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Breitling Navitmer Reference 806
Hi All,
Iam not a big fan of Breitling and had never owned one and desired for one until this one came across. This is a Navitmer reference 806 circa 1964 and as per many B specialist its a rare piece to find. It has a Venus 178 Movement and the piece acquired is in absolute mint condition. The love began until i wore it on my wrist…gives me the feeling of a pilot with bomber leather jackets and jeans with boots…lol Further finding led to a fact that few were made back then and few are being avbl for sale on ebay etc. Anyhow i took the plunge couple of months ago…Few wrist shots.
Some facts about the watch :
- The word Navitimer is a combination of word Navigation and Timer and the watch was originally developed for pilots as a navigation watch, and pilots could use the see rule for calculations of flight time, fuel consumption & remaining distances. The early references like my watch has a AOPA (Aircraft owners & pilot association) logo on the watch which is a double wing right above the breitling name.
Movement Specification: Venus 178 with lever movement, stem wind, 18000 B.P.H. 17 jewels.
cheers,
Ovi
This message has been edited by Ovi on 2014-01-04 10:50:37
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