Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Unboxing & Introduction

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[Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Unboxing & Introduction]
Date of Purchase: July 8, 2022
Place of Purchase: 寶島鐘錶-台北名店(Taipei, Taiwan)
Retail Price(at the time of purchase): TWD$284,000
Purchased Price: TWD$230,000

Breitling SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Grenchen, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1884 by Léon Breitling in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Breitling is known for precision-made chronometers designed for aviators. In the 1940s, Breitling added a circular slide rule to the bezel of their Chronomat models for use as a sliderule. This bezel became most associated with the Navitimer, which launched in 1954. The name Navitimer comes from two words that were used to describe its purpose: Navigation and Timer. During the 1950s and 1960s, a version of the Navitimer was offered by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association with the AOPA logo on the dial. In 1961, Scott Carpenter, one of the original astronauts in the Mercury space program, approached Breitling with the idea of incorporating a 24-hour dial instead of the normal 12-hour dial. This was needed because of the lack of day and night during space travel. Breitling complied, and produced the 24-hour Navitimer which Carpenter wore on his 1962 space flight. Breitling then proceeded to produce a commercial version of the 24-hour version as the so-called Cosmonaute Navitimer - under both Breitling and AOPA logos. The first automatic Navitimer chronograph was introduced to the public in 1969. The movement was co-developed by Breitling, Dubois-Depraz, Heuer, and Hamilton. Introduced in 2022 to celebrate 70th anniversary since the launch of the first Navitimer, this Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 comes in stainless steel casing that measures 43mm with thickness of 13.6mm. The watch features 30m of water resistance. There is also a date aperture windows located at 6 o’clock. The chronograph functions feature 1/4th second, and 30 minutes and 12 hours counters. Can be viewed via the exhibition case back, the movement is an in-house B01 calibre that has 70-hours of power reserve and 47 jewels that beats at 28,800 vph. Lastly, the reference of this particular model is AB0138211B1A1.











Current collection: 1) Rolex Submariner(116610LV), 2) Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional(311.30.42.30.01.006), 3) Rolex GMT-Master II(126710BLNR), 4) Breitling B01 Navitimer 43(AB0138211B1A1)