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The original Superocean, built for a market Breitling had not served before. Its chronograph hand sweeps slowly rather than once a minute, so a diver reads elapsed time directly off the central hand instead of hunting for a subdial through a mask — which is why collectors call it the Slow Motion. Two hundred metres of water resistance was a serious figure in 1957.
The 1004 was produced from 1957 to 1965.
The Breitling 1004 runs the Caliber 12, an automatic movement.
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