More than 70 years ago, Willy Breitling added a circular-designed slide rule to a chronograph wristwatch, so pilots of the day could make calculations mid-flight. Originally deployed on an early ...

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, ...

Breitling is celebrating its 140th birthday with new versions of its history-making aviation models, Navitimer and Cosmonaute. Launched in 1952, Navitimer was the first wristwatch for aviators that ...

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 ...

A chronograph as well known as the Navitimer doesn’t necessarily translate into a time-only watch easily, but Breitling has pulled off a neat trick with its handsome new Navitimer 1 Automatic. (This ...

Breitling has debuted its Gold Capsule collection, featuring new Navitimers and Premiers in 18K red gold. This limited edition collection also showcases new dial and movement combinations with prices ...

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 ...

I remember the first time I spotted a previous generation of the Navitimer in the window of an airport jewellers. While the dial itself is as busy as they come – due to the technical elements and ...

Given that Breitling has a new owner (CVC Capital Partners) and a new rock-star CEO (Georges Kern, previously a top executive at the Richemont Group and head of IWC), it was inevitable that change ...

The phrase "green with envy" dates back to Shakespearean times when a certain Iago warned Othello: “Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” ...

For under $600, the Citizen Promaster Navihawk is an affordable chronograph that will scratch the luxury pilot watch itch. Today’s filers rely more on computer power for making those calculations than ...