Compared: Breitling Chronomat B04 GMT vs. Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M Chronograph GMT

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. Cars. Motorcycles. Ballclubs. Watches. Everybody loves a good rivalry, and head-to-head tests bring out the best in top competitors. Between this Breitling Chronomat B04 GMT and Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M Chronograph GMT, we have two 44mm steel sports complications vying for enthusiast approval. And our prices points are remarkably similar. Both feature a chronograph/Dual-Time/GMT/Date combination, brand-exclusive or in-house chronometer movements, robust water resistance ratings, full bracelets, rotating bezels, and unique dial treatments that buck the trend for the often stolid and staid "tool watch" segment. But there are differences. Omega and Breitling each feature distinctive dials, but the expressions are quite divergent. Omega's "Teak Concept" combines a white dial base with a recessed minutes track and prominent vertical striation designed to evoke the deck planks of traditional sailing yachts. Breitling's Chronomat leverages a cantilevered tachymeter scale overhanging a soleil metallic brown dial base with contrasting silver guilloche subdials. Omega emphasizes the GMT aspect of its Seamaster Aqua Terra; the bi-directional bezel is calibrated to 24 hours and can be used to enable instantaneous tracking of three time zones when combined with the dual-time function. The tradeoff is the Aqua Terra's inability to time diving intervals with its dial, and the oblong non-screwed chronogra