Breitling Innovation. In 1952, Breitling introduced a pilot's wristwatch with an integrated circular slide rule specialized for flight calculations called the Breitling Navitimer. The Navitimer circular rule, referred to by Breitling as a "navigation computer", was designed to compute airspeed, rate or time of climb or descent, flight time, distance, and fuel consumption functions, as well as kilometer–nautical mile and gallon–liter fuel amount conversion functions. In 1969, Breitling created the Calibre 11, the worlds first self-winding chronograph movement. Brietling called this development the Chrono-Matic.
Breitling Navitimer Chrono-Matic. The Breitling Navitimer Chrono-Matic follows the designs of the early chronographs, with separate start/stop and reset buttons, and two sub-dials rather than the more contemporary three. The two sub-dials are used to represent continuous seconds at the 3 o'clock postion and a 30 minute counter at the 9 o'clock position which is used in conjunction with the main second hand for the chronograph function. What makes brietling design unorthodox is the placing of the crown on the left side of the watch.
Breitling Navitimer Chrono-Matic is powered by a COSC certified Brietling 41 LC movement (ETA base movement), with LC standing for "left crown." The movement produces 28,800 vibrations per hour and the case has a diameter of 44 mm. The bezel of the case features a bi-directional rotating circular slide rule. The case is rated as water resistant to 30 meters.
The watch comes in steel and rose gold with a choice of a bracelet or leather straps in various colors.
About Breitling. Breitling is a brand of Swiss watches from the Canton of Jura which has been in watchmaking since 1884. Today Breitling offers Certified Chronometers designed primarily for aviation use.
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