Horological Meandering

You're too kind Nilo

 

it's a pleasure to be able to share a little info on the vintage Breitlings you've been capturing.

Today thought you have hit the big ones in my opinion, two of my favourite vintage B's. Really both are
huge topics in themselves, which I don't really have time to do justic too. So forgive my speed coverage on these.

The SuperOcean ref 2005, is the mid-Sixties version of the SuperOcean line originally started in 1958. This has a Breitling modified Valjoux movement (the same as the football chrono you showed before) which means that what looks like a large chronograph second hand is in fact a central hour recorder. This is a good size watch for the time, coming in at a chunky 40mm and one of my all time favourite wearers.

 

Here's a LIP branded version.



Here's a picture of the entire Superocean Family which was brought together on one of our Parisian GTG's.

I am not sure that the bezel on your version is correct, though. I have one other bezel for the watch, but it is very different. I'll try and dig it out later this week.

Now to connect to the second watch, here is a 1967 advert.

The second watch is a Co-Pilot, as worn by Raquel Welch. However more importantly is the reference of this watch which is 765. My all time
favourtie Breitling reference. The first instance I have of the 765 appearing was at the end of the 1930's, before Breitling even put their name on any watches.

It then moved over to being one of the watches in Breitling's professional aeronautics division "Breilting 8' and was offered as a serious pilot's watch in the Forties.

The reference lasted until Breitlings demise in the Seventies, over thirty years. It later became the "AVI" and then became the Co-Pilot (although it also appeared on a number of smaller variations as well) and was offered in the jumbo case Breitling adopted in the late Sixties.