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Is there a bigger aviation watch brand than Breitling? Breitling was started by Leon Breitling in St-Imier, Switzerland in 1884. Aged just 24 he specialised in making chronographs and precision counters for scientific and industrial purposes.
After WW1, Breitling started making chronoghraphs and chronometers for aircraft. It has been one legendary watch after another with Breitling at the forefront of technology and style. In 1923 the company made the first pushpiece chronograph. In 1942 the Chronomat with circular slide rule bezel was launched. 1952 saw the launch of the Navitimer compete with the now famous navigation computer.

In 1962 Astronaut, Scott Carpenter wore a Navitimer during his orbital flight aboard the Aurora 7 space capsule. Ernest Snieder joined as CEO in 1979 and it has been the stratosphere for Breitling ever since! The company launched the Aerospace in 1985, the Emergency in 1995 with built in micro-transmitter broadcasting on the 121.5 MHz aircraft emergency frequency. It’s saved dozens of lives. In 1998 came the B1 – the most advanced yet to emerge from Breitling.
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BREITLING EMERGENCY
£3420
From the professional range the Emergency has it all – including a micro-transmitter which, in the event of an ‘incident’, can broadcast on the 121.5 frequency and allow the emergency services to home in the wearer. To activate it you unscrew the Protective cap and pull out the antenna. It will then broadcast for 48 hours with a range of 100 miles.

Technical data Movement – Super Quartz Chronograph 1/100th second Water resistant 3 bars including transmitter in operation Diameter 43mm Thickness 15.70mm Weight 84.60g

BREITLING NAVITIMER
£3320
The world’s oldest chronograph. Wear this and you’re wearing a piece of watch history. It’s a legend. Launched in 1952 this is not a wrist watch, it’s a wrist instrument.

It has a built in navigation computer which is capable of all calculations that your flight plan requires. Technical data Movement Selfwinding mechanical Chronograph 1/4 second/ 30 minutes/ 12 hours Water resistant 3 bars Diameter 41.80mm Thickness 14.60mm Weight 79g

BREITLING SKYRACER
£2735
From the Professional Range More technical brilliance. The Skyracer has the Breitling Caliber 27 which allows you to have a 60 minute reading showing elapsed time. Use this for timing legs under one hour and the two hand counter showing you the normal time in hours and minutes.

No chance of confusion with this watch. And that’s what is brilliant about the Breitlings. You can go as technical as you like. Technical data Movement Selfwinding mechanical Chronograph 1/4 second. 60 minutes in the centre. 60 minutes plus 12 hour combined. Water resistant 200 metres Diameter 43.50mm Thickness 16mm Weight 124g

BREITLING CHRONOMAT EVOLUTION
£3005
From the Windrider range. Not as technical as the Emergency range. Originally created for the Frecce Tricolori flight team it has evolved over the years. It’s powered by Breitling most powerful ‘motor’, the Breitling Caliber 13.

According to Breitling, ‘it’s probaby the most reliable and accurate self-winding chronograph movement’. Technical data Movement Self-winding mechanical Chronograph 1/4 second/30 minutes/12 hours Water resistant 300 metres Diameter 43.70mm Thickness 17.10mm Weight 120g

BREITLING AIRWOLF PROFESSIONAL
£2295
Complete with slide rule, the Airwolf has an impressive list of features including 100th of a second chronograph with split times, alarm, countdown, second timezone with independent alarm, backlight. With all this it’s still the design that will most get your attention. The caseback has a turbine inspired design that is very beautiful.

Technical data Movement SuperQuartz thermocompensated quartz electronic, analog and 12.24hr LCD digital display, Display backlighting. Chronograph 1/100th second. Max 99 days 23:59 min 59.99sec with split time Water resistant 5 bars Diameter 43.50mm Thickness 16.70mm Weight 106g Battery 2-3 years

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