Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute with ref 809 – Mark 3 from 1965 with Venus caliber
| BRAND: |
BREITLING |
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MODEL: |
COSMONAUTE REFERENCE 809 – MARK 3 |
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YEAR: |
1965 |
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MATERIAL: |
STAINLESS STEEL |
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SIZE – DIAMETER EXCLUDING WINDING CROWN: |
40MM |
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SIZE – LENGTH INCLUDING LUGS: |
48MM |
| CONDITION: |
GOOD |
| BOX: | NO |
| PAPER: |
NO |
| PRICE: | SOLD |
Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute with ref 809 – Mark 3 from 1965 with Venus caliber
More detailed information on this rare Breitling can be found on the Breitling website at: https://www.breitling.com/us-en/archives/navitimer/navitimer-ref-809/?watch=NAVITIMER-REF.809-MK3
Rare Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute ref 809 – Mark 3 with round black dial and Arabic numerals for the 24 hours of the day. The watch comes with the gold AOPA logo at 12 o’clock and Navitimer at 6 o’clock. The watch comes with different rings for aeronautic calculation. It has three white sub dials. The hands have a stick shape but the particularity of this model, the hands on the sub dial have the Sword style. It is a Swiss Made T model. The watch comes with the Breitling crown. It is a stainless-steel case with engraved in the back “Breitling Stainless Steel 809”. Inside the back case is engraved “Breitling Watch Ltd – Swiss – 1023556” and date the watch to 1965. It is a manual winding movement with caliber Venus 178 and 17 jewels. The watch comes with a Breitling black strap and original stainless-steel buckle. This watch is highly collectible00,.
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 Venus 178 modified with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. The power reserve is 45 hours.
Measurements
Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm
Length including lugs: 48mm
