Horological Meandering

Breitling Navitimer A23322 - Tale of a simple watch ...

 

Team,

Yes, I know:

1) The ETA Valjoux 7753 is far from being a horological masterpiece

2) A common Breitling Navitimer

3) (To Nicolas) It has a date at 4:30

4) Worst! The Breitling Caliber B23 don't have a quick set date(You need to bounce between 6PM to 1AM several times to advance several days!)

But ...

I'm enjoying every second that I have it on my wrist.

Here is the story:

I'm looking for an Omega Co Axial (old style) that reminds the first ones produced by Omega. This wish started when I finished reading George Daniels biography "All in Good Time: Reflections of a Watchmaker" (I strongly recommend).

One DeVille with power reserve pops up and I got it for a song (let's say more than one song).

Cool, I never had a watch with power reserve and that DeVille was somehow representative of the early Co-Axial days and it was in fine shape and it is the old 28800 BPH.

Then I notice that the power reserve touches my OCD and wearing the watch was annoying to me because I checked the power reserve over and over.

Yesterday the opportunity of a trade and, after considering that this was not a watch that I was looking but I need to get rid of the DeVille and its disturbing power reserve indicator. Done. Going home, I was thinking "What I go to do with this Navitimer?".

Got home, swapped the original strap (did I told that I don't like deployment buckles) and set the watch and put it on my wrist ....





Immediately I enter a watch nirvana. Heaven!!! 

The big question is why I'm so attracted to this watch?

Last picture using Blomman's style (Blomman's patent was rejected because of prior art -- The hand and the sky was invented early!!)

Funny thing this hobby. No matter how much knowledge we accumulate, passion comes first.

One interesting side effect: I set the watch yesterday and today, after 32 hours, the watch is deadly accurate to the same second!

Thanks for seeing and please, tell your story of illogical acquisitions.

To end the story, I'm still looking for a "vintage" Omega Co-Axial (without power reserve, please).

Cheers,

Nilo