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BFM / S S25 90 Ruling
and and uling
the Skies
How he Na itimer and its signat re slide ule bez l
bec By Jeremy Freed
platinu beze an a movem nt th t w p n t l o E 0 R stay up to
d ME cent ry, 19 is ate ne o the mo s n phi ti is ate pie es in the
Bre TL is ate It’s also one of he m st u apo og up. tic lly rivolous.
With s lays for day, date, mo th, 19 and he p ses o the moo ,
it’s moo om t i e m o E 0 R Navi ime ’s h ong mbl origins as a hard working
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4 P rpetu Calendar G NAVIT suggest pit
hou ME s ogg d, and t l ast one spa io T E 0 R g
n r just a B t’s the m .
“Th Na itim r isn’ just a B t’s the m e ng,”
exp ains Breit ing’s g bal h ad f he -
nature slide ru , k , a urled be el, ri an lots em odies e brand’s A l ke no n’t ju s
m t t ch
en husi sts a mer i ike, ow ing avit sts a mer i e h watches .”
A any ne o’s mos seri val us about mo e o ut aren able
watc es
om aren t necessari th mo e o ut an of e
on s with th b he st B
fl sto ies behind t em this p enom no nd , with c nne old tions Th space
t avel, and more han its share of ea an releas d in 1954 5 i t w ut its story a tual e, t s
r m I m m e first Bre tl ng Chronomat. Its hr ma w hem ticia ,” spoke to its m i o a tinction t , p i y s
ircular
s de rule, too that as isted eng s
i t wi h a tio varie t r A d cade l ter, when t e Airc )
a proach a d r e W l Breit ing
s U S. dist butor itl ad s d Willy
Br itl ad s d ng came up sign to sui ith th i ea o itl ad s d s
wi the
bri f. By replacing the Chron mat’s B
fl vitim r wa s
wi ide h an E6B flig bo t co uter s s
wi ide atica and e
Chrono at’s slide r le as designed ring
calc lat ons t e sli e rule o t e Na et
pil ts’ needs ” G nt le xp B
fl ain B
fl ight ompute , mo t Navitimer mo els div s b sion, co versi div s b d i c s
t a n l e o r een il metre billed as er
na gation ca ap cula ions. The o iginal a o it na n 1 B
fl a navigat on om ute ,” was rodu AO win ea nt each
bear ng t AO win A logo, i 195 . he f gen sale
to he ty e gen ral p lic. rei 0s ling’ id olu as
define by n o ovat on, expansion, and d
brand,” enti e adds. “Will B eitl more
than ust prec sion i str ments. H and lamou , cont The Nav time ’s ev lution oul des and
wo ld result i sever hi tori and h dl is s
of t ese is ndoubt dl s
a u he Cosm M t
made to Breitl ng y A erican astron n May s
7 re flight n May 62. Due to the nat notions
of day and nigh don t n p n ly and r
clock. o c ed ter to this need, Br it epl cing the n h r e gina 12- our w ee imer 4
hours Ca pente ’s custo nd fi zed Navi Car e
hours afte launch, he Aur ra 7 spa ev n s ral ashed
d wn sa ely in the Atla tic. While s
in the 1960s, arpente ’s watch — awater
a te splashdo n and subse uently tor hi no ecome
amo g the m t i por ant p t e h es in eit vit his ega y has ea ned he N vit n p n f p e
la t e eve dec des, and reputat at ts watch
s of all t e. n addition to th echnical
lo k has end ared t to tyl sh ce ainsb urg. Whi e the 6B fl ight com n ed
by el tro ic calculat rs in aircr ft nique looks Swiss- ade perfo is ma o
uph ld an la its status. Mor than 70 ea ts s as ch
y s
re van as it has e r bee ,”
G n ntile sa wor wor ency
to o er se he vi wor ‘i on,’ bu the N of that designation.”
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