In 1999, Breitling sponsored a unique event. Partnering with renowned balloonists Bertrand Piccord and Brian Jones, the brand facilitated a Non-stop around-the-world flight by hot air balloon. The journey was actually pretty fascinating, and has spawned a number of TV specials and documentaries (t [...]

The Breitling Navitimer is easily one of the most respected pilots watches on the market. First conceived in the 1950s, these watches were no-nonsense?tools meant to help a pilot calculate ground speed or fuel consumption on the fly (hah). The Breitling Navitimer?1 Automatic 41 watch was an effort on the brands part to [...]

The partnership between Bentley and Breitling is nothing new to watch aficionados. Bentley first approached the watch brand to design the clock in its upcoming Continental GT, and since then the two companies have designed some pretty incredible stuff together. For example, the?Mulli [...]

It seems as if cross-industry partnerships and co-branding in the watch world is something that more and more big names are starting to do. Just a few days ago, I was tasked with reporting on the partnership between TAG Heuer and Aston Martin with the launch of a new supercar that - surprise, surprise - comes with a free w [...]

Breitling Superocean 42mmWhile Breitling is frequently associated with aviation, its dive watches are among the bestsellers. In fact, the Superocean Heritage is their top-selling line. The more contemporary in design Superocean line got updated this year at Baselworld 2019, and the brand really did rele [...]

Every year at Baselworld, there are a few watch releases that really steal the show. This, I believe, will be one of those. Breitling has been experiencing a lot of change under the leadership of Georges Kern, their new CEO, and has focused heavily on returning to the brands roots with its designs and [...]

In 2017, Swiss brand Breitling finally updated its best-selling Superocean Heritage collection with the Superocean Heritage II family, which arrived in a few case sizes, movement options and, of course, color and material choices. At the time, I wrote this review comparing the first generation Breitling Superocean He [...]

Breitling has gone through more changes in the last couple of years than the weather does during 20 minutes of British summertime. The overhaul has been so radical that Ive sometimes been afraid to look. After months of therapy, Im happy to say Im no longer a heady mixture of furious/incredulous in regard to the [...]

New for 2019, Breitling releases an all-new Navitimer with some interesting influence and aesthetic changes. The all-new Breitling Navitimer 1 B01 Chronograph 43 Swissair Edition seems to be the first of an Airlines collection that Breitling promises to expand. Last year, Breitling made a bold move and released an updated [...]

Recently, Breitling announced a number of new models and even an entirely new collection of vintage-styled watches. Well, the Breitling Premier collection is new for the modern Breitling brand, at least, as it resurrects a name from the 1940s. The collection includes a number of models including, naturally, many chronographs, but the new three-hand-and-date Breitling [...]

For perfectly good reasons, an ambassador announcement rarely elicits more than an eye roll in the watch world, but when a brand partnership is done right, and for the right reasons, everyone stands to get something out of it-including watch fans. Thankfully, Breitlings recently assembled Surf [...]

Most of you know at this point that Breitling has been undergoing a big change in identity since Georges Kern came in as CEO last year. Foregoing the super-macho reputation the brand had been saddled with, weve seen more vintage-inspired modern pieces that look to Breitlings past to influence their newer releases. The brand motto Legendary Future d [...]

One of the reader comments on my story about the top ten ladies watches of BaselWorld 2018 was critical of the bling factor in some of my choices (in my defense, these were the showpieces of the event, and I couldnt leave them out), remarking that the women watch aficionados with whom he is acquainted would rather have a great mens watch. Well, this post is for [...]

Breitlings version of a smartwatch?connected watch has long been an interesting proposition for me. The Exospace models (Wrist-Time Review here) have been released as a tool for pilots, and also for drivers, but the elusive sailor has been missing from this?Exospace collection since 2016? so its a natural progression in the direction of this utility watch and [...]

Breitling has been anything but under the radar the last couple of months. With Georges Kern at the helm, weve seen almost endless releases of new Navitimers (to mixed reviews and polarizing?opinions,?even among our team) but Breitling surprised us with the new Breitling Chronomat B01 Chronograph 44 at Baselworld this year. Modestly redesigned with a contemp [...]

For 2022, Breitling has redesigned its iconic Navitimer Chronograph watch, which for decades has been a staple of high-end tool timepieces originally designed for commercial airline pilots in the early 1950s. The Navitimer has seen countless iterations over the years and is one of the worlds most recognized luxury sports watches. It has not [...]

Over the past few years, color has grown to become one of the most powerful trendsetting tools in the luxury watch industrys arsenal. Navy blue and forest green have both seen recent waves of popularity, but the latest colorful wave to sweep across the industry is the luxurious pale robins egg hue better known as Tiffany blue. Although recently released designs have run t [...]

In Beverly Hills at an event held at the Breitling boutique, the Swiss brand unveiled the latest capsule Top Time watches collection honoring three classic American cars. Breitlings U.S. president lamented that not enough of the special edition watches were allocated for U.S. soil given the inherent popularity of these automotive icons in their home soil. If you are [...]

In the vintage pilot watch community, few models command the kind of desire and reverence inspired by the 1953 Breitling Ref. 765 AVI. With its cleanly usable design and extensive track record in both civil and military aviation, the Ref. 765 AVI helped to define a generation of pilots chronographs and further cemented Breitling as one of the premier br [...]

Few watch lines can claim as strong a connection with the history of aviation as Breitlings cornerstone Navitimer, and over the years the Navitimer line has built deep bonds with both military and civil flying groups. 2019 saw Breitling celebrate its long-standing airline connections with a vintage airline-themed capsule conne [...]