$4,320
Yellow Gold Navitimer AOPA Logo Breitling, Geneve, Navitimer, case No. 997500, Ref. 806. Made circa 1966. Fine, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule. Three body, polished, revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs. Bicolor black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 178, copper-coated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Developed in association with the AOPA (Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association), the Breitling Navitimer - featuring a slide rule (for navigation) and a chronograph - was the ultimate pilot's companion, to the point that it immediately became the official watch of the AOPA.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
