116 - BREITLING Navitimer Chrono-Matic Chronograph - Iraqi Issue Ref. 1806, circa 1970

BREITLING Navitimer Chrono-Matic Chronograph - Iraqi Issue Ref. 1806, circa 1970 Rare fighter pilot chronograph issued to the Iraqi Air Force (recognizable by its coat of arms engraved on the case back and the eagle’s wings depicted on the dial at 12 o’clock in place of the usual Breitling logo). This chronograph was nicknamed “pizza” by pilots of the era. Octagonal steel case with a screw-down caseback (signed, featuring the Iraqi Air Force emblem, and numbered). Black dial with apricot-colored tritium-luminous baton hour markers and Luminova-coated skeleton hands. Two recessed silver sub-dials: minutes at 3 o’clock, hours at 9 o’clock, with an orange chronograph seconds hand. Notched bezel in patinated blackened steel, silver-tone slide rule under the crystal, and date window at 6 o’clock. Vintage Breitling steel bracelet with a vintage folding clasp and a T.O.T. pilot’s leather strap. Movement: Breitling-signed Buren 12 Swiss self-winding mechanical caliber Diameter: 48 mm Condition: Good condition (Carrying pouch and Chrono-Matic card)