The old Navitimer Ref. 806 watches used a manual-wind Venus 178 chronograph movement which was replaced by the Valjoux 7740 around 1969, I believe. This re-edition is outfitted with an all-new in-house manual-wind movement referred to as the Breitling Manufacture Caliber B09, which is based on the automatic Caliber B01. Operating at 28,800 vph, the B09 has a great 70-hour power reserve. I’m excited to see the future re-editions Breitling is going to outfit with this manual-wind caliber.
this re-edition also comes in a 41mm-wide steel case with the non-AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) winged logo on the dial.
Limited to 1,959 pieces, the Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition is priced at $8,600