Breitling Geneve from the 1960’s in 18K yellow gold with caliber Felsa Peseux 330

Breitling Geneve from the 1960’s in 18K yellow gold with caliber Felsa Peseux 330

Breitling Geneve with light gray dial and gold baton for each hour. At 6 o’clock, comes a sub dial for the second. It is a “Swiss Made” model. The watch comes with gold hands with stick style. The watch has a 18K yellow gold case with engraved outside “Breitling - 4503” and inside 18K - .750 – 908632”. The serial number 908632 indicates that the watch is from 1958. The watch comes with a manual winding movement with caliber Felsa Peseux 330 and 17 jewels. The watch has a brown strap with 16mm width between the lugs.

History

Leon Breitling started Breitling in 1884 with his own chronograph. In 1892, Leon built a watch manufacture called “G. Leon Breitling S.A., Montbrillant Watch Factory. In 1914, Gaston Breitling takes over the business and creates the “Vitesse” model. In 1932 Willy Breitling took over his father and creates the “Chronomat” in 1947 and then the “Navitimer” in 1952. In 1962, a Breitling chronograph was catapulted into the space at astronaut Scott Carpenter wrist. Then came the famous caliber 11 in 1969 called “Chronomatic” developed by Breitling and Heuer. The story of Breitling ended in 1979 before being revived by Ernest Schneider in 1982 and managed today by his son Theodore.

Technical details

Manual winding movement with caliber Felsa Peseux 330 with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h and 43 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 33.50mm


Length including lugs: 40mm