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Breitling: The History of a Great Brand of Watches 1884 to the Present

Breitling-one watch has made this name famous worldwide, the Navitimer. In 1952 this watch was a real sensation, for the chronograph along with the calculator made it possible for the pilot to carry out all necessary calculations during the flight. This made the Navitimer a valuable on-board instrument at that time, and a valuable collectible today.

But Breitling did not develop watches just for pilots and aircraft industry. This book shows the whole spectrum of the firm's products since its founding in 1884, and gives the reader an informed insight into more than 100 years of the firm's history. Many photos, old catalogs and advertising material support the informative text. With the help of reference numbers, the collector can also locate individual watches chronologically.

This fascinating portrait of the Breitling firm will enthrall all who appreciate fine mechanical precision.  more

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-03-2008

I really like this Breitling book

The book I bought is the 3rd edition, revised 2007. Please disregard many of the comments of previous posters as this is a new edition. There are plenty of color photographs / color plates in this book as well as black and white photos. The color plates are georgous. If you like Breitling...

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  • Posted: Oct-31-2007

The worst watch book ever put together

I should have read the reviews here first.When you pay nealry forty bucks you get a 12 year old book with black and pictures. The majority are just scans of Breitling watch adverts.Its a complete waste of money. THE CONTENT: Thats all I can say about that nothing. No History, no details on...

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  • Posted: Oct-20-2007

Not the best book ever written,

maybe I should change the title of the review, It was not written, its mostly just a book of old black and white pictures. I was very disappointed. For the price, I would not suggest it.

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  • Posted: Aug-18-2007

Not sure what to say about this.

I was a little surprised by the book, it's now 12 years old and outdated, the pictures are all black and white, and it does not have much writing, I read it from cover to cover in about 1.5 hours. The pictures are good quality, although many are from Breitling advertisements.It would be nice to...

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  • Posted: Aug-18-2007

Hmm, I am not sure what to say?

I like watches and must admit I was a lttle disapointed. It has some nice pictures, but not much information. It has too many pictures from the advertisers and sadly is very out of date now, but I will keep it. I see some reviews go gack as far as 1999,I guess I should have seen how old this book...

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  • Posted: Aug-12-2007

Great Pictures and nice book

Some nice pictures in here. Not much writing, I seemed to flip throught it in about an hour.Pictures are of very good quality, but all black & white, I would recommend if you are a collector, I think its a little out dated now.

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  • Posted: Mar-24-2004

Good Stuff

This has some good stuff, but it is for a mixed audience, so none may be fully satisfied. For horologists, there is a fair amount of movements shown, with many of them "exploded" to show all of their parts. For historians, there is a lot of good old-time advertising and photos. For collectors, of...

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  • Posted: Jun-23-2003

Lamer

A Breitling chronologue is better reading than this.Actually the K-mart junk mail is better.

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  • Posted: Nov-18-1999

Where's the passion?

For the uninitiated let me just say that my Breitling wristwatch is my most prized possesion. In other words us Breitling collectors are a bit nuts. You'd have to be to spend so much money for a watch when a fifteen dollar quarts digital is all you need to tell time.My feeling is that the...

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