Breitling Navitimer 806 1959 Reedition
ReferenceAB0910Case MaterialStainless SteelCase Dimension40mm diameter, 12.86mm thicknessCrystalAcrylicWater Resistance30MDialBlack with hand applied lumeStrap22mm width black Nubuck leather with stainless steel pin buckleMovementBreitling caliber B09, manual winding, 39-jewel chronograph with 12 hour recorder, vertical clutch with column wheelFunctionsHours, minutes, seconds, chronograph with minutes and hours recordersRetail Price7,900 CHF. Available June 2019.Special Note(s)Limited to 1959 pieces.
Inside the Breitling Navitimer 806 1959 Reedition, we have the first application of an all new B01 variant and it has been named as the B09. It’s a 39-jewel manual winding, chronometer certified movement that powers the 12 hour chronograph. It also has a power reserve of 70 hours. The B09 is an integrated chronograph movement and features a vertical clutch with a column wheel. I’ve seen pictures and while it isn’t as “skeletally” beautiful as the older movements due to large plates, it’s beautifully finished. If you think about Breitling’s voluminous back catalog that used the Venus 178, the advent of the new B09 tells me that they could literally reissue vintage designs with this movement inside for the next 30 years! Let’s hope and bravo to the brand for putting in the work and resisting what must have been the very tempting opportunity to use the B01 in automatic form.
