The Breitling Navitimer is one of the most iconic pilot’s watches ever made. First launched in 1954, its trademark slide rule bezel enabled aviators to make any number of flight calculations from ...

Omega and Bulova are the watches most often associated with early space flights, but it was Breitling that produced the first Swiss wristwatch to travel outside Earth’s atmosphere. In 1962, NASA ...

To celebrate its 140th anniversary, Breitling has released a trio of new Navitimer watches. The new Navitimer Automatic 41 and GMT have different coloured dials and strap variations, while the limited ...

Angesichts dieses Aufwands waren überdimensionierte Leuchtziffern und -zeiger vor schwarzem Hintergrund fast schon eine Selbstverständlichkeit. Das Engagement sprach sich schnell herum. 1939 orderte ...

“Breitling has always had a strong history in the female segment, even though we have that male aviation image,” says CEO Georges Kern as he presented a new offering of downsized 36mm and 32mm ...

Move over Moonwatch (and MoonSwatch)! There’s a new commemorative space watch in town. Breitling just resurrected the customized Navitimer it made in 1962 for astronaut Scott Carpenter—in more ways ...

The Navitimer 8 is Breitling’s answer to the demand for streamlined, simplified watches. “We don’t have to invent anything at Breitling,” said Georges Kern, the brand’s newly appointed CEO, at last ...

Already an innovator in dashboard instruments and chronograph production, Breitling debuted the Chronomat in the early 1940s with a brilliant creation — a bezel featuring a logarithmic scale that, ...

Want more insider watch coverage? Get Box + Papers, GQ's newsletter devoted to the watch world, sent to your inbox every Friday. Sign up here. Breitling’s flagship Navitimer is one of the toolsiest ...

With the launch of its first modern in-house manufactured split-seconds chronograph movement in the Navitimer Rattrapante (from $10,840) in March—and the subsequent sale of the company to CVC Capital ...