Berny2845M
Homage to the Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph
about$300
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Berny 2845M is a homage to the Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph, with the same 43 mm case size. It uses a quartz movement and is water resistant to 30 m. Its Resemblance Score is 74 out of 100. It costs about $300 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference AB0138241C1P1. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | 2845M | Navitimer (AB0138241C1P1) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 43 mm | 43 mm | same |
| Lug-to-lug | 51 mm | ≈ 49 mm | +2 mm |
| Thickness | 14 mm | 13.7 mm | +0.3 mm |
| Lug width | Not published | 22 mm | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 30 m | 30 m | |
| Movement | Quartz, VK68 | Automatic, Breitling 01 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 70 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Sapphire, glareproofed both sides | |
| Bezel | Bidirectional slide-rule bezel | Bidirectional, slide rule | |
| Case material | Stainless steel | Stainless steel | |
| Lume | Super luminous hands and markers (brand wording) | Luminous inlays on the hour and minute hands | |
| Bracelet | Stainless steel five-link bracelet | Black alligator leather strap, 22 mm at the lugs tapering to 18 mm | |
| Weight | 150 g | Not published |
- ≈ Navitimer, Lug-to-lug: median of 2 agreeing independent measurements (49 mm); the maker does not publish it.
The original
Breitling
Navitimer
Reference AB0138241C1P1, 43 mm, ice blue dial, alligator strap
- Case
- 43 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- ≈ 49 mm
- Thickness
- 13.7 mm
- Water resistance
- 30 m
- Movement
- Automatic, Breitling 01
- List price
- $10,300
Why it scores 74
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Proportions22.4 / 30
- Case diameter12 / 12Same size
- Lug-to-lug2 / 82 mm apart
- Thickness5.4 / 60.3 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures35.5 / 40
- Rotating slide-rule bezel14 / 14Rotating bezel with an outer slide-rule scale and an inner dial ring, bidirectional as the brand states.
- Three recessed chronograph sub-dials8 / 8Three sub-dials with a circular finish sunk into the dial: running seconds, 60-minute counter and 24-hour.
- Applied polished baton hour markers5 / 5Applied polished baton markers with a double marker at 12.
- Polished hour and minute hands with thin luminous inlays2.5 / 5Polished luminous hands with a red-tipped chronograph seconds hand; no separate thin inlays are visible.
- Grooved bezel that overhangs the case edge4 / 4Notched bezel edge that overhangs the case.
- Domed sapphire crystal2 / 4Sapphire crystal per the brand; the official images show only a gentle dome.
Functions and materials16 / 20
- Complications4 / 8Chronograph with a date window at 4:30, but a quartz hybrid with a 24-hour sub-dial; the original is an automatic with a 12-hour counter.
- Bezel action4 / 4Bidirectional slide-rule bezel, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4Stainless steel case and bezel.
- Crystal shape and date window4 / 4Sapphire crystal over a date window with no cyclops.
Movement type0 / 10
- Movement type0 / 10Different movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
Reviewers
From 2 reviews we read or watched.
Both reviewers called it a large, heavy watch (about 145 to 150 g) that wears better than the numbers suggest thanks to downturned lugs and inverted end links, and both praised the polished and brushed finishing of the case and bracelet. The slide-rule bezel turns in both directions without clicks and with a firm, smooth feel; one reviewer found it solid and unlikely to budge, the other warned that with no detent a knock could shift it. The dial is very busy but neatly executed with a circular grain, and the sapphire crystal has an anti-reflective coating. One reviewer found the sub-dial hands lose contrast at low angles and the date window sits slightly closer to 5 than 4; the other found the date centred between 4 and 5. Both identified the movement as a VK63-type hybrid chronograph rather than the VK68 the brand lists. The crown and pushers are push-pull, not screw-down.
Good
- Working bidirectional slide-rule bezel
- Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
- Polished and brushed finishing on case and bracelet
- Five dial colours
- Strong lume on the hands (one reviewer)
Less good
- Large and heavy: 43 mm, 14 mm thick, 51 mm lug to lug, 150 g
- Crown and pushers are push-pull, not screw-down
- Quartz rather than automatic
- Date window sits slightly off-centre (one reviewer)
Versions and colours
- Yellow dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $300
- Black dial with silver sub-dialsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $300
- White dial with black sub-dialsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $300
- Brown (champagne dial with red scale ring)Its own colourway, not on the originalabout $300
- Light blue dial with black sub-dialsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $300
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.