Breitling was founded in Saint-Imier by L?on Breitling in 1884. When Breitling died in 1914, the business passed to his son, Gaston, and then to his grandson, Willy, in 1935. Willy’s children were not interested in pursuing the family business, so the Breitling factory in La Chaux de Fonds closed in December 1978. Ernst Schneider, owner of the Sicura Company in Grenchen, bought the Breitling name from the founding family in 1979. Production of watches moved to the Sicura factory, which later changed its name to Montres Breitling AG and then Breitling AG in 1994. On December 23, 2022, Partners Group, a Swiss investment and private equity firm, took over the majority of the Breitling shares from CVC. Co-founder of Partners Group, Alfred Gantner, took over the presidency of Breitling’s directorial board.
This Professional B-2 reference A42362 is a stainless steel automatic wristwatch with chronograph and date, with self-winding movement and chronograph function. Stainless steel case 43.mm in diameter with screwed-down crown and pushers. Stainless steel bi-directional rotating bezel. Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. White dial with baton luminous hands, dot hour markers. Date window between 4 and 5 o’clock position. Three chronograph sub-dials: 60 second, 3 hour and 10 minute. Stainless steel bracelet with double-locking fold clasp. This watch comes with paper and box.
Dimension
Fits a wrist size of 6.5 inches or smaller.
