BREITLING NAVITIMER 1461 LIMITED EDITION A38022 PERPETUAL CALENDAR 41MM STUNNING

Breitling was first founded in 1884 and has since designed watches for those favorite watch wearers’ occupations: flying and diving. In the modern era, all movements in Breitling’s watches – whether quartz or mechanical – are chronometer-certified.

One of Breitling’s most famous pieces, the Navitimer dates back to 1952 when the U.S. Aircrafts and Pilots Association approached the watchmaker about a flight chronograph that could be used to make all in-flight calculations. This was no small feat; this new device had to be able to calculate things like average speed, distance traveled, and fuel consumption. In an age before computers, pilots ran these calculations on their own and they needed a watch that could assist them. First appearing in 1954, the early Navitimers appear incredibly dense – after all, an incredible amount of information needed to be squeezed onto their dials and bezel. As the world of aviation changed, so too did the Navitimer. And even when pilots didn’t need a Breitling on their wrists to make those crucial calculations, they kept on wearing them, as did civilians on the ground.