Breitling Premier Reference 788 Pre-owned in the world of vintage

in the world of vintage watches

Crowns have gotten bigger (as with the Reference 5510)

The case is the same asymmetrical one that marked the Speedy since the late 1960s

often dotted with radium for added visibility in low-light conditions

Lemania’s star designer in the 1930s-1940s

Breitling Premier Reference 788 Pre-owned in the world of vintageWe love a good chronograph here at Analog Shift, and there's no denying that certain brands do them exceptionally well. Breitling, the storied manufacture from St. Imier, can be said to have created the genre of aviators chronographseven the modern wristwatch chronograph as we know it. The brand introduced its first wrist chronograph in 1915. Their first design was a holdover from its days in the pocket, with start, stop, and reset functions being