Horological Meandering

This week, as we come close to the end of the series, we have a few oddities from the 70's. When I saw the hole on the right my initial reaction was that the watch was without the crown but I was wrong. Those watches were release with some plastic (?) pie...  

Didn't know that model! Are you keeping the best for the end? ;) Best, Nicolas

Yes,there will be one. Some day. This panda is something. Cheers, Nilo

A photo session... ;) Will try to take some pics.... Best, Nicolas.

I know that you are not a "modern" watch guy but Breitling has some great modern ones. A Navitimer with the B01 movement is always on my hit list. Cheers, Nilo

the materials show quite some signs of ageing. Very nice watches again, thanks Nilo! Cheers, Mark

Those Cosmonaute were on the original (very small and "cheap" by today's standards) box. Cheers, Nilo

sorry to be so late onto this thread, Nilo. In terms of the fact that the large cases have two holes, I can not really give a clear answer. This case was used for both the automatic chronograph - which has the crown on the left - and the manual wind versi...  

Ubik, You are never late when you bring this type of information. You are correct. Despite the case size, this watch dresses nice, even for an underdeveloped wrist like mine. (My fault - I didn't notice that the GMT hand is under the hour hand?) (My cat t...  

little to add to ubik's explanation, the modular design of the automatic mounted a Dubois-Depraz chronigraph module on a Bueren micro-rotor ebauche, due to space restrictions the chronograph module had to be mounted in a 180 degree position due to space ...  

First of all, welcome to the PuristSPro. You bring a lot of Breitling knowledge to here. Welcome. Make yourself "at home". Cheers, Nilo