In 1952 when Breitling developed a revolutionary watch with a built-in chronograph and navigation computer (sliderule). AOPA (Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association) they decided to make breitling their official watch and in that way the first Navitimer was born with AOPA’s beautiful official wing logo displayed on its dial. In the beginning the Breitling logo ”B” and the name itself were only printed on the case back. It had the reference nr. 806 - and while the movement was officially registered as a Venus 178, a limited number (probably as little as a few hundred) of Navitimers were produced with the famous Valjoux 72 movement in 1954/55. The Dial was black, as were the subdials, and it had a bubble's round the bezel. This model was produced throughout the 1950’s.
Moreover, the AOPA wing was removed from the dial and the official Breitling Navitimer logo became two aircrafts flying in close formation. At the same time, however, Breitling continued to supply AOPA with Navitimers sporting the AOPA logo on the dial.
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