The Navitimer by Breitling has an unmistakable appearance, featuring a circular slide rule on the bezel of its chronograph version of wrist watch. They are automatic, mechanical timepieces (no electrical component), many come with complicated movements such as fly-back, date and split-second. Currently there are several models to choose from, starting with the Breitling Navitimer watches - available in steel and steel/gold. The case diameter is 41.8mm and a case thickness of 14.6mm.
The Breitling Heritage Navitimer has a slightly larger case of 43mm with a thickness of 15.4mm.
The legendary Breitling Cosmonaute watch, featuring a 24-hour dial, was developed after the American astronaut, Lt Cmdr Scott Carpenter, contacted breitling and requested that they produce a 24-hour version. On 24 May, 162 Carpenter's watch became the first Breitling to go into Space.
The Breitling Montbrillant Legende is the latest model in the Navitimer collection and is the largest in this collection with a case diameter of 47mm. It has one less subdial - hour. There's a large date display at the 6 o'clock position. Nice features include the imperial metric conversion chart on the back of case and the raised, rather than stamped, Breitling 'B' logo.
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