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The Breitling family tradition for quality and accuracy in timekeeping has continued for
nearly a full century. There are the achievements of L.
Breitling, who along with his son and successor Gaston
Bretling, developed and built the very first wrist chronograph, to Willy
Breitling, the founder’s grandson, who modified and improved the
modern chronograph.
The early Breitling chronographs featuredboth center chronograph seconds as well as
a 30 minute totalizer. Breitling was awarded a patent in 1923 for inventing the
independent pushpiece, and another in
1926 for 1/10 second totalizer.
Willy Breitling then defined the modern chronograph, when in 1934 he invented the
second, return-to-zero pushpiece.
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The
chronograph as we know it was now complete. To this day, this style of
chronograph remains one of Breitling’s best
selling timepieces.
Since then, it has been Breitling’s mission to continually improve and redefine itself.
Breitling watches are available in steel, precious metals, or titanium, with a myriad of
dial treatments, straps and bracelets. Not to mention the many different and highly
specialized features from alarms to emergency transmitters. Breitling remains
poised for the 21st century and beyond as a force in precision timekeeping.
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