Wristwatches · Wristwatch
Breitling Navitimer Aerospace Titanium, circa 1990
- Maker / attribution
- Breitling (maker)
- Date
- c. 1990
- Historical period
- Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Materials / technique
- titanium
- Dimensions
- Case 40 mm
- Stock no.
- vws1202
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Vintage Watch Specialist (vws1202)
- Catalogue title (original)
- Breitling Navitimer Aerospace Titanium C. 1990 ***SOLD*** (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Vintage Watch Specialist (dealer), United Kingdom (stock number vws1202), this is a wristwatch by Breitling, made in Switzerland, dated c. 1990. The Atlas places it in the Mechanical Renaissance period (1990 – 2010) of its Wristwatches collection. Materials and techniques recorded by the source: titanium. Recorded dimensions: Case 40 mm. The record is illustrated with 4 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Vintage Watch Specialist
WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS WATCH IS NOW SOLD! IF HOWEVER YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL SOMETHING SIMILAR THEN PLEASE EMAIL sales@vintagewatchspecialist.com or WhatsApp/Call +44 7831 454658. Thanks The Navitimer Aerospace Ref: 80360-C like the one we have for sale here were produced in a few variants from 1985-1995, so not for a particularly long run. This particular watch is the Titanium model on a bracelet. The watch is powered by a very reliable Breitling 56 calibre movement, which is a quartz ETA 988.332 base movement used in various branded watches over the years. The movement has various complications, including, Perpetual Calendar, Dual Time zone and chronograph. It has a 3-4 year battery life, which was recently replaced when the watch was also checked over by our watchmaker. So buy with confidence as it comes with our 12 month guarantee. Originally the watch will have been water resistant to 30m. It has a unidirectional bezel and a mineral crystal. At 40mm case diameter without the crown and being a watch and bracelet made of titanium it wears very well and is light at 34.3g. The lug width is 20mm and will therefore lend itself to being worn on a variation of straps, should you wish to take it off the original bracelet. This Breitling Aerospace is in excellent condition overall with little signs of wear and it comes with its original box and paperwork including the all important instruction manual so you can set the watch and understand all the complications etc. All in all a great example of a fantastic watch. Modern or vintage PX’s considered, please contact or call me on +44 7831 454658 Model ref: 80360 Aerospace Navitimer Year: 1990 Box and papers: Yes Movement type, calibre and jewels: Quartz, Calibre ETA 988.332 Case: Titanium Dial: Grey Crystal: Sapphire Crystal Bracelet: Titanium Width (w/o crown): 40mm Height, lug to lug: 46mm Lug width: 20mm Wrist size: Full Bracelet
Historical context
Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
Mechanical watches return as cultural objects; independent watchmaking flourishes.
Mechanical watches returned as cultural and luxury objects. Complications, tourbillons and new materials proliferated; independent watchmakers such as George Daniels, F.P. Journe and Philippe Dufour revived artisanal watchmaking; collecting vintage watches became a major field.
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Atlas type guide
Wristwatches
Bracelet watches were worn by women from the early nineteenth century — Breguet made one for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in 1810–12 — but the wristwatch only became a man's instrument with military use and aviation in the early twentieth century. Between the World Wars it overtook the pocket watch; the 1920s and 1930s brought rectangular Art Deco cases, water-resistant cases and the first automatic winding systems.
After 1945 the wristwatch became a carrier of identity — dress watches, sports and dive watches, chronographs, calendars — produced by Swiss, American, Japanese, German, Soviet and Chinese industries. The quartz revolution after 1969 and the mechanical renaissance since the 1990s, including the rise of independent watchmakers, complete the story.
What to look for
- The reference number (between the lugs or inside the case back) and serial number, the starting point for dating.
- The calibre: its maker and number are often stamped under the dial or on the bridge.
- Originality of dial, hands and crown — refinished ('redial') dials are common.
- Case material marks: 18K/750, 14K/585, stainless steel, gold-filled, plated.
Dating clues
- Wire-lug cases: before c. 1925.
- Water-resistant screw-down cases: from 1926.
- Quartz movements: from 1969; sapphire crystals widespread after c. 1980.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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