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Sal wanted to see some additional pics of the SuperOcean ref. 2005, happy to post those.

The ref. 2005 was, according to documentation available, launched in 1965; replacing the first SuperOcean models from the mid/late 1950s, the non-chrono ref. 1004 and the chronograph ref. 807.

The movement used in the ref. 2005 is actually a well known friend, the Venus 188 chronograph movement, but heavily modified by Breitling, it measured elapsed diving time in minutes (the rhomboid-tipped hand), a display at 6 is blank when the diving timer is inactive, shows a big green lume dot when engaged, a small lume dot when paused.

This watch was quite recently serviced by Breitling in Switzerland, surprisingly returned unmolested; I just replaced the green-dotted bezel with a NOS orange-dotted bezel I was lucky to find, so please do not be surprised by different bezel dot colors, they do not change by themselves .

The "inactive" SuperOcean 2005; as close to it's "natural" habitat as I'll ever let it aooroach, a terrace over the bay of Piran.




"active", Dive Timer running:




"stopped", Diver Timer paused:



rather nice caseback & movement:

Fred, that is one of the best yet!!! And the wrist shot with blue denim sleeve helps make that piece even more unique and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.
Best,
Ron

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"The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea"...

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Thanks for the explanation. I just assumed typical second hand with a cool tip. So very cool to hear how it work. Black/Lume and 6 is really slick for back in the day. I want one!

Very interesting piece. I can't say that I've ever seen one before.

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000

And it's actually a size that's quite contemporary to today's times. 40mm was it Fred?

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"I don't got the bright watch I got the right watch" -Jay Z

yes, Andrew; case is very similar to the AVI, diameter 40mm, bezel diameter is 41.3mm.
wears quite large, actually "feels" larger than the Navi 01 on the wrist.

Great looking watch, I'd never seen one before until recently, it jumped straight to the top of my list.

Fantastic!