AOPA winged-logo dial

Probable

Navitimers supplied through the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association carry the AOPA winged logo at 12 in place of, or alongside, Breitling's own. The association distributed the watch to its members, so these are a distribution variant rather than a special edition.

Part reference

Brand: Breitling
Identifying marks: Winged AOPA emblem printed at 12. Printing quality and registration consistent with the rest of the dial; the emblem is fine enough that a reproduction dial usually renders it soft.

Documented variations

Classification

FactoryDocumented as shipped from the factory for this reference and period.PeriodNot original to this watch, but correct for its production period.ServiceFitted by the manufacturer's own service network. Not a defect.AftermarketThird-party part. Affects originality, not authenticity.ModifiedGenuine parts in a configuration the factory did not sell. Affects originality and value, not authenticity.CounterfeitDeceptive reproduction intended to pass as genuine.UnknownEvidence on file does not settle the question.

AOPA-signed dial
FactoryProbable
Whole production
Correct on the references distributed through the association. Its presence is not evidence of authenticity and its absence is not evidence against a Navitimer — both configurations were sold, and which one is correct depends on the reference and the market rather than on preference.
Reproduction or redialled AOPA dial
CounterfeitProbable
Whole production
The AOPA emblem carries a premium, which makes adding it to a plain dial economically rational. Assess it as printing — edge sharpness, ink sitting in rather than on the surface — rather than as a logo that is present or absent.

Open questions

OpenDial generationHigh

Which Navitimer references were supplied through AOPA, and when

Which Navitimer references carried the AOPA winged dial, over what period, and were AOPA and Breitling-signed dials supplied concurrently within the same reference?

Scope Consequential because the emblem carries a premium and is therefore worth adding to a plain dial. Without a reference-and-period mapping an examiner cannot say whether an AOPA dial belongs on the watch it is in, only whether the printing looks right.

Documented on these references

Breitling 806.24Factory
Whole production
AOPA distribution variant. The emblem carries a premium and is therefore worth assessing as printing rather than as a feature that is simply present.

Provenance of this record

Sources & Evidence

Contemporaneous sourceOriginal catalog

Breitling catalogues and aviation-trade advertising, 1940s-1970s

Breitling SA

Accessed: 2026-08-18

Cited for

This referenceProbable

Last verified: Not yet reviewed