Breitling — Navitimer

Navitimer 806

Name: Breitling Navitimer 806
Brand: Breitling
SKU: 806

“AOPA”

Reference 806 is the core early Navitimer: a 41mm pilot chronograph built around the rotating logarithmic slide-rule bezel, first created for AOPA and then publicly released with Breitling branding in late 1955.

Open in The Dial Atlas

Reference806

BrandBreitling

FamilyNavitimer

Produced1956–1972

StatusDiscontinued

Editorial context

Stories featuring 806

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Breitling — 11 min readBreitling Navitimer: The Wristwatch Flight ComputerA connected history of the Navitimer, from AOPA and the circular slide-rule chronograph to the 806, Scott Carpenter's 24-hour Cosmonaute, Chrono-Matic experiments, the Schneider-era revival, manufacture B01 movements, the 806 Re-Edition, and the 70th-anniversary generation.