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I'm currently looking at a Navitimer for sale in a shop. It is called a A1320 model, but here on this site I don't find any similar model.
Neither do I find in with Google. I hardly can believe it is this rare?
Does it actually excist then or is it just another fake?
Maybe it is not so clear on the photo but is has a blue dial and 41 mm case diam.

Yeah it's just that it's not an A1320, it's an A13322, presumably the store simply got the model number wrong. The model number should be visible on the caseback.

yes A13022 model for sure.
I did some more 'research', the seller says it has a blue dial, but I only find other A13022 models with blue dial in combination with SS bracelet not with leather strap. Maybe it got replaced?
Also the little arrow in the subdial at 9h seems not have a 'tail' like the others. It doesn't look black either but that can be reflection. I suspect a dodgy repair here.
Then on the outer number ring the figures 70 75 80 etc, looks printed in a more bold way than others I've seen. Like here:

The red 60 and arrow are almost 'melted' together.
Maybe the ring has been replaced with aftermarket parts?
It is says Swiss Made not T Swiss made T, so I guess it's late 90s or early 2000.

I have a blue dial one and have some pics here for you to check out.

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yes that confirms my concerns, here also blue dial with SS bracelet, and the figures on the outer ring are not that thick also. It looks recently polished to me, no?

It 13022 is an earlier (pre COSC version). Strap vs. bracelet is no issue, watches can be sold with either. The watch is real.

I've checked back through my Chronologs and the watch shown in the first post is definitely a genuine A13022 Old Navitimer II made between 1993 and 1995. The updated design with a tail to the hand in the 9 sub-dial was first shown in the 1995/96 Chronolog.

Hope this puts your concerns to rest.

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@sharkmouth: so you're saying that the hand w/o tail at the 9 o'clock subdial is authenthentic for this watch? All others I've seen had 3 identical small hands, older ones indeed w/o tail, but never mixed in 1 watch. Strange thing that tail and no-tail habnds are combined here, is it like that in the Chronolog?
Made somewhere between 1993-1995 you say, but it has no 'T' at the 'Swiss Made' so isn't it more recent then? Like late 90's?

Yea, your right.

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