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Hello everyone.
I'm new to the Breitling world. I recently stumbled upon this great forum.

I have purchased an 806 (I hope). I think it's circa. 1965. I was wondering if I could ask a few questions please?
-how do I confirm its age?
-dubious if the rear case is genuine. Thoughts?
-between the lugs there is a stamp (at 6). I'm assuming this is for the gold plating component? All I can read is a name, G and a fraction that appears to be 70/? Curiosity is killing me. Does anyone happen to know what the code should be? How do I determine if it's plate or filled? There's no evidence of wearing on the edges.
The rotating bezel has no resistance - is this possible to fix?

Cheers

You really need to post images.

Sorry - having difficulty uploading due to file size. I'll try from my desktop. Cheers

Here are some pics

For dating your Breitling you can help yourselves with the SN per year table on this forum
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31437.
That SN would be in the range 1002735 to 1060398 for a '65 Navi . This SN would be engraved inside the caseback . Between horn the stamp would be would be "plaqué 20microns" .

Okay great. Would that mean that it's filled gold rather than plated?

Navis were gold plated , not goldfilled .

Oh okay. I was under the impression there was stainless, plated and gold filled or something to that effect. Good to know. Cheers

solid gold was an option too

Ah yes - thought as much.

Does anyone know if the rear case is real?
Thanks for all the replies.

Sorry - lots of questions.
The bezel turns very freely. Borderline loose. Does anyone know if this Navi had a click or was it simply a friction affair? How easy is this to repair? I was thinking of doing it myself.

Serial number 354180. I was a little surprised - I thought it was slightly earlier - more '65/'67.
I also not it has on the movement:
-WOG
-seventeen 17 jewels
-Breitling watch LTD
And another notation that I cannot decipher.

I removed the bezel today. I'm curious as to the function of this notch in the brass outer ring that rotates with the bezel. Is there a missing spring?

SN 1 354180 I guess corresponding to 1970.
Your rotating scale appears as been replaced by an earlier version : considering your dial with the 10 in a box , the appairing rotating scale would have a red box around the 10 . And anyway this dial with small subdials is too early for a '70 .
Maybe a replacement caseback on an earlier watch ?

Concerning the loose bezel I had the same problem on my '67 Navi ...
Problem solved by my watchmaker ... nothing impossible for him in this field , really a clever guy

Great. So what part am I actually missing for the bezel?

No part missing as far as I can see but a part to replace . You need to find a clever guy able to manufacture this kind of big washer from a piece of brass, using the weak part as a master and slightly correcting the internal diameter and thickness in order to compensate the gap that occured due to use . Just as shown in my pics.