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Breitling AB0138241C1P1 vs Breitling AB0145211G1P2

10 published specifications differ between these two, and 8 are identical. Every figure below is what the manufacturer states for that reference; nothing is inferred from the other watch.

What differs

Specification
CaseStainless steel, 43 mmStainless steel, 42 mm
Diameter43 mm42 mm
Thickness13.69 mm13.6 mm
Lug width22 mm22.05 mm
Water resistance3 bars (30 m / 99 ft)10 bars (100 m / 330 ft)
BezelBidirectional, slide ruleFixed
DialIce blue, as stated in the page descriptionCream, as stated in the page description
BraceletAlligator leather strap, black, straight, 22/18 mmAlligator leather strap, brown, curved, 22/18 mm
Jewels4741
Movement notesChronograph to 1/4th second, with 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Calendar shown in a dial aperture.Chronograph to 1/4th second with a 30-minute totaliser; no 12-hour totaliser is listed for this reference. Calendar shown in a dial aperture.

What is identical

Worth knowing as much as the differences: these are the specifications you cannot use to tell the two apart.

Crystal
Cambered sapphire, glareproofed both sides
Case back
Screwed in (sapphire crystal)
Crown
Non screw-locked, two gaskets
Clasp
Stainless steel folding clasp, 18 mm
Calibre
Breitling 01 (Manufacture)
Movement
Self-winding mechanical
Power reserve
Approximately 70 hours
Frequency
28,800 v.p.h

What the differences cost you

Each note below follows from the published figures in the tables above — what they mean for intake, for a listing, and for the handover. Nothing here estimates a price or a margin.

Do not describe these the same way

The AB0138241C1P1 is rated to 30 metres and the AB0145211G1P2 to 100. A rating is a factory figure for a new watch with fresh gaskets, not a promise about a used one — but the gap still matters in writing. Describe the AB0138241C1P1 in words a buyer can act on, and do not let a template carry the AB0145211G1P2's language onto it.

What to check on each

AB0138241C1P1

  • Tell the buyer the water resistance is 3 bars before the watch ships. That is 30 metres with a crown that does not screw down, and a buyer who assumes a chronograph is a swimming watch will find out at your expense.
  • Turn the slide rule bezel through a full revolution and check it moves freely in both directions without slipping. It is bidirectional by design here, and a computation bezel that binds has lost its function.
  • Run the chronograph for a full twelve hours and read all three registers. This calibre records quarter seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours, so a shorter test only exercises part of the mechanism.

AB0145211G1P2

  • Read the chronograph registers before you write the listing. Breitling lists this one as quarter seconds and 30 minutes, without the 12-hour totaliser its stablemates carry, so describing it as a 12-hour chronograph is simply wrong.
  • Note the jewel count on the sheet. The same calibre name is published with 47 jewels elsewhere in the range and 41 here, and quoting the wrong figure is an avoidable error in a description.
  • Check the strap is the curved type this reference specifies. A straight strap forced into a curved lug opening sits badly and marks the case where it is pinched.

Sources

Not affiliated with Breitling. Specifications are read from each manufacturer's own published documentation on the dates shown and may change; the manufacturer's current documentation governs.