94 beads on a '59 Navitimer?

andyo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:32 am

Hi,
I'm a wee bit confused counting beads - is 94 beads on a 910* serial number AOPA Navitimer possible/correct?
Looking at the excellent guide here it only mentions 94 beads on the O&W/Aviation watches.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=36494&p=267358&hilit=806+beads
Many thanks in advance,
AndyO...

saabreit · **Posted:** Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:18 am

. O&W initially assembled their watches with Breitling stocks and launched new batches for out of stock parts , using Breitling parts as masters . Most of Aviation parts can fit Navitimers , and possibly an Aviation bezel was used as aftermarket spare on your watch?

andyo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:27 am

thanks Saabreit.
so, 94 beads on a '59 is definitely not correct and suspect aftermarket replacement?
Cheers,
AndyO...

saabreit wrote:

. O&W initially assembled their watches with Breitling stocks and launched new batches for out of stock parts , using Breitling parts as masters . Most of Aviation parts can fit Navitimers , and possibly an Aviation bezel was used as aftermarket spare on your watch?

andyo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:36 am

Ha, my mistake.
It has 93 beads - I don't know how many times I've counted this now but light reflections etc. (it's from a photograph) make some quite tricky - well that's my excuse anyway :-)

Cheers,
AndyO...

andyo wrote:

thanks Saabreit.
so, 94 beads on a '59 is definitely not correct and suspect aftermarket replacement?
Cheers,
AndyO...

saabreit wrote:

. O&W initially assembled their watches with Breitling stocks and launched new batches for out of stock parts , using Breitling parts as masters . Most of Aviation parts can fit Navitimers , and possibly an Aviation bezel was used as aftermarket spare on your watch?

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