1884 - In St. Imier, in the Jura mountains of Switzerland, Leon Breitling opens a workshop specialising in making
chronographs and precision counters for scientific and industrial purposes. In 1914 Leon Breitling dies and the company is
passed over to his son Gaston, a year later Gaston creates the first wristwatch chronograph and subsequently provides pilots
with the first wrist instruments. By 1923 Breitling had developed the first ever independent chronograph pushpiece.
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