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Thought I'd share a recent acquisition.
Interesting looking at the prices and how they'd compare with today's!




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Cool. I did a google on the "Corfam" strap which I'd never heard of, and found that it was a DuPont material they stopped making in 1971. Interesting that your price list is 1977.

Mr Breitling must have 'stocked up'!



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It's also quite unusual to see the words "Navitimer" and "water resistant" on the same line

Yeah, with my limited knowledge no idea when water resistance became a possibility.
Can anyone shed any light?


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Well Rolex went to almost 36,000 feet in 1960!

Thanks Roffensian, but was thinking more specifically of the Navi!


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The issues with Navis are Breitling's definition of "water resistant", modern Navis are water resistant to 30m, but that's more of a nominal value than a practical benefit.

Personaly I consider my modern Navis as " water resistant if kept 30 m from water"

According to official production number list , since 1974 Breitling was producing less and less units a year :
6402 units in 1974 = ( 1433372-1426970 )
6044 units in 1975 = [1439417 - 1433373]
3504 units in 1976 = [1442922 - 1439418]
5541 units in 1977 = [ 1448464 - 1442923 )
8 units in 1978 = [1448473 - 14484655].

And considering the numerous unassembled cases spotting on ebay, we can imagine easily that Breitling had "up-stocked" ...