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I am looking at Navi's and I came across the Twin Sixty 2.

The review stated that this watch wasn't well received and therefore was only produced for a couple years.

Mechanically does this watch match up to Navis of the same time? Was this watch discontinued just due to low sales, or is there a flaw in the design?

What should I expect to pay for a second hand?

Hi!

I in my opinion the Original Twin Sixty Is Much Nicer - However, both share the same B39 Movement. As far as comparable Navitimers of the age they mostly used B13 which is a modified 7750 ETA extremely robust - while the Twin Sixty utilizes the ETA 2892 - A2 as their base for this patricular watch/caliber which Breitling uses on their higher end watches like the Olympus.

Also the original Twin Sixty Has a Date Feature & the Twin Sixty 2 does not.

Hope that helps & I am sure others will add beneficial comments that have more knowledge than myself!

Almost forgot the Twin Sixty 2 is the Only Breitling watch never to be catalogue - if that makes a difference to you or not?

Best Regards,

Enezdez

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I like both the Twin Sixty and the Twin Sixty 2.

There's nothing wrong with the design, it was just seen as a little too radically different for Navitimers of the time with the big chopped arabics. I'm not sure I buy the argument that a 2892-A2 based movement is better than an integrated chrono - it's just a modular platform that provides more flexibility for different complications - it's neither better nor worse in my opinion.

The movement is well proven - it's the same one as the popular Hercules used.

In terms of value, you don't see many come up so it's tough to provide accurate numbers.

Thanks guys....

I do prefer the look of the Navitimer, but they don't seem too far apart.

If I do have on thing I don't like about the tri-compax layout is the date position. It just seems squeezed into place. Maybe the Twin Sixty would be a solution to that.

BTW...This place make Wikipedia look old hat. Ask a question get answer! Good work guys

You probably also wont like the fact that the tri-compax left no apparent room for a quick set date.

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Twin Sixty 2 gets away from that problem by not having a date at all, although the movement is capable of supporting a quick set date as a tricompax. To the best of my knowledge the Dubois Depraz 2073 chrono module that they po on the 2892 doesn't prevent the quick set date.

So are the 12, 9, 6 Navitimers without a quick set as well?

They're calibre 13 (Valjoux 7750) powered so have a quick set.