Got a call from Lyons this morning saying they have been allocated one of the 1959 re-edition Breitling Navitimer (AB0910371B1X1).

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Needless to say, a refundable deposit has been placed and a bit of a long wait until August to get it!!

August is my last full month before I retire so will make an appropriate end-watch!

Bit of blurb from the site, " It has a stainless-steel case of precisely the same dimensions as its inspiration and an all-black dial with tone-on-tone small second, 30-minute and 12-hour chronograph counters. Recreating one of the signature elements of the original Navitimer Ref. 806 in 1959, the dial, protected by a highly-domed Plexiglas, is highlighted with a Breitling inscription in capital letters and an unsigned winged logo. In fact, the only concessions to modernity are the water resistance, which has been increased to 3 bar (30 meters). . . The Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition is powered by the in-house Breitling Manufacture Caliber B09, a hand-wound COSC-certified caliber based on the renowned Breitling Caliber 01 and developed specifically for historical re-editions. "


Martyn