Breitling watches have been at the pinnacle of the watch industry since entering the marketplace in 1884 and become the watch to wear between the celebrities actor, pilot musician speed car driver and the Olympic medal winners.
Due to the increasing demand from the military on 1889 Léon Breitling comes up with this simple model with was different from the computation with this sleek simple design
In 1892 Léon Breitling in Saint lmier established his company reputation and move to new factory in La Chaux-du-Fonds and
In 1896 the company was able to come up with model that was accurate to tow-fifths of a second which was able to sell more than 100000 pieces.
In 1905 the company was able to help the car company by inventing the speedometer that could measure any speed between 15 – 150 KM/H.
In 1914 the son Gaston took over after Léon Breitlin pass away and he launch the first wrist watch in the world and the pocket watch in 1923.
In 1920 the Manufacture started the print the name on each watch. Breitling have more than 40 different model in their product collection
In 1932 Willy Breitling took over after his father Gaston Breitling passed over in 1927
In 1936 he introduced the Aviator with rotating bezel and pointer arrow that glowed in the dark
In 1938 The dashboard clocks and the watch wrist with eight day power reserve introduced to the professional aviators.
Start in 1940 start working on the premier line which was the elegant first class quality which introduced on 1943 which was for the non-military
In 1944 where more watches introduced with featured a split second complication and calendar
In 1950 was introduced the diver watch which was water resistant case up to 200 meter under the water
In 1952 the debut of the portmanteau which equipped with flight specific slide rule that use by most of the pilots
In 1962 the 24 hours introduced and used in 1962 spacecraft
In 1965 Breitling was used by James Bond 007 in one of his movies
Breitling become the watch to wear between the celebrities actor, pilot musician speed car driver and the Olympic medal
In 1973 start the production of the Quartz versions of watches
In 1982 Breitling headquarters was relocated to Grenchen , Switzerland under new ownership and celebrated the 100th anniversary in 1984
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