Founded in 1884 Breitling gained notoriety among the finest watch designers worldwide, as the official supplier to world aviation, and in order to celebrate the 125th anniversary the brand has designed a limited edition of their emblematic Navitimer Chronograph, an impressive timepiece which gathers all the distinctive pilot features in its over 50 years of successful history.
Unveiled at Baselworld 2009, the fashion watch inherits the legendary slide-rule bezel useful in performing various flight calculations also the two-counter chronograph and a matching masculine Air Racer bracelet.
The 2009 Breitling Navitimer, has a robust case manufactured either from 18 karat red gold or stainless steel, the dial, protected by both sides anti-reflective treated curved sapphire crystal.
The watch is available in two versions, the stainless steel models have matching bronze or black dials, while the 18 karat rose gold models have silver or black dials, and to add a special classy sophistication to the timepiece, Breitling designers have added polished baton indexes.
2009 Breitling Navitimer, limited edition line is animated by the Breitling 26-Caliber, an extremely precise mechanical, self winding movement- which has been COSC certified after 15 days of exacting precision tests. The good watch also has chronograph function which enables it to record temporal independent intervals within 1 per 8 seconds, the replica watch has 12-hours counter positioned at 9 o’clock, 60-minutes counter at 3 o’clock and at 6 o’clock there’s a small date display window. The date adjustments are made through the crown, and moreover the watch has the advantage of a 42 hours power reserve and it can withstand up to 30 meters /100 feet underwater, it can multiply or divide two numbers, convert nautical miles into km, it can calculate the rate of descent and even allows the exchange rates conversion, becoming any pilot’s inseparable wrist “navigation computer”.
First introduced in 1952, the original model of Breitling Navitimer has been ever since an emblematic item, the icon of the Breitling long tradition of devotion to designing high-precision and irreproachable functionality chronographs passionately intertwined with the field of aviation. The anniversary limited collection includes 2,009 stainless steel pieces and only 125 rose gold models, the price range starting with $ 6,800.00 for the stainless steel models and following with a more exclusivist price for the rose gold pieces.
