The company Brietling was founded in the year of 1884 in the Jura Mountains of St. Imier Switzerland by Leon Breitling. Breitling opened a workshop thats focus was to produce Chronographs for scientific purposes. By 1892 Breitling's business was doing very well and he decided to relocate it to Chaux-de-fonds Switzerland, the booming area of swiss time piece production at that time. When the company was passed down to Leon Breitling's son Gatson in 1914, The first chronograph wrist watch was created for the use of pilots. A staple was born. Throughout the first half of the 20th century Breitling made its mark in the aviation field with its quality chronograph time pieces. Today Breitling watches are a staple in not just the aviation field but looked at in pop culture as one of the top watch companies in the world.
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