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Breitling. A rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with white dial and hack feature, made for the Canadian Air Force
Lot 139

Breitling. A rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with white dial and hack feature, made for the Canadian Air Force

Signed Breitling Watch Ltd., case no. 1'421'097, manufactured in 1973

Closed16 May 2016

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CHF 4,000

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Breitling. A rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with white dial and hack feature, made for the Canadian Air Force
Signed Breitling Watch Ltd., case no. 1'421'097, manufactured in 1973
Cal. Valjoux 236 mechanical movement, 17 jewels, white dial, luminous Arabic 6 and 12 numerals, the remaining Arabic numerals with luminous accents, luminous hands, red chronograph hand, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutess register, circular water-resistant-type case, screw back engraved D.N.D., S/N NS 162, Stock No. 6645/21/802/126, one round chronograph button in the band, case and movement signed
35.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Breitling, the present watch was made in 1973, fitted with a Valjoux 236 movement.

During a short period between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s, Breitling supplied a small number of single button chronograph watches to the Canadian Air Force, adapted following the specifications requested by the Ministry of Defence. The watches featured an unsigned white dial, a Valjoux 236 movement with hack feature, the outside of the case backs were marked with Ministry of Defence issue numbers.

The outside of the case back of the present watch is engraved with the following markings:

D.N.D. (Department of National Defence)
S/N NS 162
Stock No. 6645/21/802/1267

NATO stock code, 6645-21-802-1267, NATO individual device number for this type of chronograph, 21 is the country code for Canada within NATO.