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The navitimer was designed for pilots and for aopa aircraft owners and pilot association. View and download breitling navitimer world user manual online. The vintage navitimer 806 can be found with two dial variations. Breitling navitimer world all prices for breitling. This preowned breitling old navitimer ii d22 watch is in excellent condition. The inhouse breitling manufacture caliber b09 mechanical movement is based on the brands renowned inhouse manufacture caliber 01 and is a cosccertified chronometer. With the b01 movement, breitling has recently extended the guarantee of the navitimer 01 to five years. Below you can view and download the pdf manual for free. The first breitling navitimer 7806 with a date window was released in the early 1970s.
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As i have never had an original manual, bill was kind enough to email me scans of his manual presentation here. Ab0910371b1x1 the original 1952 navitimer, as its legions of admirers know, became a mainstay of airline cockpits in the 1950s and 60s thanks to its groundbreaking design, incorporating a rotating sliderule bezel, which enabled pilots to make vital flight calculations from their wrist. Why this watch matters we love this navitimer for its attractive twinjet logo and the sharp condition of its case. If you have a manual scanned that you can send over for us to post online that would be fantastic as it would make this resource more and more complete.
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