Breitling Chronomat Travel In the 1950s and 1960s

In the 1950s and 1960s

sloping lugs wrap nicely around the wrist and give the watch a noticeably low ride

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Elegant and understated (though still with the solid case proportions of its reverse panda brethren)

Eisenhower and henceforth be dubbed: the President

Breitling Chronomat Travel In the 1950s and 1960sIn 1941, Breitling applied for a patent for a unique watch that would herald things to come. The patentnumber 217012was for a watch that featured a rotating slide rule on the bezel. The fact that it had a slide rule was by no means unusual, or even unprecedented. Actually, another brand, Mimo, had put out a watch with a slide rule the previous year. However, the patent filed by Breitling would be unique in that the slide rule would be combined with a