Breitling: Professional Approach towards Professional Timekeeping

What watchmaking brand would you first of all think of if you had to choose a timekeeping device for a pilot, or an amateur inspired by flying? Breitling, Instruments for Professionals, these words immediately come to mind.

Breitling is universally known as an indisputable leader in producing mechanical chronograph timekeepers. However, the company has also been quite successful in developing innovative electronic timepieces of utmost functionality.


Following the tremendous success of the Flying B, Breitling continues to provide professional pilots with the latest technological advancements. This time the Breitling Company has enriched its Professional line with the new Airwolf electronic chronograph offering a variety of useful functions. The professionals in the field of aviation will no doubt appreciate the Airwolf's supreme performance, efficiency and distinctive design.

The new Breitling's Airwolf chronograph is supplied with additional functions in the most logical, simple and direct way. Let us list the functions:

1.Alarm, 1/100th of a second chronograph with split and additional times
2.Countdown timer
3.second time-zone with independent alarm
4.UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) perpetual calendar.

The stainless steel case of the new Airwolf chronograph measures 43.5 mm in diameter. Protected by a glare-proofed sapphire crystal, the case and caseback provide water-resistance to 50 meters. Pay attention to the newly-designed chronograph pushpieces.

The watch's face reveals two big-sized LCD 12/24-hour analog and digital displays, applied "3" and "9" numerals and hour-markers. The supreme Airwolf's legibility is provided with oversized hands and display backlighting usually featured by the NVG - night vision goggles. The decoration of the dial has been created to remind a jet engine - a kind of Breitling's tribute to aeronautical vocation. The bidirectional rotating bezel (slide-rule) is pinion and guarantees optimally precise read-off.

The owners of the Airwolf chronograph should appreciate its precision and reliability as the timepiece is equipped with the COSC-chronometer-certified thermo-compensated SuperQuartz movement. Breitling's noteworthy priority is the fact that it represents the only major watch company which equips all models of its collection with COSC certified chronometer movements. Only 3 per cent of all Swiss watches correspond to the required high quality standards to be awarded with the official COSC chronometer certification.

The Airwolf's caseback catches attention due to a turbine-shaped relief - besides powerful aesthetic message, it offers the advantage for the alarm sounds. The original shape of the caseback serves as a resonance chamber for the audible indications. It represents a real wonder of micro-mechanical engineering technologies - altogether comprising 24 precisely cut blades, hand-assembled and then fusion-soldered.

The blue-dialed timepiece is available with a leather strap, while the black-dialed version - with a steel bracelet.

The Breitling Airwolf chronograph fascinates by the appealing union of eye-catching forms and useful functions, innovative technique and distinctive style, featuring sophisticated design of the dial and the perfect finishing of the fluted bezel. It is a great choice for prowess-and-performance lovers. It is a fine addition to the Breitling Professional line comprising high quality timepieces of the most distinctive styling.