Breitling Navitimer 8 Chronograph

Released in 1954, the Breitling Navitimer has been in production longer than any other sporting chronograph. Complex yet elegant, you're bound to get lost in the dial… …which is probably not a good thing if you're a pilot using it to navigate while flying, but we digress. Over the decades, the Navitimer has seen countless variations that offer a wide range of design features, materials, complications and casing materials. This particular Navitimer, a Navitimer 8 Chronograph, eschews the complex dial of the 1950s original with its myriad timing scales for a clean, highly legible triple-register chronograph layout. What’s more, this example is made of precious metals, elevating it from simple tool watch to beautiful statement piece. Housed in a 43mm rose gold case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, dual barrel pushers, and a bi-directional timing bezel, it features a luminous, sunburst brown dial with applied Arabic indices, a triple-register chronograph layout with white sub registers, and a date window at 4:30. Powered by the automatic Breitling B01 chronograph movement, it comes paired to a signed, brown alligator leather strap with a rose gold pin buckle. Representing one of the first releases from the George Kern-led Breitling era, this is an important model in Navitimer history, and a fantastic, highly refined watch from a beloved marque.