Vintage

breitling navitimer ref 806 from 1959 reedition

Baselworld 2019: Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition

After the recently launched Premier, Georges Kern continues to hold on to the rich heritage of BREITLING strongly. So strong, that now a 60-year-old watch was re-editioned almost unchanged. You don’t get to see that very often in the watch…

longines heritage watches

A short journey back in time with Longines Heritage Collection

Charles A. Lindberg might have been the most prominent pilot, who trusted the know-how of watch brand Longines in the 1930s, which earned reputation in the field of aviation already from the very start. Their pilot watches distinguished themselves due…

breitling navitimer ref 806 mk5 jim clark

A brief history of the Breitling Navitimer

BY FRED S. MANDELBAUM There has been some controversy among collectors if that widely quoted birthyear 1952 was correct – it may be the year the design work on the Navitimer began, but all available evidence points to 1954 as the…

Premier B01 Chronograph 42 with silver dial and black alligator leather strap

The new Breitling Premier – a watch line for the stylish shore leave

Shortly after the watch community started to calm down again, BREITLING CEO Georges Kern comes up with the next surprise. A collection that at first sight doesn’t seem to fit to the usual look of BREITLING watches, as the ‘Premier’…