Founded in 1884 by Léon Breitling in the town of Saint-Imier in Switzeralnd, Breitling have a rich history of creating chronometer watches for aviators. The two main seminal models are the Chronomat, made during Second World War in 1941 and the Navitimer produced in 1955 made for commercial pilots. Since then, Breitling have expanded their offerings by creating their own line of dive watches with the debut of the Superocean, and later, the Transocean in 1958.