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Breitling Navitimer B19 Chronograph Perpetual Calender, 43 mm, Stainless steel, Platinum

It uses an automatic movement.

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luxwatch-100292

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Case

Material
Stainless steel, Platinum
Diameter
43 mm
Water resistance
30 m

Movement

Movement type
Automatic

Dial

Dial colour
Blue
Display functions
Chronograph

Strap / bracelet

Strap material
Stainless steel

Set and condition

Brand
Breitling
Reference
PB1920251C1A1
Condition
New

The story of this watch · Chapters: 7

Breitling Navitimer B19 Chronograph Perpetual Calender, 43 mm, Stainless steel, Platinum

I · This watch

Breitling Navitimer B19 Chronograph Perpetual Calender (new condition) pairs a 43 mm case in stainless steel and platinum with a blue dial and a stainless steel bracelet. It uses an automatic movement. The display includes chronograph; water resistance is 30 m.

Breitling Navitimer B19 Chronograph Perpetual Calender, 43 mm, Stainless steel, Platinum
case diameter
43 mm
case
Stainless steel, Platinum
water resistance
30 m
movement
Automatic

II · The line

Navitimer

The Navitimer was developed in 1952 in response to a request from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Its circular slide rule gave pilots a wrist-worn means of carrying out flight calculations.

III

The perpetual calendar

A perpetual calendar knows how long each month is and when February has 29 days, so the date needs no correction for decades. The first manual adjustment falls in 2100, a year that is not a leap year in the Gregorian calendar. If the watch stops, it is set forward with the correctors rather than by turning the date day by day.

IV

The chronograph

A chronograph is a stopwatch built into the watch. On most models one pusher starts and stops it and another sets it back to zero, while the time of day runs on regardless. The counters on the dial add up the elapsed minutes and, on many models, the hours.

V · The manufacture

Breitling since 1884

Léon Breitling opened his chronograph workshop in Saint-Imier in 1884. In 1915, Gaston Breitling introduced a wrist chronograph with a separate pusher. Willy Breitling brought the two-pusher layout into series production in 1934. The Navitimer of 1952 adapted a rotating slide rule to pilots’ calculations. In 1969, Breitling helped launch the jointly developed automatic Chrono-matic chronograph. Ernest Schneider took over the company in 1979 during the quartz crisis. The renewed Chronomat of 1984 marked a return to the mechanical chronograph. The manufacture Caliber 01 followed in 2009, extending Breitling’s own movement development. Partners Group announced in 2022 that it would become the largest shareholder alongside CVC and management. Watch production is based at the Swiss sites in Grenchen and La Chaux-de-Fonds.

  1. 1884Léon Breitling opened his chronograph workshop in Saint-Imier in 1884.
  2. 1915In 1915, Gaston Breitling introduced a wrist chronograph with a separate pusher.
  3. 1934Willy Breitling brought the two-pusher layout into series production in 1934.
  4. 1952The Navitimer of 1952 adapted a rotating slide rule to pilots’ calculations.
  5. 1969In 1969, Breitling helped launch the jointly developed automatic Chrono-matic chronograph.
  6. 1979Ernest Schneider took over the company in 1979 during the quartz crisis.
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VI · Ownership

Wearing and caring

  1. 1

    An automatic watch winds itself while worn. Left off the wrist for a couple of days it stops: wind it with the crown, then set the time and the date.

  2. 2

    Water resistance up to 50 m means splashes and rain. Do not swim or shower with it.

  3. 3

    Have the movement serviced every few years by the brand's own service or an authorised watchmaker.

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