In 1943, about five years after Breitling became the official supplier of aviation chronographs to the British military, Willy Breitling had a Eureka moment: why not create a chronograph that was not ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Breitling No. 100 ...

The Premier collection is the brainchild of Willy, who sought to elevate the wristwatch to a thing of elegance without compromising its technical prowess. The original Premier model launched in 1943 ...

Breitling’s Premier collection is the elite collection within the Breitling line, and as such, the repository of its most complex movements and dressiest designs. It is therefore the perfect model to ...

“Balloonist” might not have the macho ring to it of, say, “fighter pilot,” but the men who flew the first non-stop hot air balloon around the world are just the kind of adventurers that ...

Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire's weekly column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020. Watch lovers who know Breitling know too that ...