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Two new "UFO" Chronomats came today! Aopa and Yachting.
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Author:  BP80 [ Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Two new "UFO" Chronomats came today! Aopa and Yachting.
Finally my hunt payed off. A 1984 Chronomat 81950 AOPA #0425...

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Together with the A13048 Yachting and the 81950 #0395...the three UFO's:
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A happy day. :lingsrock:
Author:  56scooter [ Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Two new "UFO" Chronomats came today! Aopa and Yachting.
Very nice, congratulations on the acquisitions! What's next?
Author:  BP80 [ Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Two new "UFO" Chronomats came today! Aopa and Yachting.
56scooter wrote:
Very nice, congratulations on the acquisitions! What's next?

Thanks!

Not sure. I would like to find a spare aopa-dial for my #0395 Chronomat. But that's seems impossible. Maybe another F500, first 500 Chronomat, with correct aopa with an earlier number? One or two digits.

Or an early Frecce Triccolori perhaps.

Well, you never know. ;)
Author:  vintage [ Fri Mar 04, 2016 4:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Two new "UFO" Chronomats came today! Aopa and Yachting.
Actually the early 81950 Chronomat isn't an AOPA since it doesn't say AOPA on it (proprietary). From Watchuseek history of the Chronomat Pt 2:

"The wings logo on the dial of the Chronomat is the same as that already found on early 1980's quartz Navitimers. It consists of a design derived from (but not associated with) the wings motif of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) but in the centre, instead of the initials "AOPA", is the letter "B" for Breitling. Below the wings a wavy line signifies water to show Breitling's continuing strong interest in designing and marketing watches for yachtsmen and divers. On the case back a motif of the Aermacchi MB-339A aircraft used by the Frecce Tricolori team echoes the shape of the old 1960's B/BREITLING logo below it while reinforcing the idea that the Chronomat is indeed now a pilot's watch."

Still a very rare Chronomat and one I'd like to own.
Author:  BP80 [ Sat Mar 05, 2016 4:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Two new "UFO" Chronomats came today! Aopa and Yachting.
vintage wrote:
Actually the early 81950 Chronomat isn't an AOPA since it doesn't say AOPA on it (proprietary). From Watchuseek history of the Chronomat Pt 2:

"The wings logo on the dial of the Chronomat is the same as that already found on early 1980's quartz Navitimers. It consists of a design derived from (but not associated with) the wings motif of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) but in the centre, instead of the initials "AOPA", is the letter "B" for Breitling. Below the wings a wavy line signifies water to show Breitling's continuing strong interest in designing and marketing watches for yachtsmen and divers. On the case back a motif of the Aermacchi MB-339A aircraft used by the Frecce Tricolori team echoes the shape of the old 1960's B/BREITLING logo below it while reinforcing the idea that the Chronomat is indeed now a pilot's watch."

Still a very rare Chronomat and one I'd like to own.

That's correct. It's a modified "aopa" logo but the watch is usually referred to as the Chronomat aopa.
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