Breitling military manual wind chronograph wristwatch ref. 817 for the Italian Army
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Circa 1975
This Breitling military wristwatch, reference 817, was produced for the Italian Army circa 1975. The watch features a 40mm stainless steel case with a brushed and polished finish, fitted with a black bi-directional calibrated bezel and a screw-down case back engraved with the Italian military marking 'E.I.
0331'. Powered by a 17-jewel Valjoux Caliber 236 manual wind movement with a column wheel chronograph mechanism, the watch includes twin pushers and a crown. The black dial is configured with luminous Arabic numeral hour markers, white outer minute divisions with Arabic numeral five-minute markers, and subsidiary dials at the three and nine o'clock positions for seconds and a thirty-minute recorder. It is equipped with white pointed baton hands featuring luminous inserts and a center chronograph hand.
The timepiece is presented on an associated grey fabric strap with a steel buckle. The dial and movement are signed by Breitling.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Strap
- grey fabric
- Case diameter
- 40mm
- Case material
- stainless steel
Technical characteristics
- Movement
- 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.236 manual wind
- Complications
- column wheel chronograph
Design
- Dial
- black
- Markers
- luminous Arabic numerals
- Case back inscription
- E.I. 0331
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Breitling
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.