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Author:  cmfrancois [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:00 pm ]
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I purchased a used Breitling with the following inscribed on the back (Chronographe 100m, D55046, 1 977). It is stainless with a gold bezel, a gold and stainless bracelet, a black face with three small gold faced dials. The only dealer in town "believes" it to be a Chrono Sextant. Can someone suggest how I might locate tech data, instructions on how to use the chrono features and other facts such as year produced, etc. :?: :?:
Author:  Roffensian [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:11 pm ]
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You've already found the right place.

D55046 is the reference number for a stainless steel Chrono Sextant with a gold bezel and the page about it is here - http://www.breitlingsource.com/watch_de ... er_80.html

In terms of the chrono functions - push the top buttin to start it, the top button again to stop it and then the bottom pusher to reset the chrono when stopped.
Author:  cmfrancois [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:23 pm ]
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Thanks Roffensian---Any idea of the year of manufacture? And the three dials--The bottom, middle is a second continous sweep hand I suppose and is the upper right hours ( one revolution = 12 hrs?) and the upper left minutes (one revolution = 30 min?)
Author:  Roffensian [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:43 pm ]
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It's mid 90s - no way to date it to an exact year with watches of this age - they weren't date coded until later and the serial is not sequential.

In terms of the subdials - you've now confused me. Are you saying that the hand that always moves is at the 6 o'clock position? I think on the chrono sextants it was always at 3 o'clock. Chrono Jetstream had the running seconds at 6 o'clock but that's a different reference - 55048.

Can you post pictures?
Author:  cmfrancois [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:07 pm ]
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Yes, the second sweep is at the 6:00 o'clock position. I will try to post some pics. Excuse the quality.
Author:  br549 [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:32 pm ]
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OK, let me attempt to clear up some of the confusion by adding more to it.
The OP's pic is of a Chrono Sextant. I believe that the pic here http://www.breitlingsource.com/watch_details/Windrider_80.html was determined in an earlier thread to be that of a Chrono Cockpit without a date and I don't think the pic has been changed since this thread http://breitlingsource.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10238&hilit=sextant where the determination was made.
Author:  cmfrancois [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:22 pm ]
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Thanks br549. So in your opinion my watch is a Sextant. Now, bear with me, I have a few more questions. The sub-dial at the 3:00 o'clock position is labeled from the 12;00 O"clock position clockwise o,3,6,9 -does this dial measure hrs.? The dial at the 9:00 o'clock position has nos. of 30,10,20 at 120 degree intervals - does this dial measure minutes and the 6:00 o'clock sub-dial is secs. Also there are small nos. on a scale around the mailndial on irregular spacing, kind of like a log scale. What is this scale?
Author:  br549 [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:31 pm ]
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cmfrancois wrote:
Thanks br549. So in your opinion my watch is a Sextant. Now, bear with me, I have a few more questions. The sub-dial at the 3:00 o'clock position is labeled from the 12;00 O"clock position clockwise o,3,6,9 -does this dial measure hrs.? The dial at the 9:00 o'clock position has nos. of 30,10,20 at 120 degree intervals - does this dial measure minutes and the 6:00 o'clock sub-dial is secs. Also there are small nos. on a scale around the mailndial on irregular spacing, kind of like a log scale. What is this scale?

The subdials are as you say running seconds at 6:00, chronometer minutes and hours at 9:00 and 3:00 respectively. The scale around the main dial is the tachymetre scale used for calculating speed over a known distance.
Author:  cmfrancois [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:13 pm ]
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Thanks br549, you have been most helpful---"Hook'em Horns" :lol:
Author:  br549 [ Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:26 am ]
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cmfrancois wrote:
Thanks br549, you have been most helpful---"Hook'em Horns" :lol:

You're welcome, and it's "Go Hogs!" Image :lol:
Author:  Roffensian [ Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:14 am ]
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I forgot about that whole sextant / cockpit thing a couple of months ago. I should have realised last night when I posted about the Jetstream as it's the same movement.

Nice catch br549!
Author:  cmfrancois [ Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:30 am ]
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Roffensian, Any idea on the original cost of the watch and bracelet or today's worth? :?:
Author:  Roffensian [ Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:39 am ]
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I don't have a price list from that period so no idea of price when new. eBay or www.chrono24.com.

Chrono 24 has these right now - not quite the same as yours but give you some idea (not sure why the gold one is so cheap) - http://www.chrono24.com/en/search/index ... TERIAL_ID=
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