Breitling Chronongraph Military Ref. 817 Stainless Steel

Very beautiful chronograph military bracelet Breitling 817 in steel. Round case. Round pushes. Bidirectional graduated swing. Black dial with 2 counters. Totalizer of the minutes at 3 a.m. and small second hand at 9 a.m. Mechanical movement with column wheel caliber Valjoux 236

As soon as he learned to watch the man was almost obsessed with the idea of ​​perfecting the measure of short time using special watches. We will not be surprised that his training has struggled, he got down to the realization of his own chronograph. Leon Breitling's career was thus intended. He designs other chronographs and builds measurement tools for watchmaking and we are talking more and more about him in the profession. In 1884 the first chronographs appeared to sign the signature of its inventor still manufactured in his native country in St Lorimier. In 1892 in the neighboring city, the lime of funds. The young industrialist creates the LEON BREITLING MONTBILLANT WATCH WATCH WATCH FACTORY RAY ALWAYS TO Specializing in chronographs.

The proposed model is a Breitling Reference 817, a real Collecting Tool Watch. This is a 40 -minute diameter steel case, with a large telescope 60 minutes rotating and bidirectional. The immaculate black dial with luminescent painted Arabic numbers. A game of exceptional bell skeleton needles. The movement is mechanical with manual reassembly, the Valjoux 236 with a column wheel.

Here is a beautiful technical and aesthetic object, in a rare state.