These are the two chronographs everyone eventually cross-shops: the watch that went to the Moon and the watch that ran the numbers in the cockpit. As of August 2026 a current Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch sits at roughly £5,000–£6,500 pre-owned, while a current steel Breitling Navitimer B01 trades around £4,795–£6,250. They land close on price and diverge sharply on character — one is a hand-wound piece of space history, the other a busy in-house pilot’s tool.
What does a pre-owned Speedmaster cost?
The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch is still manually wound, which is central to its appeal. The current calibre 3861 sits at £5,000–£6,500 depending on Hesalite or sapphire configuration. The prior-generation 3570.50 (calibre 1861) offers the same look for £2,900–£3,800, and a worn no-papers example — likely due a service at £450–£600 — is the genuine floor around £2,600–£2,900. The automatic Speedmaster Reduced (39mm) is cheaper still at £1,900–£2,600, but it is a smaller, different watch, not the Moonwatch. Snoopy editions and gold cases run into five figures.
What does a pre-owned Navitimer cost?
The Breitling Navitimer centres on the current steel B01 Chronograph 43 (AB0138), which trades at £4,795–£6,250 with the in-house B01 movement. The genuine entry is an older pre-2022 Navitimer 01 or a time-only Navitimer 41/35 from £2,600–£4,200. Heritage matters here too: the 806 1959 Re-Edition runs £5,600–£7,400, while original 1960s 806 examples span a wide £4,000–£9,000-plus on condition. Two-tone and solid-gold versions climb well beyond that.
How do they compare, reference by reference?
Asking prices below are UK dealer and marketplace listings as of August 2026, not sold figures.
| Segment | Reference | Asking price (Aug 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Speedmaster — entry (worn, no papers) | 3570.50 (cal 1861) | £2,600–£2,900 |
| Navitimer — entry (time-only / older) | A17326 / older 01 | £2,600–£4,200 |
| Speedmaster — prior gen serviced | 3570.50 full set | £3,300–£3,800 |
| Navitimer — current steel B01 43 | AB0138 | £4,795–£6,250 |
| Speedmaster — current Moonwatch | 310.30 (cal 3861) | £5,000–£6,500 |
| Navitimer — 806 1959 Re-Edition | AB0910 | £5,600–£7,400 |
| Speedmaster — Snoopy 50th | 310.32 | £14,000–£20,000+ |
What are you really paying for with each?
The Speedmaster’s pitch is provenance and mechanics you can feel: worn on Apollo 11 in 1969, still the only watch NASA flight-qualified for extravehicular activity, and hand-wound to this day. Purists chase the Hesalite “true Moonwatch” look; collectors increasingly default to the sapphire-sandwich 3861. The Navitimer’s pitch is function and engineering: a slide-rule pilot’s bezel from 1952, endorsed by the AOPA, driving an in-house B01 column-wheel chronograph with roughly a 70-hour reserve. It is the busier, more technical dial and the more mechanically modern movement.
Which holds its value, and which should you buy?
The steel Moonwatch is the more liquid of the two — deeper global demand, tighter spreads, faster resale and a firmer floor. The Navitimer B01 43 in steel moves well but tends to be bought at a discount to retail and depreciate more gently thereafter; gold, two-tone and Cosmonaute variants are thinner and slower to sell. If you want history, hand-winding and the stronger resale, the Speedmaster is the pick. If you want a modern in-house automatic chronograph with genuine aviation heritage and a bit more watch for the money at the current end, the Navitimer earns its place. Both are icons; neither is a wrong answer.
These are wider open-market floors, not Chrono6538 prices — we sell authenticated, checked and guaranteed pieces at a premium to the bare private-market floor.
Descriptive market information, not investment advice — values move with condition, completeness and market cycles, and can fall as well as rise.
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Guide values from Chrono6538’s proprietary dataset of pre-owned pieces and current market listings. Last updated August 2026.