Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute A12322

The Navitimer is Breitling's best known series, and a personal favourite here at Watch Vault. It’s is classic Breitling, and a design that has endured the test of time and still finds itself at the top of the pile in the Aeronautical derived watches.

The version we have here is the Cosmonaute, itself a pretty special subset of the Navitimer range. The story goes that Scott Carpenter, and American Astronaut, requested a special Navitimer be made with a 24 hour time scale rather than the traditional 12 hour, to easily distinguish between AM and PM in space. Breitling obliged, and in 1962 Carpenter wore a Cosmonaute into orbit, the first wrist watch to do so on an American Astronaut. Pretty cool, huh?

This particular example is known as the A12322, and presents in TZ Excellent condition. The highly polished case and bracelet shows some signs of regular use in the form of scuffs and swirlies, but no dings, dents or scrapes are present. Please see images for full condition details.

The service history is unknown. It is winding very smoothly, and keeping COSC time at over 300 degrees of amplitude. Chrono starts, stops and resets as it should.

Includes outer box (ripped), inner box (damaged lid brackets), Slide Rule instructions, spare links, instruction booklet and document holder. No papers, though does include a sales record from the previous retailer in Japan.

Brand: Breitling

Model #: A12322

Style: Aviation

Case Material: Stainless Steel

Case details: 41mm

Bracelet: Steel

Movement: Manual wind Lemania Chronograph

Dial: Black with silver subdials

Hands: Luminous

Paraphernalia: Outer box (ripped), inner box (damaged lid brackets), Slide Rule instructions, spare links, instruction booklet and document holder. No papers, though does include a sales record from the previous retailer in Japan.

TZ Grading: Excellent

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