Breitling AVI Ref 765 1953 Re-Edition Rb0920131b1x1

AVI REF. 765 1953 RE-EDITION, limited edition of only 253 pieces worldwide. The AVI Ref. 765 1953 Re-Edition recreates to the very last detail one of the early executions of the Co-Pilot Ref. 765 AVI. Some features of note:

• Identical dimensions as the original.
• All black main dial.
• Domed hesalite (plastic) crystal.
• The bezel is secured by 3 screws that are placed in precisely the same positions as those on the watch from 1953.
• Syringe shaped hour & minute hands.
• Vintage colored luminous material.
• 15 minute sub-dial with luminous indexes at 3 minute mark. Back in the 1950’s a pilot’s final plane check was expected to not exceed 15 minutes, hence the importance of the 15 minute sub-dial with luminous indications.

This watch features:

• Brushed & polished 18kt red gold case.
• Polished 18kt red gold bi-directional rotating bezel with black filled engraved hour markers.
• Black main dial & sub-dials.
• Polished hands, the hour & minute hands with luminous fill.
• Luminous Arabic numeral hour markers.
• Fined printed minute/seconds & fractions of a seconds track.
• Small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock.
• Chronograph/Stopwatch functions:
• Column wheel mechanism.
• Large central seconds hand counter, capable of keeping time up to 1/4th of a second.
• 15 minute sub-dial counter located at the 3 o’clock position.
• 12 hour counter sub-dial located at the 6 o’clock position.
• Breitling hand-wound in-house caliber B09, beats at 28,800 vph (4Hz), contains 47 jewels & has a power reserve of 70 hours.