Aviation - History, Models and Owners' Reviews

I have long dreamed of a vintage Navitimer. I have seen the prices of vintage Navitimers soar ;)! Then, I learned that when Breitling was in difficulty following the quartz crisis, two brands positioned themselves to buy parts, tools, stocks: Sinn, well known, but also Ollech and Wajs. Albert Wajs chose the acronym Aviation Chronograph Suisse to market watches resulting from the buyouts made by O&W at Breitling around 1978. So I looked seriously into this story and in an ad, I came across this splendid Aviation, equipped with a valjoux 7736 [some other models have the buren cal.12 and sometimes have a balance bridge signed Breitling], gold-plated and giving the time on 24 hours. A real love at first sight!!! It came in a beautiful Aviation box, with some period papers, including the user manual in Italian, which I had fun deciphering. It seems that Aviation was at the time resold in Parma, in the "Longinotti" store. A piece that I love very much and which allowed me to realize my dream of a Navitimer but with, and this is mine, a little more history!