Launch date
1972
Historic details
PRODUCTION SPAN: 1972-1974
As supply of new Venus cal. 178 has ceased, Breitling introduces a manual-wind successor to the classic Navitimer 806, mounted in a the same classic 40/41mm serrated bezel case. The movement is a newly launched Valjoux cal. R7740, based on the modular design of the cal. 11/12 Chrono-Matic, using the same Dubois Depraz chronograph module.
The Navitimer ref. 7806 has "Big Eyes" hour and minute counters and "running seconds" at 12. For the first time, a date display is integrated at 4:30.
Red accents feature on both dial and slide rule. The logos are "Twin Jet" for Breitling-distributed Navitimer or silverwhite printed AOPA-signed wings. There are two executions of hands: the slim lumed tapered baton of the venerable 806, later replaced by the lumed wide baton hands of the 48mm "Big Case" Navitimer. Unique to this reference is a wider pinted subdial hand for the running seconds at 6.
Caliber: manual wind Valjoux R7740
Case: tapered lugs, ca. 40mm diameter
Bezel: serrated pointed notch bezel, ca. 41mm diameter
Dial: black with silverwhite "Big Eye" subdials, red accents on dial and slide rule
Mk1 hands: lumed tapered baton hands, arrow tip chrono sweep
Mk2 hands: wide lumed baton, red chrono sweep, rabbit ear subdial hands
(some transitions with Mk1 arrow tip chrono sweep)
Discover more As supply of new Venus cal. 178 has ceased, Breitling introduces a manual-wind successor to the classic Navitimer 806, mounted in a the same classic 40/41mm serrated bezel case. The movement is a newly launched Valjoux cal. R7740, based on the modular design of the cal. 11/12 Chrono-Matic, using the same Dubois Depraz chronograph module.
The Navitimer ref. 7806 has "Big Eyes" hour and minute counters and "running seconds" at 12. For the first time, a date display is integrated at 4:30.
Red accents feature on both dial and slide rule. The logos are "Twin Jet" for Breitling-distributed Navitimer or silverwhite printed AOPA-signed wings. There are two executions of hands: the slim lumed tapered baton of the venerable 806, later replaced by the lumed wide baton hands of the 48mm "Big Case" Navitimer. Unique to this reference is a wider pinted subdial hand for the running seconds at 6.
Caliber: manual wind Valjoux R7740
Case: tapered lugs, ca. 40mm diameter
Bezel: serrated pointed notch bezel, ca. 41mm diameter
Dial: black with silverwhite "Big Eye" subdials, red accents on dial and slide rule
Mk1 hands: lumed tapered baton hands, arrow tip chrono sweep
Mk2 hands: wide lumed baton, red chrono sweep, rabbit ear subdial hands
(some transitions with Mk1 arrow tip chrono sweep)
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