Breitling Premier Pistachio: Why I'd Buy This Watch AND Your Luxury Watch Questions Answered

The 2021 Breitling Premier B09 "Pistachio" dial was a masterpiece of luxury watch design and planning. Launched as an evolution of the 2018 Breitling Premier collection, the "pistachio dial" was one of the best watches of the year and more evidence that Breitling's comeback is real. Breitling reference AB0930D31L1P1 is a gorgeous dress watch/sports watch hybrid for men as well as women. Watch collectors should considering buying the Breitling Premier B09 in either its green dial or new burgundy dial forms. At 40mm in diameter in stainless steel, the Breitling Premier B09 proves that the energy and inspiration of Breitling's peak years has resurfaced in Grenchen, Switzerland. The Premier B09 retains core model features such as vintage inspiration, 100-meter water resistance, and a clean dial with syringe hands and Arabic numerals. Changes come in the form of a new no-date dial, 40mm case, and a manual wind conversion of the Breitling B01 caliber known as caliber B09. Core vintage styling traits start with the art deco inspired "side strakes" in the Premier's case. This Breitling watch's sapphire crystal is domed and cambered dramatically in order to suggest a mid-20th century Plexigas crystal. The dial includes a subtle tachymeter track; this type of feature generally occupied the dial of sporting watches prior to the 1960s. A set of vertically oriented Arabic numerals boasts rhodium-plated metallic luster. The hour and minute hands are a hybrid of baton and syringe styl