Breitling 765*** Co-Pilot Killy*** 1967

Breitling 765 CP*** Jean Claude Killy*** 1967

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BREITLING 765 Co-Pilot (CP) "Jean Claude Killy", Venus 178, Circa 1967
Circa: 1967
Reference No.: 765
Serial: 1141161

Dial: Black Dial with luminous hour markers, Silver registers, 15 minutes 'pilot' register at 3 o'clock with 5 luminous batons.

Case: 40mm, stainless steel, black metal rotating 12h bezel, glass in acrylic, screw back

Movement: Venus 178, Hand-wound mechanical column-wheel chronograph movement, 17 jewels

Bracelet: Leather

Condition Report: Overall excellent condition, the dial and hands are mint. The case is in overall excellent unpolished condition.

NOTES: This configuration of the 765, the CP version with black bezel, is known as the Jean Claude Killy because the skiier famously wore this model at 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events there that year.
This is the same watch sold at the Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE on May 13, 2017.

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