{"product_id":"breitling-navitimer-as07991","title":"Breitling Navitimer","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow many watches can you spot from a mile away? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow many watches have come to define their genre? Not too many. Not too many at all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBefore the early 1950s, the concept of a civilian tool watch was a novel idea. Watch companies produced a few purpose-designed pieces for military use in the early 20th century, but most watches that were sold at retailers were designed with purely fashion in mind. In the 1950s and 1960s, the tool watch market exploded, fueled by the popularity of SCUBA diving and the growing interest in aviation.  Breitling was one of the earliest\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emanufactures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto respond to the trend when they released the Navitimer in 1954.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe’ve been referring to the Navitimer as a watch, but that’s not quite right — it’s really a wrist-worn navigation computer. The Navitimer’s most distinctive feature, the slide rule bezel, was used by pilots to calculate airspeed, ascent and descent rates, flight time, distance traveled, fuel consumption and even imperial to metric unit conversions. The Navitimer truly is a mechanical computer, and also happens to be one of the best damn looking watches out there. How cool is that?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis particular Navitimer dates to circa 1973 and features 40mm stainless steel case with a domed acrylic crystal, a signed crown, a bidirectional rotating internal telemetry and slide rule bezel, a glossy black Tritium dial with silvered sub registers and matching handset, and the venerable Valjoux Cal. 7740 hand-cranking chronograph movement with date within.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis is a tremendous opportunity to own a proper  vintage iteration of one of the most famous chronographs out there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breitling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40119543201879,"sku":"40940063","price":4650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS07991_40940063_BREITLING_NAVTIMER_7806-7.jpg?v=1676490007","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/breitling-navitimer-as07991","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}