Case #748 — Breitling Superocean 44 Ref. A17367D71B1A

Case #748 — Breitling Superocean Automatic 44

Ref. A17367D71B1A1

Status: Available

Condition: Excellent Pre-Owned

Scope: Box and Booklet 

Year: 2021

🔎 Case Notes

Some dive watches hint at capability. This one states it outright: 1,000 metres — 100 bar — of water resistance in a 44 mm stainless steel case, presented in the most straightforward and arguably most wearable combination Breitling offered in this generation — matte black dial, black bezel ring, full steel bracelet.

The Superocean Automatic 44 belongs to the generation Breitling introduced in 2019, a deliberately clean, high-legibility reading of the brand's dive line. The matte black dial carries oversized luminous markers with Arabic numerals at 6, 9 and 12, framed by a unidirectional, ratcheted bezel and secured by a screw-locked crown with two gaskets. Nothing here is decorative. Every element is in service of reading the time underwater, quickly.

Inside is the Breitling Caliber 17, a self-winding COSC chronometer-certified movement running at 28,800 vph with 25 jewels and an approximate 38-hour power reserve, with a date aperture at 3 o'clock.

This example dates to 2021 and is graded Excellent Pre-Owned, with no specific condition flaws recorded at inspection. It arrives on its steel bracelet with folding clasp, sized to fit an approximately 7¾-inch wrist, and is accompanied by its box, booklet and hangtag.

🕰️ The Evidence

• Reference: A17367D71B1A1
• Model / Collection: Superocean Automatic 44
• Year: 2021
• Case: Stainless steel
• Case Diameter: 44 mm
• Thickness: 14.21 mm
• Lug Width: 22 mm (tapering to 20 mm)
• Dial: Matte black with oversized luminous markers and Arabic numerals; date at 3 o'clock
• Crystal: Cambered sapphire, glareproofed on both sides
• Bezel: Unidirectional, ratcheted, stainless steel with black ring
• Crown: Screw-locked, two gaskets
• Caseback: Screwed in
• Movement: Breitling Caliber 17
• Movement Type: Self-winding mechanical; 28,800 vph, 25 jewels
• Certification: COSC Chronometer
• Power Reserve: Approx. 38 hours
• Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date
• Water Resistance: 100 bar (1,000 m / 3,300 ft)
• Bracelet: Stainless steel three-row bracelet — the Professional III configuration supplied with this reference
• Clasp: Stainless steel folding (deployant) clasp
• Bracelet Fit: Approximately 7¾-inch wrist
• Condition: Excellent Pre-Owned
• Included: Box, booklet and hangtag

🌟 Collector Provenance

The Superocean name is one of Breitling's oldest working titles, dating to the brand's late-1950s entry into serious diving instruments, and it has been reinterpreted repeatedly since. The generation this watch belongs to arrived in 2019, when the 44 mm stainless-steel Superocean was introduced at Baselworld as part of a broader, more disciplined redesign of the collection.

What distinguishes that generation is restraint. Earlier Superocean eras leaned on aggressive bezel inserts, heavy rehauts and busier dials; the 2019 cars-stripped-back approach reduced the watch to its functional elements — a flat matte dial, large luminous geometry, a cleanly engraved ratcheted bezel. The result reads as a tool watch first and a luxury sports watch second, which is precisely why the black-on-steel execution has become the reference point within the family.

Configuration matters here. The model was offered with a choice of rubber Diver Pro strap or stainless-steel bracelet, and a meaningful share of surviving examples are strap-fitted. A complete, correctly sized bracelet example on the Professional III, with box and papers intact, is the configuration most buyers go looking for and the one that leaves the fewest gaps to fill after purchase.

🌟 Technical Provenance

The 1,000-metre rating is not a marketing round number. Breitling specifies 100 bar of water resistance, delivered through a screw-locked crown with two gaskets and a screwed-in caseback — a construction package that puts this watch well beyond the depth requirements of any recreational diver and into territory normally occupied by dedicated saturation-rated instruments.

The unidirectional, ratcheted bezel follows the same logic: it can only be rotated in the direction that shortens elapsed-time readings, the safety convention that has defined dive-bezel design for decades. Legibility is handled by the cambered sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides, which keeps the matte dial readable at awkward angles and in direct light.

Movement-side, the Caliber 17 is COSC chronometer-certified, beating at 28,800 vph with 25 jewels. It is a robust, widely serviced automatic architecture — no exotic components, no specialist-only parts, and a 38-hour reserve that comfortably covers an overnight rest off the wrist.

🧾 From the Case File

At 44 mm with 22 mm lugs tapering to 20 mm, this is unambiguously a large watch, and it should be approached as one. The taper is what makes it work: the bracelet narrows noticeably toward the clasp, which draws visual weight inward and keeps the watch from overwhelming the wrist the way a parallel-sided bracelet would. At 14.21 mm thick, it sits firmly on the wrist rather than sliding under a cuff — a trait, not a flaw, in a watch built to this depth rating.

It is already sized for an approximately 7¾-inch wrist, which removes the common pre-owned irritation of hunting down correct-generation links. The folding clasp means the watch comes on and off without threading a tang buckle, useful on a watch of this heft.

Practically, this is a one-watch-weekend proposition: date for daily orientation, a timing bezel for anything from a dive to a parking meter, a matte dial that doesn't show fingerprints or glare, and a water-resistance figure that makes every conceivable aquatic use a non-event. Against buying new, the advantages are a 2021 example in Excellent Pre-Owned condition with its box, papers, booklet and hangtag present — the documentation set that is far easier to acquire with the watch than after it.

Buy with Confidence

BST guarantees the authenticity of every watch we sell and provides a 30-day mechanical performance guarantee under normal use.

Accuracy may vary with age and service history, and water resistance is not guaranteed unless specifically stated and pressure-tested.

🗝️ BST Verdict

A clean, correctly configured example of Breitling's most capable modern dive reference: black dial, black bezel, full steel bracelet, COSC-certified Caliber 17, and a 1,000-metre rating that no owner will ever test the limits of.

Excellent Pre-Owned, dated 2021, sized to roughly 7¾ inches, and complete with box, booklet and hangtag — a straightforward, well-kept tool watch with nothing left to chase.

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