BREITLING Navitimer B12 Chronograph 41 Cosmonaute

RB12302A1L1P1
225.00
22000.00
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          Description

          The Story

          Breitling’s iconic pilot’s chronograph—fit for space travel. By the early 1960s, Breitling’s Navitimer, with its circular slide rule for performing in-flight calculations, had become the undisputed pilots’ watch. But in the era of the Space Race, another competition was quietly underway, this time between watchmakers vying to be the first on astronauts’ wrists. Breitling showed its chops in the air once again, officially becoming the first Swiss wrist-worn chronograph in space on May 24th, 1962, when Scott Carpenter blasted off in the Mercury-Atlas 7 spacecraft wearing the Navitimer Cosmonaute. The watch was his personal request, a variation on the iconic Navitimer with the addition of a 24-hour dial to distinguish day from night in orbit. Mercury-Atlas 7 circled the earth three times before it splashed down in the Atlantic, making aeronautic—and watchmaking—history. Our Cosmonaute tribute, limited to 250 pieces, modernizes the aesthetics of the original with a green dial and 18 k red gold case. And this time, the main modification isn’t for zero-g but for everyday life: a self-winding chronograph movement, the Breitling manufacture caliber B12. As a further tribute, the caseback is engraved with Carpenter’s mission date, the limitation to 250 pieces and the phrase “First Swiss wristwatch in space.”

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          Technical Data
          Movement
          Caliber Breitling B12 (Manufacture)
          Movement Self-winding mechanical
          Power reserve Approx. 70 hrs
          Chronograph 1/4th second, 30 minutes, 12 hours
          Vibration 28,800 v.p.h
          Jewel 47 jewels
          Calendar Dial aperture
          Case
          Case material 18k red gold
          Caseback Screwed in (sapphire crystal)
          Water resistance 3 bars
          Bezel Bidirectional, slide rule
          Crown Non screw-locked, two gaskets
          Crystal Cambered sapphire, glareproofed both sides
          Dimensions
          Product Weight (Approx.) 121.82 g.
          Watch-head weight (Approx.) 90.0 g.
          Diameter 41.0 mm
          Thickness 13.60 mm
          Height (upper lug tip to lower lug tip) 47.09 mm
          Lug width (in-between lug) 22.00 mm
          Strap
          Strap material Alligator leather
          Strap color Black
          Strap type Straight
          Lug 22/18 mm
          Buckle material 18k red gold
          Buckle type Folding clasp
          Buckle size 18 mm