I thought I would post what I know about boxes, apologies that it's not much and if it's been posted before.
60's low end Boxes
I have seen advertised and purchased Top Time's in these boxes, they are black leather effect , with red felt inserts and have gold lettering on the inside and a gold Breitling "B" on the lid.
I have seen a Chronomat 808 advertised with this box but IMHO, this was a made up set and these boxes were not used for the high end boxes. I am sure they were used for a lot of different models - but one would make a nice accompaniment to a Top Time from the 60's. They do come up on eBay and when they do prices can vary a lot.
70's low End Boxes
This boxes would appear to be an updated version of the earlier black box. As you can see the one I have came with a Sprint. They are khaki with black writing.They don't appear to be as common as the earlier black boxes, so might have had a more limited use.
70's High End Boxes
I have seen these boxes advertised with Navitimers ( like this one) and with Chronomats ( with a Watch for the computer age tag line. Pretty ironic considering that slide rules were made redundant in industry around this time by the invention of electronic calculators. I have seen the box with two different cut out, a smaller one for manual wind watches and a larger one for Cal 11. I found this out when I enquired about a box in a window in a vintage watch shop in London and was pointed this fact out by the owner.
60's Chrono-matic Box
This is the box that came with a Chrono-matic I used to own. Small padded insides offering minimal protection.
40's box
Everyone knows these - but used by Breitling in the 40's ( I have not seen one with a 50's watch yet! They go for a lot of money on eBay, and dealers sell them separately now - which is a shame if an original set gets split up.
hopefully a worthy and accurate post.
Thanks
Graham
