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This watch deserved a serious review, and you did it, François.
A pleasure to read, I learned a lot of things on a reference I don't know very well, by far.
The 24 hours dial makes a big difference. What a look.
Thanks also to hilight the case and the lugs. Nice bevels.
A Ref post I will certainly come back to read, often!
Best, mon ami. And thanks for all your efforts for posting the pictures... I know, I know... 
Nicolas. This message has been edited by amanico on 2015-04-07 11:02:49
Vintage Breitling 809 Cosmonaute Scott Carpenter Part 1
On May the 24th 1962, Scott Carpenter comes back from space. He is the 6th man to go there, the second american with to rteach orbit. Americans have now the same number of orbital flights as soviets, they catch up after losing to Sputnik and Gagarine. The...
Breitling 809 Cosmonaute part 2: genesis in space
Scott Carpenter is an astronaut among 7. 7 that are the NASA Pioneers, the group 1, the group of the Mercury Project. An elite of jet pilot coming from different army corpses: Air Force, Navy and Marine. 7 among 508 army candidate, 7 filling those criteri...
Breitling 809 Cosmonaute Part 3: the beauty that became a beast
Unlike many toolwatches, Breitling are elegant, far from the brutal thickness that you can find in other toolwatches ( which has its own charm for sure). It's something typical that you can also find on SuperOcean 807 and 1004, divers that are thin and re...
This watch deserved a serious review, and you did it, François.
A pleasure to read, I learned a lot of things on a reference I don't know very well, by far. The 24 hours dial makes a big difference. What a look. Thanks also to hilight the case and the lugs. Nice bevels. A Ref post I will certainly come back to read, o...
Thank you Nicolas
The effort was worth it ;) dial and bezel make a difference , the dial is easier to see in photos but irl the bezel is quite something, Compare here is the profile of an 806 found on the net. and here my Cosmonaute. ...
Just finished reading thru your thread, François . . .
. . . a thousand thanks for taking the time and making the effort to share it with us. What a thrill it would be to have a connection with Carpenter confirmed by Breitling! Art
Thank you Art :)
I think it's good to dream and it makes a nice story for the review :) (another thing is whatever Breitling says, it would be nice if they provide proofs , collectors would appreciate to see something from them... at the moment the way they manage vintage...
Thank you for sharing all this! :)
Great post about a watch living in the shadow of the Speedmaster in fame as space watch! Much appreciated! :) Best Blomman
in the shadow... coughing...
THAT is a spacewatch , conceived for this and worn in condition before any other chornograph or swiss wristwatch. The astronaut asked for it, it's not a brand that desperately try to get there. There is no other spacewatch (don't take it seriously, it's j...
Delightful post cisco & 24 h dials rock!
Thank you for your efforts here. Cheers, -- Richard.
Thank wou rwk
All black Navitimers are beautiful imho, I love them. But this one is special for sure :)
What a wonderful read !..& the superb result of lots of passion, knowledge & splendid pics
.. I am neither a Breitling collector nor expert, but your series are fantastic ! Thank you so much for taking the efforts and sharing them here ; a pleasure to read from line one on. - I've bookmarked all your parts ! My very Best, hs
Thanks hs for your aprreciation
very honoured to read these compliments and happy you enjoyed it. cheers François
Une revue fantastique
well worth being shared and published in english. Kind regards Z'
Nice, very nice and when we talk about Navitimer and AOPA ...
we should also look at the lattest one from Basel 2015: Of course, yours is much nicer and (probably) a rare find. Still I think the new one isn´t bad either :-) Great post! Oliver ...
Thank you Oliver
It's hard to compare new watches and vintage. I like vintage but new watches are important because when a line didn't stop for more than 60 years, it means something, it's good for the new watches as for vintage one. Thanks for the photo :) You might be s...
Fantastic Post! You made me write an Astronaut post in response
since I was just able to see and hear many of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo heros. Thanks for the recap of the Breitling Navitimer. Cheers, Cazalea PS Here's the LINK TO APOLLO 13 REUNION
Thank you Cazalea!
What a blessing for you to be part of this meeting! For the Mercury 7, only John Glenn remains, what an adventure it was! François
Scott Carpenter - From Cosmonaut to Aquanaut.
People Under the SEA. - SEALAB SEALAB II was a completely new habitat, 57 by 12 feet in size, and unlike SEALAB I included hot showers and refrigeration. It was placed in the La Jolla Canyon off the coast of California, at a depth of 205 fsw (62 m). On Au...
Wow amazing Bill, thanks for your help and answer.
These guys were an elite. Not everyone can be a jet pilot, to be a jet test pilot, have a bachelor degree and have top physical condition makes a statement on who these guys were. And one of seven in the end. Carpenter wanted to discover and although ther...
Great reference post
I didn't have the time to read it completly but couldn't wait to thank you for the quality of your work. I'll take time to read it in full, thanks a lot for sharing François :) Cheers, Mark
That’s a great review !
What a fantastic era and some great photos. Thanks for all your hard work on this subject.
So much work. Much appreciated
Even more so since I found this beauty There is a wonderful history to this model Thanks for unfolding the story Julian ...