Navitimer Automatic 36 A17327381B1P1

36mm, Gray

Breitling

Breitling

Breitling Navitimer: The Legendary Pilot's Watch

The Breitling Navitimer is a legendary pilot's watch developed by Breitling in 1952 at the request of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), The world's largest pilots' association. The name, A portmanteau of "navigation" and "timer, " served as a wrist-worn flight calculator for pilots. Equipped with a slide rule, It enabled a variety of calculations essential to aviation operations at the time, Including speed, Flight distance, Fuel consumption, Climb/descent rates, And conversions from miles to kilometers to nautical miles. The Navitimer went beyond being a mere watch, Becoming a symbolic figure that marked a page in aviation history.