Breitling Navitimer

The Breitling Navitimer is one of the most popular Breitling watches for pilots and aviators. The Navitimer plays an important part in Breitling’s history: it made the Manufacture Breitling Caliber 01 movement a global hit and continues to build on this success.

Lift-Off: 6 Watches (Other Than the Omega Speedmaster) That Went to Space

In 1957, the first artificial satellite named Sputnik 1 was launched into space by the Soviet Union, triggering a race among nations. For security reasons, astronauts always carried a wristwatch with them. These six timepieces played a unique role in this conquest of space.

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Apr 13, 2021 by Jens Koch

PORTFOLIO

Stopwatches at the Top: 7 Chronographs with In-House Movements

Looking for a chronograph with a completely in-house-manufactured movement? In this feature from WatchTime's June 2017 issue, we showcase some of the industry’s top picks, from seven power brands, from Breitling to Rolex to Zenith.

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Mar 24, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

NEWS:

Breitling Continues its Series of Global Airline Partnerships with the New Aviator 8 Etihad Limited Edition

As part of its just-announced relationship with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, Breitling has unveiled the Aviator 8 Etihad Limited Edition in black steel. This is a limited edition of 500 pieces and features stylized Arabic numerals on the dial, as is the norm with most Middle East editions. The limited edition...

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Sep 16, 2019 by WatchTime

REVIEW:

Testing the Breitling Navitimer Rattrapante

Breitling chose its flagship Navitimer to debut the new chronograph Caliber B03 with split-seconds function. In this cover feature from our January-February 2018 issue (with photos by OK-Photography), we tested this manufacture caliber in a stainless-steel model with an exclusive bronze-colored dial.

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Aug 7, 2019 by Martina Richter

Baselworld 2019:

WatchTime’s Official Editors’ Round Table for Baselworld

Baselworld 2019 will most likely go down as the show’s deciding year: On one hand, Baselworld had to deal with yet another significantly lower number of exhibitors (and visitors); on the other hand, the show’s new management also had to make sure the outlook for 2020 would be convincing enough to bring back large portions...

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Apr 6, 2019 by WatchTime

WATCH TO WATCH

Breitling Navitimer 1 Airline Editions Celebrate the Golden Age of Commercial Aviation

The first Breitling Navitimer, with its built-in chronograph, stylish design, and circular slide rule bezel, quickly became a favorite of airline pilots shortly after it debuted in 1952, around the dawn of what we now refer to as the golden era of commercial aviation, from the late 1950s to early 1970s. This year, Breitling pays...

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Jan 24, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TO WATCH

Split Precision: The Breitling Navitimer 1 B03 Rattrapante Boutique Edition

Breitling introduced its Navitimer 1 B03 Rattrapante 45, outfitted with the venerable brand’s first in-house split-seconds chronograph movement, in 2017. At the recent Breitling Summit in London, whose centerpiece launch was the new Premier collection, Breitling unveiled a new limited version with a “Stratos gray” dial, available for sale exclusively at the brand’s 70 boutiques...

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Nov 15, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

What Exactly Was the Breitling Huit Aviation Department? Five Things You Need to Know

Although it’s been months since the first Breitling collection under Georges Kern was released, the debate over the new lines continues. However, what has been often left out of these conversations is the historical references embedded throughout the different lines, in particular, a reference to a unique period in Breitling’s aviation history found inside the Navitimer 8...

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Aug 21, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

QUIZ

Can You Identify Famous Watches By Their Bracelets?

Can you identify well-known watches just by their components? In some instances, a watch's bracelet is so distinctive in style that it is enough to reveal its identity. Below, we've illustrated the bracelets of five famous watches. Test your knowledge by naming the watch represented by each illustration before clicking through to the next slide that reveals the model.

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Jul 28, 2018 by WatchTime

5 Milestone Breitling Watches, from 1915 to Today

Pilots rely on Breitling’s chronographs, but calendars, world timers and divers’ watches also are part of the brand’s 130-plus-year history. As we all digest and discuss the redesigned Navitimer models that Breitling announced last week, let['s look back on five important Breitling watches that helped define the brand's identity from 1915 through the modern day.

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Jul 27, 2018 by Gisbert Brunner

QUIZ

Can You Identify Famous Watches By Their Dials?

Our latest series of visual quizzes asks: Can you identify well-known watches just by their components? We’ve removed the identifying logos from the dials of five famous watches. Can you identify the watches solely by their framed subdials, date windows, distinguishing patterns and unusual markings? Test your watch knowledge by naming the watch represented by...

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Jul 21, 2018 by WatchTime

QUIZ

Can You Identify Iconic Watches By Their Hands?

Our latest series of visual quizzes asks: Can you identify well-known watches just by their components? One of the most difficult challenges is to identify a watch solely by the design of its hands, and those who can do so can surely be numbered among the ranks of genuine watch connoisseurs. We’ve illustrated the hands...

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Jul 14, 2018 by WatchTime

QUIZ

Can You Identify Famous Watches By Their Cases?

Can you identify well-known watches just by their components? We've illustrated the cases of five famous watches. Tachymeter scales, slide-rule bezels, and shaped cases can play a prominent role in the design of a watch. Test your watch knowledge and name the watch before clicking through to the next slide showing the watch it belongs to.

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Jul 7, 2018 by WatchTime

Blackout: 17 Black-on-Black Watches

Black-on-black watches, read our review of 17 "all-black" watches, including the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver, the Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute Blacksteel and the Ulysse Nardin Blacksea.

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Jun 7, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

EXPERT ADVICE:

5 Tips For Buying a New Watch

From our friends at Fratello Watches: 5 hints and tips for when you are buying a new watch for the first time.

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May 22, 2018 by Robert-Jan Broer

EXPERT ADVICE:

Which Watch Brands Are Most Likely to Increase in Value?

It's a question watch collectors — especially new ones — always want answered: What watches that tend to increase in value over time? FratelloWatches founder and WatchTime contributor Robert-Jan Broer shares his insights and delves into the most collectible watch models from brands like Rolex, Omega, and Audemars Piguet.

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May 21, 2018 by Robert-Jan Broer

BASELWORLD 2018:

A Bomber Drops at Basel: Breitling’s WWII-Inspired Navitimer Super 8 (Updated With Live Photos)

As most of us now know, Breitling’s release of its streamlined, vintage-influenced, and arguably more elegant Navitimer 8 collection earlier this year represented a new direction for the Swiss brand. But for all of those Breitling purists who may have fretted that Breitling was backing off from the big, hyper-masculine aviation timepieces that made its...

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Mar 28, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

A Comprehensive Look at Georges Kern’s First Collection with Breitling

It’s been a little over six months since we heard the news that longtime Richemont executive Georges Kern was leaving the confines of the luxury conglomerate to join Breitling. Today, after months of teasing his work on his personal social media account, we received word on what Kern’s first collection will look like and it’s...

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Jan 29, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

FROM FRATELLO WATCHES

Fratello’s “Alternative” Top 5 Pilots’ Watches

Fratello Watches founder and WatchTime contributor Robert-Jan Broer presents his list of "alternative" top five pilots' watches, including timepieces from brands like Hamilton, Sinn, Bremont and others.

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Dec 8, 2017 by Robert-Jan Broer

FROM FRATELLO WATCHES

My 7 Most Iconic Chronograph Watches; What are Yours?

Fratello Watches founder and WatchTime contributor Robert-Jan Broer offers up a personal list of Seven Iconic Chronograph Watches, including the TAG Heuer Carrera and the Rolex Daytona.

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Aug 29, 2017 by Robert-Jan Broer

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