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Since 1884, the name of Breitling stands for chronographs. A specialist in technical watches, the brand played a key role in the development of the wristworn chronograph - for which in particular it invented the two independent-pushpiece control system. Thanks to its broad range of  instrument for professionals, Breitling has actively contributed to the born in sports, science and industry - in short, to all the main field of an era of speed and record that no longer counts in days, hours and minutes, but in seconds and fractions of seconds. For five generations, Breitling has also stood for aviation. Through its extreme concern for quality, the brand rapidly gained favor among aviation pioneers who needed reliable and accurate instruments. Thanks to these pocket and later wrist-worn chronographs, the brand accompanied the finest hours in the conquest of the skies. before becoming the official supplier of world aviation with its cockpit chronographs, and winning over pilots and aviation enthusiasts around the world with its famous Navitimer slide-rule chronograph.