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Breitling

Established 1884

Once a manufacturer of aircraft cockpit instruments, Breitling has always had an affinity with the aviation industry and has moved with time and technology to provide pilots with useful equipment ever since. From the slide rule calculator bezel to the emergency distress signal transmitter, Breitling is a true pioneer of aviation. Read more

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SuperOceans Watches 7218 SuperOceans Watches 48020 SuperOceans Watches 7217 SuperOceans Watches 9361
SuperOceans Watches 48020 SuperOceans Watches 7217 SuperOceans Watches 9361
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Navitimers Watches 21821 Navitimers Watches 49194 Navitimers Watches 3869 Navitimers Watches 27342
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Avenger Watches 9905 Avenger Watches 658 Avenger Watches 8062 Avenger Watches 21394
Avenger Watches 658 Avenger Watches 8062 Avenger Watches 21394
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Chronomat Watches 14619 Chronomat Watches 30152 Chronomat Watches 5540 Chronomat Watches 34633
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Colt Watches 33937 Colt Watches 5497 Colt Watches 7228 Colt Watches 664
Colt Watches 5497 Colt Watches 7228 Colt Watches 664
Colt [20]
Bentley Watches 25020 Bentley Watches 35819 Bentley Watches 24843 Bentley Watches 29447
Bentley Watches 35819 Bentley Watches 24843 Bentley Watches 29447
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Aerospace Watches 14322 Aerospace Watches 8974 Aerospace Watches 633
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Transocean Watches 32190 Transocean Watches 31605 Transocean Watches 23752 Transocean Watches 17383
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Montbrillant Watches 14976 Montbrillant Watches 487 Montbrillant Watches 16749 Montbrillant Watches 491
Montbrillant Watches 487 Montbrillant Watches 16749 Montbrillant Watches 491
Montbrillant [15]
Galactic Watches 32355 Galactic Watches 31663 Galactic Watches 42626 Galactic Watches 32020
Galactic Watches 31663 Galactic Watches 42626 Galactic Watches 32020
Galactic [11]
Emergency Watches 22471 Emergency Watches 629 Emergency Watches 29410 Emergency Watches 24659
Emergency Watches 629 Emergency Watches 29410 Emergency Watches 24659
Emergency [6]
Ladies Models Watches 8973 Ladies Models Watches 41762 Ladies Models Watches 50230
Ladies Models Watches 41762 Ladies Models Watches 50230
Ladies Models [3]
Blackbird Watches 12801 Blackbird Watches 7150 Blackbird Watches 17379 Blackbird Watches 37043
Blackbird Watches 7150 Blackbird Watches 17379 Blackbird Watches 37043
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B - Series Watches 2501 B - Series Watches 48351
B - Series Watches 48351
B - Series [2]
Airwolf Watches 19147 Airwolf Watches 7179 Airwolf Watches 6570
Airwolf Watches 7179 Airwolf Watches 6570
Airwolf [2]
Chronospace Watches 25820 Chronospace Watches 45721 Chronospace Watches 27837 Chronospace Watches 32008
Chronospace Watches 45721 Chronospace Watches 27837 Chronospace Watches 32008
Chronospace [11]
Chronomatic Watches 3403
Chronomatic [1]
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Exospace Watches 30108
Exospace [4]
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Chronoliner Watches 46646
Chronoliner [2]
Shadow Flyback Watches 16779 Shadow Flyback Watches 48683
Shadow Flyback Watches 48683
Shadow Flyback [1]
Premier B01 Watches 38542 Premier B01 Watches 39408 Premier B01 Watches 40060 Premier B01 Watches 49187
Premier B01 Watches 39408 Premier B01 Watches 40060 Premier B01 Watches 49187
Premier B01 [4]
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Aviator 8 Watches 46550 Aviator 8 Watches 48697
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Sprint Vintage Watches 47846 Sprint Vintage Watches 48735
Sprint Vintage Watches 48735
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Endurance Pro Watches 49086 Endurance Pro Watches 50609
Endurance Pro Watches 50609
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$5,440
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Year: 2019
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Breitling SuperOcean Heritage A10370
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Breitling History

A specialist in scientific measurement and timing devices, Léon Breitling opened his workshop in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland in 1884 to make exceptional watches. Even by watchmaking standards, his creations were intricate and complicated, and the success of his chronographs required Breitling to move to a larger factory on Montbrillant Street, La Chaux-de-Fonds, in 1892.

In 1914, Léon passed away, and his son Gaston inherited the business. He continued to develop the company’s bestseller, the chronograph, which was eagerly adopted by the military and police forces. The development of the brand’s watches continued through the First World War until Gaston’s death shortly after, leaving the business without a leader for five years before Gaston’s son Willy stepped in to assume command.

Willy pushed the company into the aviation industry, successfully winning a contract to provide watches to the British Air Ministry. The timing and conversion rulers available on the brand’s watches made them suitable for pilots who needed to make in flight calculations for speed, distance and fuel use. The slide rule bezel aided the conversions; it was first seen on the Chronomat, then later on the Navitimer and Montbrillant.

This affiliation with aviation became the brand’s crowning jewel, and before long, Breitling watches were being used not only by the Royal Air Force, but by many commercial pilots as well. The popularity of the brand also extended into space, when Lt. Commander Scott Carpenter wore a specially developed Navitimer on the Mercury Atlas 7 mission. He had commissioned the watchmaker to replace the standard 12-hour clock with a 24-hour one, a feature that made the watch far more practical in space. That watch became the Chronomatic Cosmonaut.

The Chronomat was introduced in 1941, and in 1969 it received the world’s first self-winding chronograph movement, developed with Heuer and Hamilton. It signalled a peak in development that, unfortunately, wasn’t to last. The success of the brand’s watches, particularly the mechanical chronographs, was brought to an end by the introduction of quartz movements in the late seventies, and in 1978, the company was put up for sale.

Breitling was then taken over by Ernest Schneider, himself a pilot, who developed new watches using quartz technology. The Academy, Jupiter, Pluton and Mars watches incorporated a traditional handset along with digital displays, allowing clear and functional use by the pilots who wore them. The design of the brand’s watches was undertaken with the consultation of aviation professionals, and their success evolved into the modern B-1, Aerospace, Chronospace, Airwolf and Emergency.

The watchmaker’s dedication to aviation captured the imagination of watch enthusiasts around the world. From rugged adventure watches like the Avenger, the Colt, the Galactic and the Cockpit, to sea-fairing ones such as the Superocean and Transocean, Breitling watches catered for every possibility. In a joint association with Bentley motorcars, the Breitling Bentley collection offers something for those who want a touch of extra heritage and luxury.

The introduction of SuperQuartz extended the accuracy of the brand’s quartz watches even further, providing ten times the accuracy of a standard Breitling quartz movement. This ongoing dedication to providing accurate and usable pilots’ watches has set the Breitling name in stone within the aviation community, and the brand’s style and innovation has done the same with the general public. The introduction of its first in-house chronograph movement in 2009 confirms that the brand will continue to be popular for a long time to come.

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