Breitling
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FACT
In the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball, Bond is given a Breitling Top Time by Q, who tells him it is also a Geiger counter. After the movie was filmed the watch disappeared. In 2012 it resurfaced in a car boot sale in England and was bought for £25. It later sold at auction in Christie's auction house for over £100,000.
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FOUNDED:1884
BASED:Grenchen, Switzerland
MOST POPULAR MODELS:Chronomat and Navitimer
Brief Brand History

Originally the Breitling company was founded in 1884 by Léon Breitling in Saint-Imier. It was in 1979 when Ernst Schneider bought the company from the founding family and continued to run it until 2017. Historically, Breitling is known for precision-made chronometers designed for aviators. In 2009 Breitling developed the famous B01, an in-house self-winding, column wheel chronograph movement, used in the Breitling Chronomat 01 and subsequently Navitimer 01.