Breitling Jewellery
For pilots and others in love with flight, no brand is more closely associated with the world of aviation than Breitling. From the beginning, watchmaker Léon Breitling, who opened his shop in the Swiss Jura Mountains in 1884, was focused on chronographs and their uses in the burgeoning fields of sports, science and industry.
After Léon’s death, in 1914, his son Gaston continued along his father’s trajectory. An early fan of aeronautics, Gaston introduced one of the first wrist-worn chronographs, a welcome upgrade for pilots used to executing complex manoeuvres while juggling a pocket watch.
In 1934, Gaston’s son Willy made another leap in the chronograph’s evolution, patenting the first wristwatch with two pushers — one to start and stop elapsed time and one to reset — a feature now taken for granted.
But perhaps the most significant development under Willy’s leadership was the Chronomat watch. Introduced in 1942, it featured a patented rotating slide-rule bezel for making calculations on the fly. This innovation led to the 1952 creation of the brand’s signature timepiece: the Breitling Navitimer.
Designed in partnership with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, it was adopted as the official watch of the AOPA in 1959 and remains the world’s most iconic pilot’s watch. Not content to rule just the air, Breitling developed dive watches as well, including the Superocean, released in 1957, and the Transocean, which followed in 1958. The house also took its show on the road, producing dashboard clocks and then watches in partnership with luxury automaker Bentley.
The Navitimer, however, still reigns supreme among pilots everywhere. Given the stature earned by Top Gun since its release — as well as the excitement around Top Gun: Maverick — it''s never too late to pick up a vintage Breitling Top Gun Navitimer, displaying the official logo of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, for yourself or your favourite wingman.
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Steel
2010s Swiss Modern Breitling Jewellery
Diamond, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
2010s Swiss Modern Breitling Jewellery
Black Diamond, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Rose Gold, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel
2010s Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Rose Gold, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Yellow Gold, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
Early 2000s Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
2010s Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Diamond, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Swedish Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Breitling Jewellery
Titanium
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Titanium
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Rose Gold, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
21st Century and Contemporary Breitling Jewellery
Steel, Stainless Steel