for those of us not flying high above the clouds. Breitling refined the bezel and crystal on the Navitimer a few years ago, giving new watches like this one the appearance of a thinner profile. It also brought back the famous AOPA wings, which you can see just below the 12-hour marker on this new limited-edition release.
2026 Breitling North America Limited Edition Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Specs
| Collection: | Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 |
| Reference: | AB01381E1G1P1 |
| Case Material: | Stainless Steel |
| Case Size: | 43mm diameter 13.69mm thick 22mm lugs |
| Crystal: | Cambered sapphire |
| Dial: | Silver panda dial |
| Strap: | Brown alligator leather Stainless steel buckle |
| Movement: | Calibre B01 Self-winding 70-hour power reserve |
| Functions: | 1/4th second, 30 minutes, 12 hours |
| Limited Edition: | 300 pieces |
| 2026 MSRP: | $10,300 |
Australian Exclusive Limited Edition Top Time B01 Racing Shadow Rider
Breitling joined the trend of luxury watches for the Lunar Year of the Horse with a special edition of the Top Time B01, limited to 288 pieces. At its core, it’s a classic Top Time, complete with those charming “Squircle” sub-dials we’re used to seeing from the collection and a 38mm cushion-shaped case. Inside is Breitling’s in-house self-winding chronograph movement, the B01. Special features include a case back engraving reading, “ONE OF 288,” tachymeter text “YEAR OF THE HORSE” between 12 and 2 o’clock, and a stealth shadow rider (horse silhouette) in the sub-dial at 9 o’clock.
2026 Breitling Limited Edition Top Time B01 Racing Shadow Rider Specs
| Collection: | Top Time B01 |
| Reference: | AB01773A1B1X1 |
| Case Material: | Stainless Steel |
| Case Size: | 38mm diameter 13.07mm thick 18mm lugs |
| Crystal: | Cambered sapphire |
| Dial: | Black |
| Strap: | Perforated calfskin leather Stainless steel buckle |
| Movement: | Calibre B01 Self-winding 70-hour power reserve |
| Functions: | 1/4th second, 30 minutes, 12 hours |
| Limited Edition: | 288 pieces |
| 2026 MSRP: | $10,890 AUD |
Oceania Exclusive Superocean Heritage Watches – 36mm and 42mm
Breitling quietly released a duo of limited edition Superocean Heritage watches, one a 42mm B31 model and the other a 36mm model. Both are made of steel and feature blue ceramic bezels and white dials. The catch? They’re exclusive to the Oceania region (which includes Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia) and limited to just 50 pieces for the 36mm model and 150 for the 42mm model.
Breitling released its caliber B31, the brand’s first in-house three-hand automatic movement, in early 2025 in the Top Time. Today, it’s powering the 42mm Superocean Heritage B31 ref. AB31111A1A1A1. The smaller, 36mm model, on the other hand, is powered by the caliber 10, a self-winding ETA-based movement with a 42-hour power reserve. For reference, the B31 has a 78-hour power reserve.
Both of these Breitling Superocean models come with a mesh-link bracelet and honor the collection’s 1950s dive-watch-inspired aesthetics. The bezels have minimal markings, but are made of modern ceramic for tougher, everyday wear. Furthermore, the dials are adorned with vintage broad arrow hands and a round 12-hour hour marker, similar to what you might find on early references like the 1004 or 807.
Flipping each over, the 36mm has a solid case back adorned with a turtle engraving and special limited edition text reading, “OCEANIA LIMITED EDITION” and “ONE OF 50.” The 42mm model has a sapphire case back decorated with a similar turtle and text, but with the text “ONE OF 150.”
Oceania Exclusive Superocean Heritage Specs
| Collection: | SuperOcean Heritage | SuperOcean Heritage B31 |
| Reference: | A103901A1A1A1 | AB31111A1A1A1 |
| Case Material: | Stainless Steel | Stainless steel |
| Case Size: | 36mm diameter 10.42mm thick 18.05mm lugs | 42mm diameter 12.03mm thick 22.05mm lugs |
| Crystal: | Cambered sapphire | Cambered sapphire |
| Dial: | White | White |
| Strap: | Stainless steel | Stainless steel |
| Movement: | Calibre 10 Self-winding 42-hour power reserve | Caliber B31 Self-winding 78-hour power reserve |
| Functions: | Time, date | Time, date |
| Limited Edition: | 50 pieces | 150 pieces |
| 2026 MSRP: | $9,290 AUD | $9,590 AUD |
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