In an important move for Swiss watch brand Breitling, the company unveils new Navitimer watches in smaller 32mm and 36mm sizes – all with mother-of-pearl dials and some sporting lab-grown diamonds.
It’s a very special year for Boeing – after more than half a century since the first Boeing 747 flight, the last of the 747 aircraft is getting ready to be delivered to Atlas Air this week. This huge ...
Prior to the introduction of flight computers, pilots relied solely upon analog instruments to ensure their safety. A smooth and successful flight depended upon the accuracy of dash-mounted altimeters ...
Breitling has just given its legendary Navitimer a serious upgrade, and the result might be my favourite Navitimer model yet. The new Navitimer B19 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph takes everything that ...
From the time it taxied onto the runway for the first time in 1969, the Boeing 747 was an instant game changer. It was more than twice the size of its predecessor (the Boeing 707, with two aisles and ...
Breitling is marking what would’ve been astronaut Scott Carpenter’s 100th birthday with a tribute that’s as rare as it is meaningful – a 50-piece platinum Navitimer Cosmonaute. It’s a nod to a ...
“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 ...
You’ve heard it before, travel is back. And if you’ve flown commercially any time in the last few months you know it’s back with a bang. So leave it to Breitling—a Swiss watchmaker with a long history ...
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 ...
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 ...
My cousin’s husband used to be a test pilot in the U.S. Air Force. In fact, at one point he ran the test pilot office at Edwards Air Force Base, and retired a full bird colonel. He’s the real deal.
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 ...