Used Navitimer Watch
Friday, May 21st, 2010The name Navitimer comes from the words Navigation & Timer, due to the fact the watch was initially developed as a navigation help for pilots.
The Breitling Navitimer was introduced in 1952 and offered pilots a highly innovative timepiece featuring a rotating dial that might be used for each navigational calculation a flight plan needs.
The earliest Breitling Navtimer watches didn’t have reference numbers recorded on them, it was not till 1955 the watch was recognizable as the Breitling Navtimer 806.
Collectors of these watches tend to view the Breitling Navtimer 806 reference as being the true Navtimer watch, and subsequent models are not held in such high esteem.
The movement they employed in 1954, and the first half of 1955, was the famous Valjoux 72.
By 1960 the Breitling Navitimer had modified considerably with remodelled hands, subdials being modified from black to white and the Breitling name being embossed on the dial.
Afterwards the sliderulebezel ( slide rule utilised for flight calculations ) was remodelled twice.