Chronomat Story – The Untold History of Breitling's Ultimate All-Purpose Sports Watch

Chronomat Story – Gerard Tubb

A new title in Watchprint's Story Books series devoted to the world's most famous watches. Investigative journalist Gerard Tubb tells, for the first time in full, the story of Breitling's most transformative chronograph.

Created in the 1980s for Italy's Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team, the Chronomat sparked Breitling's revival and helped redefine modern mechanical watchmaking. The book draws on original research, newly uncovered archives and first-hand accounts.

It brings to life the people, ideas and risks behind this period of reinvention. Richly illustrated and meticulously documented.

Watchprint.com Editions. Hardcover, 288 pages, colour and black-and-white illustrations, 22 × 22 cm. English edition. ISBN 978-2-940506-66-8.