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8 December 2019, 04:01 AM | #301 |
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Just realized I never posted pics when I got mine a few weeks back!
Popped it off the factory strap and paired it with a previously broken in rough Hodinkee strap. Wears like a dream.
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8 December 2019, 01:45 PM | #303 |
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Skyrider I’m glad it’s just not me! Those odd minutes dont apply to holding patterns or anything else I could think of...
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New Breitling Navitimer Re-Edition
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This is a throwback but it doesn’t apply to timing phone calls IMHO. Rather it is an homage to a time when navigation was accomplished manually. LORAN came into use in the 1940’s and revolutionized air navigation. This required new training and a process that was repeatable. A pilot had 3 minutes to plot a LORAN LOP for ground waves and make 3 successive readings to eliminate any uncorrected errors. For sky waves, this was expected in 4 minutes with the same triple checks. (I do not know why it took longer to get a fix with sky waves, but maybe a NAV instructor will come along and explain that part.) Benrus also did a watch in the 1940’s just for that purpose and hashed at 4-8-12 minutes. Here is a little more about the Benrus and navigation: https://nawcc.pastperfectonline.com/...3-934361395544 Even before LORAN, pilots took measurements the old-fashioned way: a sextant. Navigation tables advised that readings should be taken at least every four minutes. Then using the angle of the sun (or Polaris, at night) between the horizon and gauge the airplane’s position. Sky waves were especially important in areas where LORAN ground waves weren’t available due to widely dispersed towers like the early deployment days and even later in certain undeveloped countries. The Navitimer was invented in 1952 and for more commercial air pilots who flew in developed countries where the ground wave method was preferred for accuracy - thus the 3-6-9 hashes. Just my 2¢ - not a pilot but have stayed in a few Holiday Inns... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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9 December 2019, 11:42 AM | #305 |
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Interesting! I got into aviation towards the end of LORAN. By that time it was all automated
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16 December 2019, 03:37 AM | #306 |
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16 December 2019, 03:44 AM | #308 |
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17 December 2019, 11:40 AM | #309 |
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Just put a Navitimer bracelet on the 806 and I could not be happier. It took a watchmaker to custom fit the end links to the case, but was well worth it.
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24 December 2019, 12:27 PM | #310 |
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beautiful watch! Love this
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25 December 2019, 06:28 AM | #311 |
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Received an early Christmas present... got a call from by Breitling AD this afternoon.... He had a package for me....
001 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] 002 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] a Platinum 806... LE of only 59 pieces... 006 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] 008 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] 013 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] 020 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] 030 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] I am glad that Breitling chose to stay true with the solid dial (though blue) on the platinum version, as opposed to the panda dial on the RG version. Merry Christmas to all!
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I agree with you on the solid dial. I had a chance to buy the RG version, but I preferred the dial of the Steel one which is also true to the original version. Merry Christmas! |
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25 December 2019, 06:38 AM | #313 |
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Thank you Skyrider! Yes I had originally ordered a RG version of the watch, but when I saw it had the panda dial I lost interest. When I found out about the platinum version with the solid dial, I asked my AD to order one for me.
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Here are some side-by-side pics of the SS and Plat. editions:
018 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] 012 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/] with my gold vintage 806. 023 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150333170@N07/]
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Very very nice!
I’m thinking about putting my steel version on a spare black deployment Breitling strap |
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Picked up my rose gold version a few weeks ago and really enjoying it.
The boutique was also able to get me a very meaningful limited edition number that I requested. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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Absolutely gorgeous. Like this one more than the more monotone SS. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Breitling are value destroyers 35% down out the door if you’re lucky
This has a nice dial but depending on your needs - no date |
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806 discount
I was offered 20% discount from an AD.
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I was offered it three times so far, I really like it, but without a substantial discount, it is not worth it, in my book. I think the right price for this piece would have been around $6,000 - for me with tax at a local shop it would have been north of $9,000.
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Both of mine the SS and Plat. models came with a discount. Breitling hyped this piece as being sold out and difficult to come by, however the reality is they are available through AD's and were even available for a time online through Breitling.com.
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Stopped by my AD's today and he has the RG version in the case.
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that looks amazing!
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i've seen it sitting in displays cases in two different ADs within a month
I think they can be easily gotten i told one AD that i'd think about it and he said no problem and that he can easily get another one if the current one got sold. |
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Just found it in breitling boutique in dubai (mall of the Emirates). I think you can get 10-15% discount and tax free. I was told they got 6 pieces but they did not mention how many were sold. I asked the reason they suddenly became very easy to get, the answer was that breitling intended to sell it online + boutiques that is why they were scarce in the start because they held the amount of pieces that were meant to be sold online. However, due to reasons he didn't know, they couldn't sell online and the pieces were back to boutiques and ADs. Not sure how true this story is.
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Is it just me or are the minute number indicators not exactly centered on the re-edition? For example, the 55 number that denotes the 55th minute on the dial is not centered between the 54th and 56th line indicators.
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