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Guys, as you can see this is my first post, i was directed over here from a well known site that is well known for petrolheads, ( woops, nearly said it then ).
I am trying to find out about possible value of a 1968, 806 breitling that is in my family, it might be up for sale as it's not worn very much, I'll try and post a picture of it, but it has no documents or box with it, but all in working order, obviously you wil see from the pic. ( if i can upload one ), that the strap is not original either.
If I have trouble uploading a pic. I will add a link to the thread on that other site i mentioned, if that's ok with the mods.
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I would want to see the movement before offering a value opinion, ideally with inside and outside of hte caseback. The prices on these are all over the place because condition and history make a big difference. This looks OK cosmetically although the lume is gone from the hands and pretty aged elsewhere. I'm assumeing that it hasn't been serviced in a rather long time so I wouldn't be running it if I were you - you could be causing damage as there won't be any oil left in there.

Will get some pics. taken, is it safe to open up the back of the watch then.

Take it to a local watchmaker - they have the tools and can do it without damage.

If you don't need to sell it, get it serviced, get all your research and opinions from the pro's on these sites documented, put it in a cupboard until the economy picks up (5 - 10 yrs ish) I have bought an identical model to you but yours looks in better nick than mine "1969 Navitimer just bought" consider changing the strap, leather ones around £140ish from an AD. I think the red box on the face and the sliderule make this quite rare and therefore perhaps more sought after for a 4rth Gen Navi.

It's a lovely looking watch with a great history, there are some very learned fellows on here who will help you and good luck with which ever way you go

Going off your picture, the hand on the bottom sub dial doesn't look right

Do you mean it looks too thin compared to the others, might be a trick of the light perhaps?

If I put it in a cupboard for 5 - 10 years I would spend the whole time wondering if the movement was correct!

Yes it does look too thin to me

I take it that you mean if the movement was allowed to wind down and left then it affects the movement accuracy. Is accuracy very important with these old watches?

No, I mean I would wonder whether the watch was real or franken.

Let's see the movement and confirm that the watch is correct and then worry about what's happening to values.

Will get pics of movement asap.

Finally got some more pics of watch.

thats a real Navitimer movement and is correct for the watch but I agree the bottom subdial hand looks like an incorrect replacement


price estimate ?
do a global search on Ebay for "806 Navitimer" and see what these sell for , I would think between 1250 - 1750 GBP based on condition

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Agreed, but would also like to know the serial number - I can't quite read it and it looks like it might be a bit different to what I would expect.