Champthekid
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Do you remember the "Aviation" watches from
Ollech & Wajs? I picked these up around 20 years or so ago and pretty much threw them in my safe unworn. I love the look of the dials and cases.
The story with them is O&W purchased the stock in the late 70's when Breitling (for a short time) went out of business. O&W created the brand Aviation. I wish I knew more
about them, but I don't.
The triple register chronograph reads it's running a Valjoux 7736 behind the glass back. The double register chronograph has a solid caseback which I removed
for the picture below. I have no idea where these movements were made. They're quite rudimentary in my opinion.
Anyway, I wanted to share these pictures because I don't remember the last time I saw anyone post one if ever at all. I don't see these specific watches anywhere.
Regards,
Steve
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Do you remember the "Aviation" watches from
Ollech & Wajs? I picked these up around 20 years or so ago and pretty much threw them in my safe unworn. I love the look of the dials and cases. The story with them is O&W purchased the stock in the late 70's when Breitling (for a short time) went out...
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I remember 15 years ago the O&W website selling NOS Aviation watches. They are as sexy as 806 Navis.
Thanks. So maybe it was 15 years
ago when I picked them up. It’s a blur to me all those years flying by 🤣
I used to have one Steve!
Albert Wajs was a relative of a good friend of mine and when he was visiting London from Zurich many years ago, he brought with him an Aviation Chronomatic with a Calibre 12 automatic movement. I asked if I could buy it from him and he duly obliged. Proba...
That is a really cool story!
If you find the photos I hope you can share them here. Thank you, Baruch.
Very nice score 20 years ago!
which dial do you prefer? I think they are both attractive, but probably drawn to the three registers.
Glad you asked, Larry. I prefer
the two register chronograph because I see far fewer of them than the three register chronograph. 👍
I’m with you on the panda dial.
I definitely have way more 3 register chronographs than 2 register chronographs, but in the case of the Aviation, I like the look of the 2 register better 👍😁
Ask as many questions as you like, Larry 👍
Diameter is 42mm. Lug to lug is 47.5mm. Between lugs are 20mm. Thickness is 13.2mm. I’m retired now so have the time in the world 😁
Here are wrist shots of each watch👍
Diameter is 41mm for both. Strap size is 22mm and thickness is just under 13mm 👍 All the best, Steve ...
These are truly cool 👌🏻👍🏻
What part of the Breitling stock did they actually acquire? Was it cases, dials…?
Below is the information I copied from the net.
1979 The iconic Navitimer rescued from obsolesce. Great friends with Willy Breitling for years, Albert Wajs and Joseph Ollech (along with Patek Philippe and Helmut Sinn) acquire the tooling, stock parts and Navitimer designs from the liquidated Breitling....
I was never a fan of the 24h or
Cosmonaut versions. Too confusing versus standard layout. If I see anything I’ll PM you, but I haven’t seen them in a while.