Question 3·Multiple choice
The Breitling Navitimer was launched in 1952 as the official watch of which organisation?
- A.The Royal Air Force
- B.The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)Correct answer
- C.Pan American World Airways
- D.The US Navy's Blue Angels
The story behind it
The Navitimer's circular slide rule was not new in 1952: Breitling had launched its slide-rule bezel a decade earlier on the Chronomat. What the Navitimer added was a customer with a membership list, the AOPA, whose members got a navigation computer on the wrist.