Hello Everyone,
I thought I would post a few pics of my Navitimers, I hope you like them.
The first is a 1996 Airborne I purchased new. At 17 years old I wonder if it's earned the right to be called vintage yet!. Obviously I have the box and all the paper work, it's been serviced four times and repaired once ( a hand fell off after it was serviced). I do wish I had bought a metal strap for it when they were still a reasonable price ( it's 20mm) but I fear I will never afford one now. New Breitlings were a lot cheaper back in 1996.
1996 by bullfrog Bronco, on Flickr
The second is a 806 from 1965. That I think is in pretty good condition. It took me ages to find at the right price, they are out of my reach now, in this condition. I purchased it as a set with a box and a set of papers, but as you can see, the box isn't from 1965. Perhaps they were originally together, but I guess more likely they were not. I have been on the lookout for a proper period box ( so I can sell this one) but the last two times I found one, I got sniped by some bloke called Bill Shane.
I also have a couple of others and a made up/franken I bought by mistake ( a lesson learned) , thankfully it runs very well and looks quite cool and I purchased it long enough ago to not be too bothered these days. Sadly there are a lot more around these days and advertised for considerably more than they should, which is a shame, especially as ebay seems unwilling to do anything about it.
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