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Author:  cruvon [ Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Chronomatic relumed?
Is this a relume?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HUGE-VINTAGE ... 1#viTabs_0
Author:  WatchFred [ Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Chronomatic relumed?
no, watch is truly mint too; in line w/ the dial condition; rarely seen crisp caseback & bezel.

what's worrying though is that Bill is re-inventing the Project 99 history and deciding the "race for the first automatic chronograph" in a rather creative way:


Q: please supply full details of the watch

A: What would you like to know?

"........ In 1969, Breitling introduced the 1806 Navitimer Chrono-matic as the first ever automatic chronograph, beating the Zenith, et al., El Primero by just a few months. Breitling actually surreptitiously pre-marketed the 1806 as a pre-series with a Caliber 11 in 1968."

Breitling marked some of the Cal.11 cases w/ serial number attributed to 1968 - just like we have 1953 AVI cases assembled in 1958, they clearly did not produce and sell cal. 11s for half a year before the official launch.
Author:  cruvon [ Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Chronomatic relumed?
WatchFred wrote:
no, watch is truly mint too; in line w/ the dial condition; rarely seen crisp caseback & bezel.

what's worrying though is that Bill is re-inventing the Project 99 history and deciding the "race for the first automatic chronograph" in a rather creative way:


Q: please supply full details of the watch

A: What would you like to know?

"........ In 1969, Breitling introduced the 1806 Navitimer Chrono-matic as the first ever automatic chronograph, beating the Zenith, et al., El Primero by just a few months. Breitling actually surreptitiously pre-marketed the 1806 as a pre-series with a Caliber 11 in 1968."

Breitling marked some of the Cal.11 cases w/ serial number attributed to 1968 - just like we have 1953 AVI cases assembled in 1958, they clearly did not produce and sell cal. 11s for half a year before the official launch.



Thanks Fred and also for the history about how they came about!
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