Specifications
Status |
Preowned |
List Price |
$8000.00 |
Price |
$6495.00 |
Vendor SKU |
AB011012/B967-SS |
Dial |
Black dial with silver subdials. Applied hour markers. Luminescent hands and hour markers. Internal tachymeter scale. |
Movement |
Breitling B01 calibre manufacture chronograph movement. COSC certified chronometer. |
Case |
Water resistant 43.5mm stainless steel case. Screw down crown and screw down pushers. Sapphire crystal and closed caseback. Rotating steel bezel with minute graduations. |
Bracelet |
Stainless steel link Breitling Speed bracelet with deployant clasp. |
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