The Premier is Breitling's elegant chronograph collection, conceived by Willy Breitling in the early 1940s as the brand's first line dedicated to style rather than pure aviation function.

Reintroduced in 2018, the modern Premier reinterprets those refined mid-century codes: case construction, narrow bezels, balanced two-register dials and a dressier, sophisticated character.
Available with both time-and-chronograph models and high complications such as the Datora and Duograph, and offered in steel and 18k red gold, the Premier is positioned as Breitling's go-to collection when the occasion calls for understated elegance rather than a robust tool watch.

The Premier spans two main case sizes. The 40 mm Premier B09 Chronograph offers a slimmer, vintage-leaning profile with a manually wound movement, while the 42 mm Premier B01 Chronograph is the automatic everyday hero of the line.

Above them are the complication models: the 42 mm Premier B25 Datora, with a complete calendar and moonphase, and the 42 mm Premier B15 Duograph, a split-seconds chronograph. Models are available in stainless steel and 18k red gold, with a wide dial palette including cream, black, blue, pistachio green, copper and salmon, typically on an alligator leather strap.

The Premier line is built around Breitling's in-house manufacture calibers. The 42 mm Premier B01 Chronograph uses the automatic Manufacture Caliber 01, with roughly 70 hours of power reserve, while the 40 mm Premier B09 Chronograph is powered by the the manually wound Caliber B09—a hand-wound interpretation of the B01 that nods to the original 1940s Premiers. The Datora is driven by the Caliber B25, adding a complete calendar and moonphase, and the Duograph by the split-seconds Caliber B15.

All of these movements are officially COSC-certified chronometers, guaranteeing accuracy within -4/+6 seconds per day, and many are visible through a sapphire caseback.