The Not-So-New Breitling Galactic 44

Breitling has very recently released a new model to the Galactic collection in a 44mm case diameter. The big news is that Breitling is featuring this watch with a fully spelled out day of the week aperture at 12 and a date aperture at 3. If this sounds familiar, well that's because it is. This is the exact dial layout of the Rolex President's Day-Date. I think all is fair in love and watches and Breitling would be silly not to create an answer to one Rolex's bestselling timepieces.
What I don't like is that this watch isn't new, even though Breitling is marketing it as a fresh timepiece. For fans of the brand, the Galactic 44 is more than a little reminiscent of the Headwind that was being sold by Breitling in the early 2000's. Please understand that I don't expect any watch manufacturer to consistently produce new concepts but at least I want to be told “hey, couldn't think of anything new right now but check out this reinterpreted watch from the 90's”. All of the other watch brands do it and proudly make reference to the original watch.
Again, it would be one thing if they redid the watch with their celebrated in-house caliber; but this watch is fitted with the Breitling 45 self-winding caliber, which is the same caliber used in the Headwind. Breitling has been doing this sort of thing for a while and before the release of the B01 caliber I had the opportunity to ask a Breitling representative about this. His response was that they were working and spending their R&D budget on the creation of the new in-house caliber. I accepted this as a reasonable answer and I let the matter drop. However, Breitling did not stop rehashing old designs after the new caliber was released. I think for a brand that commands the type of price point that Breitling does, I should be getting some honest-to-god, Grade A horology, chock full of innovations and complications that make me go ooh and ah. Instead it feels like last week's leftovers for 4K plus.
Strictly speaking, the Breitling Galactic 44 is a great watch as it is chronometer certified, which in theory puts it as having a daily variance of -4/+6 seconds. The dial is clean and it also has a unidirectional bezel. The Breitling Galactic 44 is water resistant to 200 meters.
With the approach of SIHH and Baselworld , I am looking forward to Breitling upping their ante and creating new designs that will live up to their mantra of “Instruments for Professionals”.
What do you think of Breitling's overall direction as a contemporary watchmaker, as compared to Omega, TAG Heuer, and Rolex? vedere di piu copia rolex e Breitling Chronospace