Breitling brings the hand-wound B09 into the permanent Navitimer collection

Breitling has moved a hand-wound Navitimer into its regular collection with the B09 Chronograph 41, reference AB0950211B1A1. The black reverse-panda dial carries three white registers, a white slide-rule scale and the gold Twin Jet emblem associated with civilian Navitimers of the 1960s. Its steel case measures 41mm across and 13mm thick, with a seven-row steel bracelet and 30 metres of water resistance.

Inside, manufacture calibre B09 is manually wound, COSC-certified and rated for about 70 hours of power reserve. It runs at 28,800 vibrations per hour and times up to 12 hours through a column wheel and vertical clutch. The bracelet version was introduced at €7,800; leather-strap variants start at €7,450.