BREITLING (CHRONOGRAPHE NAVITIMER / FORCE IRAKIENNE - DATE / ref. 7806), vers 1973
Reference : V7425
€5,000.00
Tax included
Watch issued to the Iraqi Air Force (recognizable by its engraved coat of arms on the back and eagle wings drawn on the dial at 12 o'clock instead of the usual Breitling logo).
Chronograph from the Navitimer collections with a classic case, produced in very limited numbers in 1973 in a version with the date (between 4 and 5 o'clock), a transition to the Chrono-Matic model. Some of these pieces were also supplied to the Jordanian Air Force. Steel case with clipped back (signed and bearing the Iraqi Royal Air Force crest). Multifunctional unidirectional notched bezel (used as a slide rule) in silver. Black lacquered dial with three hollowed silver counters, large patinated lime green tritium indexes, luminescent skeleton hands and large arrow-shaped chronograph seconds hand. Functions: hour totalizer at 9 o'clock, small seconds at 6 o'clock with special hand, minutes at 3 o'clock. Original branded winding crown.
Original black reptile leather strap with vintage BREITLING pin buckle and a vintage-style tan patinated pilot leather strap.
Movement: Mechanical manual winding caliber signed BREITLING / Valjoux 7740 Swiss.
Additional data
- Case diameter : 41 mm
- Condition : Very good condition (workshop)
- Box : T.O.T. pencil case
- Papers : certificate of expertise VWS by the expert J.C. GUYON