BREITLING - LIP

Breitling, Co-Pilot, retailed by LIP, Ref. AVI 765 CP, case no. 1084124, sold in 1976 A very fine, rare and attractive, double-signed, stainless steel chronograph pilot’s wristwatch with reverse panda dial, 15-minute and 12-hour registers, bi-directional revolving bezel Accompanied by a period Breitling presentation box, original guarantee dated January 1976 from France, Breitling letter to original owner dated June 1975, Breitling’s retailer letter to original owner Fitted with a caliber Venus 178, engraved WOG, copper finish, manual winding, 17 jewels, column-wheel mechanism Dial signed by maker and retailer, case and movement signed Diam. 40.60 mm. Thickness 14.15 mm. The present watch is bearing on its dial the double signature BREITLING-LIP, as in France, Breitling was associated and distributed with the French watch brand LIP to benefit from the latter's network and retailers. According to Breitling archives, the model 765 CP was launched in 1965 and is an evolution of the Ref. 765 AVI (fitted with steel engraved bezel). Double signed, well preserved and including the correspondence between Breitling, their agent in South of France, the future owner, the original guarantee and presentation box, the present AVI co-pilot is per sure a collector.