Editing Breitling SA (section)

=== Navitimer ===
{{Main|Breitling Navitimer}}
[[File:Breitling Navitimer slide rule.jpg|thumb|right]]
In the 1940s, Breitling added a [[circular slide rule]] to the bezel of its Chronomat models. This bezel became most associated with the Navitimer, launched in 1954. The name ''Navitimer'' comes from two words were used to describe its purpose: Navigation and Timer.<ref name="secondtime.com">{{Cite web|title=An Icon of the Skies: A brief history of the Breitling Navitimer|url=https://secondtime.com/blog/an-icon-of-the-skies-a-brief-history-of-the-breitling-navitimer/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=SecondTime|language=en}}</ref> During the 1950s and 1960s, a version of the Navitimer was offered by the [[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association]] with the AOPA logo on the dial.

In 1961, [[Scott Carpenter]], one of the original astronauts in the [[Mercury space program]], tasked Breitling with incorporating a [[24 hour watch|24-hour dial]] instead of the normal 12-hour dial, due to lack of day and night in space travel. Breitling produced the 24-hour Navitimer, which Carpenter wore on his 1962 space flight. Breitling proceeded to produce a commercial version of the 24-hour version, the ''Cosmonaute Navitimer'', with both Breitling and AOPA logos.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.breitling.com/us-en/watches/navitimer/| title=Breitling Navitimer| website=Breitling| access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>

The first automatic Navitimer chronograph was introduced to the public in 1969; its movement was co-developed by Breitling, Dubois-Depraz, [[TAG Heuer|Heuer]], and [[Hamilton Watch Company|Hamilton]].<ref name="secondtime.com" />