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Products. Wristwatches. Owner. Partners Group. Website. breitling.com. Breitling SA ( German pronunciation: [ˈbraɪtlɪŋ]) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in 1884 in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, by Léon Breitling. The company is known for its precision-made chronometers designed for aviators and is based in Grenchen, Switzerland.
The Chronomat was a patented design introduced in 1940 by Willy Breitling and the world's first two-pusher chronograph wristwatch. [6] [7] Breitling Chronomat men's watch ref. B13050 Made in Switzerland. The first model of the Chronomat collection had a circular slide rule and its design followed the appeal and design cues of the era for ...
Léon Breitling was born in 1860. His interest in watchmaking started at a very young age leading young Léon to initiate his first internship still as a teenager, a pursuit which would change the course of his life. In 1884 at the age of 24 years old he established his first business venture, the watchmaking company "G Leon Breitling" in Saint ...
In the 1940s, Breitling added a circular slide rule to the bezel of its Chronomat models. This bezel became most associated with the Navitimer, launched in 1954. [1] The name Navitimer comes from two words were used to describe its purpose: Navigation and Timer. [2] During the 1950s and 1960s, a version of the Navitimer was offered by the ...
Breitling Top Time is a COSC -certified chronograph introduced in 1964 by Swiss watch brand Breitling SA. The watch appeared in the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball: Bond is given a Breitling Top Time which contains a geiger counter to track down two stolen nuclear warheads. After the movie was filmed, the watch disappeared and later ...
The Breitling Emergency is a luxury watch produced by Breitling SA. It contains a radio transmitter for civil aviation use, which broadcasts on the 121.5 MHz distress frequency and serves as a backup for ELT -type airborne beacons. [1] For military users, the Emergency has a miniaturized transmitter operating on the 243.0 MHz military aviation ...
Breitling Colt is an entry-level luxury timepiece from Swiss watch company Breitling SA . The Colt has a stainless steel case with a set of four bezel rider tabs, which are a Breitling signature design detail first used on the Breitling Chronomat in 1984. [1] Breitling Colt models are powered by COSC -certified automatic movements or high ...
Gaston Breitling was a Swiss watchmaker and a businessman, president of the Swiss manufacturing company Breitling SA between 1914 and 1927. [2] [3] Gaston Breitling is credited for the invention of the first wristwatch chronograph in 1915.