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18 to 24 mm
Verification: Listed by the maker for ref. A17375, A17376 and 59 more
Attachment: spring bars
36 to 46 mm cases · 1957 to 2022
Official page: Breitling
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The story · Since 1957
In 1957 Breitling, a maker of cockpit instruments, sent its first two dive watches into the sea at once; one of those early ref. 807 chronographs later sold at Phillips for CHF 65,000, more than twice its high estimate. Sixty-five years on, Kelly Slater turned the memory of his father's lost orange-faced watch into a Superocean.
CHF 65,000
price of a 1958 SuperOcean ref. 807 at Phillips Geneva, 2016, against a CHF 15,000 to 30,000 estimate
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Breitling launched the time-only ref. 1004 and the ref. 807 chronograph together in 1957, both named SuperOcean and both rated to 200 m. The 807 put white subdials on a black dial, wrapped the crystal in a concave bezel and kept the 39 mm case thin with long lugs. Phillips notes that most of them seem to have disappeared under the sea.
The 1964 ref. 2005 dropped the seconds hand for a central minute counter, the Slow Motion, and Willy Breitling added a dot at 6 o'clock that showed whether the chronograph ran. In 1969 the Chrono-matic calibre went into the ref. 2105, and in 1983 the quartz Deep Sea ref. 81190 reached 1000 m with a helium valve in the caseback.
The name came back in 1995 as the Colt SuperOcean, rated to 1000 m, and the 1998 Colt SuperOcean Professional reached 1500 m. The Superocean became a collection of its own in 2000, and in 2005 the 44 mm Steelfish X-Plus, 16.1 mm thick, went to 2000 m.
At Baselworld 2015 Breitling redesigned the line as the Superocean II with new fonts and proportions, and added a 36 mm size to the existing 42 and 44 mm. Depth ratings rose with the size: 200 m for the 36, 500 m for the 42 and 1000 m with a helium valve for the 44.
In September 2019 Breitling tested the Superocean Automatic 44 Outerknown at Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch in California, part of a Superocean range of 18 references in four sizes. It came with NATO-style straps in Econyl, a nylon recycled from discarded fishing nets.
In 2022 Breitling rebuilt the Superocean on the codes of the 1960s Slow Motion: squared hands, a high-contrast minute ring and ceramic bezels, in 36, 42, 44 and 46 mm, all rated to 300 m. The 46 mm keeps a bidirectional bezel with a patented lock; the others turn one way.
The eleven-time world surfing champion and Breitling Surfers Squad member co-designed the Superocean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater (ref. A173751A1O1S1), limited to 1,000 pieces, and was photographed wearing it for its 2022 launch. Its orange dial recalls his late father's dive watch, lost in the surf after a strap change.
2022. Signature edition: the Superocean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater, 1,000 pieces, pairs an orange dial with a military-green rubber strap. Slater chose orange for his father's surf watch and green for the airbrush colours of his boyhood boards.
2022. Breitling unveiled the new Superocean to media and retailers at the Wheels & Waves surf and motorcycle festival in Biarritz, with surfers Andrew Cotton, Jeremy Flores and Natxo Gonzalez on hand.
2019. Breitling launched the Superocean Automatic 44 Outerknown at Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch, just south of Fresno, California, where the watch, rated to 1,000 m, was tested on the man-made wave during the Breitling Summit.
2016. At Phillips' Start-Stop-Reset sale of steel chronographs in Geneva on 14 May 2016, a 1958 SuperOcean ref. 807 offered at CHF 15,000 to 30,000 sold for CHF 65,000.
At Phillips' Hong Kong Watch Auction XIII, a 1961 ref. 807 on its steel bracelet, estimated HK$160,000 to 240,000, sold for HK$403,200. The lot essay calls it one of the rarest dive chronographs on the market.
Breitling credits Willy Breitling with the Slow Motion's run indicator at 6 o'clock: a dot that showed yellow while the minute chronograph ran, a small yellow circle when paused, black when reset.
Breitling's launch material says the Superocean Automatic 42 Kelly Slater was co-designed with the surfer, who chose its orange dial and green strap.
Ceramic bezel, Breitling calibre 17 with about 38 hours of reserve, and much slimmer cases: 13.22 mm for the 46 mm against 16.85 mm for the 46 mm Black Steel.
The 42 mm moved from 20 mm between the lugs (Superocean Automatic 42, A17366) to 22 mm (2022, A17375), so 42 mm straps do not carry over. The 36 mm takes 18 mm and the 46 mm 24 mm. The rubber strap and the metal bracelet both close on a folding clasp with up to 15 mm of micro-adjustment.
The redesigned Superocean II in three sizes, on leather, rubber or bracelet.
Breitling's pages give 18 mm between the lugs for the Superocean II 36 (A17312), 20 mm for the 42 (A17365) and 22 mm for the 44 (A17392).
A 44 mm, 16.1 mm thick Superocean rated to 2000 m, with blue, silver or black dials.
A quartz professional diver rated to 1000 m, with a patented helium escape valve in the caseback and a 39.0 mm case.
A minute-counting dive chronograph with no seconds hand and a run indicator at 6 o'clock, built on the Valjoux 7731; Breitling lists the case at 42.6 mm.
The time-only SuperOcean, with calibre B125/ETA 2365 in a 39.0 mm case, rated to 200 m.
Breitling Superocean references in our database. Each card says where its width comes from: listed by the maker (linked to the maker's page in the details), two independent sources agree, or listed in our database and not yet verified by us.
SuperOcean 1004 First
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 38 mmYear: 1957Black dialCase material: Steel
SuperOcean 2005 Slow-Motion
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 43 mmYear: 1969Black dialCase material: Steel
Superocean Automatic 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmYear: 2022White dialCase material: Steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmYear: 2022Black dialCase material: Steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmYear: 2022Blue dialCase material: Steel
Superocean Automatic 46 Deep Black
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmYear: 2022Black dialCase material: Titanium
Superocean 44 Special
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mm
Superocean 44 Special
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: DLC-coated stainless steel
Superocean 44 Special
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean 44 Special
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmTurquoise dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmOrange dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel & 18k red gold
Superocean Automatic 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel & 18k red gold
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmOrange dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmCream dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmCream dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmAnthracite dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmYellow dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmGreen dialCase material: Bronze
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: 18k red gold
Superocean Automatic 42 Sylt Edition
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel & 18k red gold
Superocean Automatic 42超級海洋自動腕錶
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 42超級海洋自動腕錶
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmGreen dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmTurquoise dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44 Collingwood Limited Edition
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlue dialCase material: Bronze
Superocean Automatic 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBrown dialCase material: Bronze
Superocean Automatic 44 Uk Limited Edition
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 46
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 46
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 46
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmYellow dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 46
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mm
Superocean Automatic 46
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 46 Black Steel
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmGreen dialCase material: DLC-coated stainless steel
Superocean Automatic 46 Super Diver
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmGreen dialCase material: Titanium
Superocean Automatic 46 Super Diver
Lug width: 24 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mmBlack dialCase material: Titanium
Superocean Chronograph 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Chronograph 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean Chronograph M2000
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 46 mm
Superocean Ii 36
Lug width: 18 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 36 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean II 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mm
Superocean II 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean II 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean II 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Not yet verified Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mm
Superocean II 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlack dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean II 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean スーパーオーシャン オートマチック 42
Lug width: 20 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmOrange dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean スーパーオーシャン オートマチック 42
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean スーパーオーシャン オートマチック 42 Oomiya リミテッド
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmAnthracite dialCase material: 18k red gold
Superocean スーパーオーシャン オートマチック 42 ジャパン エディション
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 42 mmWhite dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean スーパーオーシャン オートマチック 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
Superocean スーパーオーシャン オートマチック 44
Lug width: 22 mm
Source: Maker Attachment: Spring barsCase size: 44 mmBlue dialCase material: Stainless steel
No reference matches.
Breitling Superocean references use 20 mm or 22 mm or 24 mm depending on the reference and case size, so check yours in the list below. The most common is 22 mm (42 of 68 references with a known width). The Breitling Superocean ref. A17377, A17377211A1S1 and 5 more take 18 mm (listed by the maker). The Breitling Superocean ref. A17366D71B1S1, A17366D71B2S1 and 6 more take 20 mm (listed by the maker). The Breitling Superocean ref. A17375, A17376 and 36 more take 22 mm (listed by the maker). The Breitling Superocean ref. M17368, A17378E71C1A1 and 6 more take 24 mm (listed by the maker).
No. 4 different lug widths appear across the line, often by case size or generation. Check the reference engraved on the case back or between the lugs.
22 mm. Breitling lists the 2022 Superocean Automatic 42 (A17375, e.g. the Kelly Slater A173751A1O1S1) at 22 mm between the lugs, with straps tapering to an 18 mm clasp.
No. The Superocean II 42 (A17365) and the Superocean Automatic 42 (A17366) take 20 mm straps, while the 2022 Automatic 42 (A17375) takes 22 mm.
18 mm, tapering to a 16 mm buckle, on both the 2015 Superocean II 36 (A17312) and the 2022 Superocean Automatic 36 (A17377).
The 44 mm Superocean II (A17392), Superocean 44 Special (M17393) and Superocean Automatic 44 (A17367) take 22 mm, tapering to 20 mm. The 46 mm models, both the Black Steel M17368 and the 2022 A17378, take 24 mm, tapering to 20 mm.
Yes. Both the rubber strap and the metal bracelet close on a folding clasp that adjusts by up to 15 mm, so the watch can go over a rash guard or wetsuit.
The gap between the two lugs that hold the strap, in millimetres. A new strap must match it exactly: 20 mm lugs take a 20 mm strap.
Most watches use spring bars, so any strap of the right width fits. Many smartwatches use their own band system instead, such as Apple Watch bands or Garmin QuickFit.