A History of Breitling Pilot's Watches

Step foot on the tarmac at Edwards or the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan and you're likely to see a few Breitling watches on the pilots' wrists Breitling's connection with pilot's watches is more than a historical footnote or a well-branded, retro-inspired line of heritage watches Breitling-Wakmann instrument panel-chronographs became as familiar to pilots as Breitling's wristwatches.

Acknowledging the Chronomat's popularity, Breitling designed a new slide-rule chronograph specifically for pilots and dubbed it the "Navitimer" - a contraction of "Navigation" and "Timer" Originally referred to as the "Navitimer Aerospace", the new model, with its distinctive analog-digital dial, represented Breitling's first strictly quartz-powered pilot's watch In 1995, Breitling introduced a ground-breaking quartz-powered pilot's watch that quickly gained popularity - the "Emergency".

Breitling hasn't been resting on its well-tended, very cushy laurels - they continue to build practical watches for the modern pilot today. . Source