Horological Meandering

Upon doing my research on the Breitling Navitimer A35330 I found out that this was 2003-4 special -honoring 100 year of powered flight. It had a ETA 2892A2 movement and it was a FLYBACK. That’s a big deal to any watch enthusiast -it’s cool feature -it’s w...  

This stuff happens all the time. Enjoy your watch...👍

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You got to know your product!

...GO does the same thing...drives me crazy.

The inspiration for this watch is a Chronomat from the forties ( I was able to find a pic ) old vintage vibe -modern watch quality really rings my bells! ...  

Found a beautiful Gallet Flying Officer -the chronograph registers were kinda sticky ( sometimes they worked sometimes not so much) go to my watch maker and 8 weeks and $670 later -I get my Flying Officers back and -same issues. Watchmaker says “ it’s a 5... 

...I was speaking purely from a design standpoint.

Maybe Breitling itself? 😅 No wording what so ever not on front (dial) nor on the back! It is a special movement indeed - well rather DD module on ordinary ETA2892 (although with Breitling typical Chronometer grading) -, as it just counts the first 10min. ... 

you would think Breitling would have some mention somewhere on the watch. I think the chronograph is not a modular as the pushers line up with the crown ...  

If you draw a line from pusher to pusher, you know what I mean…

Any indication of a dealer/seller not knowing what they are selling is always a risk, as is buying from certain places. Again a very cool timepiece!

I hate to give the old "if only it didn't have a date window" spiel but that would make it super convincing. In any case, that's a beautiful Flyback Navitimer! As a B person myself I don't mind the B counterbalance😊

Ya can’t get everything -actually the only thing that I wish it had was the modern 70 hour power reserve -I have two watches that have it and for me it’s important!

But all the better for those that know...ya know what I mean???

completely wrong.

Slightly off topic but a highly relevant celebration. It was a beautiful cool blue sky day with little wind everywhere in the UK. Four pilots including me decided we should celebrate 100 years of powered flight, so we each flew a Piper PA28 in a formation...  

The stat I love from this is that the “length of a 747 is longer than the distance of the first flight”

Enter text -such a cool piece -maybe I should have lived with the sticky registers ...