Fifty years ago yesterday, astronaut Scott Carpenter became only the second American to orbit the Earth solo aboard the Aurora 7 space capsule. He orbited three times while wearing a Breitling Navitimer chronograph, following John Glenn in an epic milestone of American space exploration. How many watchmakers can boast of being worn on pioneering space […]

Breitling puts its money where its aviation heritage mouth is by recently vowing to restore the legendary “Super Constellation” aircraft, one of the last three “Super Connies” left in the world. To pay for the restoration, the esteemed Swiss watchmaker announced it will release a limited edition model of its classic Navitimer Aviation Chronograph watch […]

The latest and most anticipated Breitling timepiece combines the Swiss brand’s iconic aeronautical Navitimer model with its coveted self-winding Caliber 01 movement. Built to handle all airborne navigation calculations like average speed, distance covered, rate of climb or descent, fuel consumption and more, the Breitling Navitimer Caliber 01 will be very limited in production — […]