On March 21, 1999, an event occurred that had never happened before in the history of the world. The Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, piloted by balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, touched down ...
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Breitling’s first nonstop balloon flight around the world, the watch brand is launching a special Aerospace B70 Orbiter timepiece. Attired in a 43mm-wide ...
On March 1 1999, balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones left the Swiss village of Chateau d’Oex to embark on the biggest flight challenge of the 20 th Century: circumnavigating the globe nonstop ...
Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire’s regular column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world. Every era has its own aeronautical obsession. Around the turn of ...
It takes a particular type of person to wake up one day and decide to fly around the world in a hot air balloon. Similarly, it takes a particular mindset to foresee the potential of such an adventure ...
Breitling’s Aerospace B70 Orbiter Marks the 25th Anniversary of an Adventurous Milestone A piece of the original Orbiter 3 air balloon can be observed through the transparent caseback.
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