Breitling Chrono-Matic*** 2110*** 1970's

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BREITLING CHRONO-MATIC 2110
Serial # 133XXXX
Circa: 1970’s

DESCRIPTION:
New Old Stock (NOS), working vintage automatic chronograph with date

MOVEMENT:
Caliber 12, Self-winding mechanical. Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph and date, 17 jewels

DIAL:
Black dial with silver counters, date indication at 6 0‘clock and tachymeter UPH indicator on dial periphery

HANDS:
Original Hands. The luminous material has flaked off

CASE:
40mm round, near mint stainless steel, crown at 9 o’clock and pushers on the right side with bi-directional blackened bezel, Glass in acrylic

STRAP:
Black ‘Tropic Sport’ rubber strap
Producer: Breitling

NOTES:
The 1960’s saw the race towards the development of the first automatic chronograph movement. Two groups were in contention for this feat: Movado/Zenith versus Heuer/Breitling/Hamilton/Dubois Depraz. The Caliber 11 was released just ahead of its competitor in March 1969 and became the first iconic automatic chronograph in the world.
The amalgamations that lead to its success therefore benefited from the same caliber fitted into Breitling, Heuer-Leonidas and Hamilton-Buren. This caliber became the base workhorse for the next 40 years to follow including its successor the Caliber 11-I and the movement in this timepiece, the Caliber 12.

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