Launch date
1963
Historic details
PRODUCTION SPAN: 1963
1963 brings us the Navitimer Mk3 and a major redesign. Soon after migrating the 1962 AVI line to the new contrasting subdials, the Navitimer gets a new livery too: contrasting silverwhite subdials on the black base dial. A new set of slim tapered baton hands replace the syringe, and the chrono sweep hand now has the "arrow tip" that we see still on the Navitimer today. Look closely and you'll notice that even the subdial hands are redesigned. Here, sword hands now replace the thin baton hands of the earlier Mk1 and Mk2.
The Mk3 is described as a transitional execution, as it combines these new design features with the classic beaded bezel cases of earlier executions.
Caliber: Venus 178, WOG-coded
Case: tapered lugs, ca. 40mm diameter
Bezel: larger beads, ca. 40.3mm diameter
Dial: black with silverwhite subdials, monochrome slide rule
Hands: lumed tapered baton hands, arrow tip chrono sweep
Discover more 1963 brings us the Navitimer Mk3 and a major redesign. Soon after migrating the 1962 AVI line to the new contrasting subdials, the Navitimer gets a new livery too: contrasting silverwhite subdials on the black base dial. A new set of slim tapered baton hands replace the syringe, and the chrono sweep hand now has the "arrow tip" that we see still on the Navitimer today. Look closely and you'll notice that even the subdial hands are redesigned. Here, sword hands now replace the thin baton hands of the earlier Mk1 and Mk2.
The Mk3 is described as a transitional execution, as it combines these new design features with the classic beaded bezel cases of earlier executions.
Caliber: Venus 178, WOG-coded
Case: tapered lugs, ca. 40mm diameter
Bezel: larger beads, ca. 40.3mm diameter
Dial: black with silverwhite subdials, monochrome slide rule
Hands: lumed tapered baton hands, arrow tip chrono sweep
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