Navitimer 01
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| Brand : | Breitling |
| Collection : | Navitimer |
| Model : | Navitimer 01 |
| Complement : | Steel - Air Racer Steel Bracelet |
| On sale : | 2011 |
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Brand : Breitling Collection : Navitimer Model : Navitimer 01 Complement : Steel - Air Racer Steel Bracelet On sale : 2011 List Price : 7 290 € Diameter : 43 mm Styles : Sporty Types : Self-winding Calibre : Breitling B01 Calibre distinction : Chronometer COSC certified Complication : Chronograph 12-Hour Counter Small Seconds Circular Slide Rule 30-Minute Counter Case material : Steel Case peculiarity : Engraved caseback Screwed-down caseback Bidirectional turning bezel Shape : Round Water-resistance : 30 meters Dial color : Black White Display : Luminescent hands Indexes : Markers Baton-type Luminescent Glass : Antireflective coating Domed Sapphire Strap material : Steel Strap clasp : Folding buckle + More characteristics : 1/4 of a seconde chronograph
Movement
47 jewels
Frequency:
28 800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: 70 hours
DESCRIPTION
- Navitimer 01
Navitimer: the cult watch of pilots and aviation enthusiasts
By immediately choosing to specialize in chronographs and timers, Léon Breitling, who founded the company in 1884, soon gained favor among aviation pioneers who needed sturdy, high-performance instruments. During the 1930s, the brand launched its first onboard chronographs, which were to equip World War II fighter planes, before accompanying the boom in air transport in the cockpits of the finest propeller planes, and later jets. In 1952, the “official supplier to world aviation” created a “wrist instrument” specially designed for pilots and other aeronautical professionals. Equipped with a circular slide rule, the Navitimer chronograph serves to handle all calculations linked to airborne navigation: average speed, distance covered, fuel consumption, rate of climb or descent, conversions from miles to kilometers or nautical miles, etc. Chosen as the official watch by the AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association), the world’s largest association of its kind, the Navitimer has asserted itself as the most iconic Breitling model – and a cult object for all aviation enthusiasts. In its “Cosmonaute” version with a 24-hour graduation, it accompanied Scott Carpenter on his orbital flight aboard the Aurora 7 capsule (1962), thus becoming the first spacegoing wrist chronograph. Continuously made since 1952, the Navitimer is the world’s oldest mechanical chronograph still in production. By now adopting an “in-house” caliber, it is writing a new chapter in a rich history of major achievements and thrilling moments.
Breitling caliber 01: a high-performance movement assembled in a revolutionary manner
Featuring an original architecture, the selfwinding Caliber 01 chronograph movement is the crowning achievement of the longstanding quest for precision and reliability that has consistently governed Breitling “Instruments for professionals”. Equipped with a column wheel, a vertical coupling clutch and an over 70-hour power reserve, it was designed to ensure maximum functionality and secure use. It features several innovative characteristics aimed at facilitating its production and its operation, including a patented self-centering device for the resetting hammers and an exclusive index-assembly system enabling swift personalized adjustment of the watch according to the wearer. This exceptional caliber is also distinguished by its pioneering production and assembly mode.
Inspired by an avant-garde concept used in other cutting-edge sectors, Breitling has developed an industrial chain-production formula that revolutionizes traditional movement assembly. Each caliber is individually monitored by an ultra-sophisticated computer program that automatically directs it towards the appropriate workstation, along a route alternating fully automated workstations with others requiring manual intervention. All the adjustment phases are integrated within this process, in such a way that upon emerging from the chain, each Caliber 01 is ready to face up to the stringent tests conducted by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) – a guarantee of authentic large-scale production reliability.
- Navitimer 01
Navitimer: the cult watch of pilots and aviation enthusiasts
By immediately choosing to specialize in chronographs and timers, Léon Breitling, who founded the company in 1884, soon gained favor among aviation pioneers who needed sturdy, high-performance instruments. During the 1930s, the brand launched its first onboard chronographs, which were to equip World War II fighter planes, before accompanying the boom in air transport in the cockpits of the finest propeller planes, and later jets. In 1952, the “official supplier to world aviation” created a “wrist instrument” specially designed for pilots and other aeronautical professionals. Equipped with a circular slide rule, the Navitimer chronograph serves to handle all calculations linked to airborne navigation: average speed, distance covered, fuel consumption, rate of climb or descent, conversions from miles to kilometers or nautical miles, etc. Chosen as the official watch by the AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association), the world’s largest association of its kind, the Navitimer has asserted itself as the most iconic Breitling model – and a cult object for all aviation enthusiasts. In its “Cosmonaute” version with a 24-hour graduation, it accompanied Scott Carpenter on his orbital flight aboard the Aurora 7 capsule (1962), thus becoming the first spacegoing wrist chronograph. Continuously made since 1952, the Navitimer is the world’s oldest mechanical chronograph still in production. By now adopting an “in-house” caliber, it is writing a new chapter in a rich history of major achievements and thrilling moments.
Breitling caliber 01: a high-performance movement assembled in a revolutionary manner
Featuring an original architecture, the selfwinding Caliber 01 chronograph movement is the crowning achievement of the longstanding quest for precision and reliability that has consistently governed Breitling “Instruments for professionals”. Equipped with a column wheel, a vertical coupling clutch and an over 70-hour power reserve, it was designed to ensure maximum functionality and secure use. It features several innovative characteristics aimed at facilitating its production and its operation, including a patented self-centering device for the resetting hammers and an exclusive index-assembly system enabling swift personalized adjustment of the watch according to the wearer. This exceptional caliber is also distinguished by its pioneering production and assembly mode.
Inspired by an avant-garde concept used in other cutting-edge sectors, Breitling has developed an industrial chain-production formula that revolutionizes traditional movement assembly. Each caliber is individually monitored by an ultra-sophisticated computer program that automatically directs it towards the appropriate workstation, along a route alternating fully automated workstations with others requiring manual intervention. All the adjustment phases are integrated within this process, in such a way that upon emerging from the chain, each Caliber 01 is ready to face up to the stringent tests conducted by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) – a guarantee of authentic large-scale production reliability.
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Brand : Breitling Collection : Navitimer Model : Navitimer 01 Complement : Steel - Air Racer Steel Bracelet On sale : 2011 List Price : 7 290 € Diameter : 43 mm Styles : Sporty Types : Self-winding Calibre : Breitling B01 Calibre distinction : Chronometer COSC certified Complication : Chronograph 12-Hour Counter Small Seconds Circular Slide Rule 30-Minute Counter Case material : Steel Case peculiarity : Engraved caseback Screwed-down caseback Bidirectional turning bezel Shape : Round Water-resistance : 30 meters Dial color : Black White Display : Luminescent hands Indexes : Markers Baton-type Luminescent Glass : Antireflective coating Domed Sapphire Strap material : Steel Strap clasp : Folding buckle More characteristics : 1/4 of a seconde chronograph
Movement
47 jewels
Frequency:
28 800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: 70 hours