We are one of only a handful of independent watchmakers producing our own movements. That commitment goes back to 1999, when we set out to ensure that every single one of our calibers had the status of COSC-certified chronometer. The designation, awarded by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), is a marker of the highest standards of watchmaking and a guarantee of accuracy to within -4 to +6 seconds a day for mechanical movements and less than half a second a day for quartz. To meet COSC’s exacting criteria, we built our own state-of-the-art watchmaking facility.

Opened in 2001, the Breitling Chronometrie is the heart of our watchmaking expertise and innovation. The choice of location was obvious: La Chaux-de-Fonds, the center of Swiss watchmaking, and the city where our founder Léon Breitling opened his first full-fledged factory more than 100 years earlier. Combining a research laboratory and a cutting-edge workshop, the Breitling Chronometrie is dedicated to the design, development and meticulous assembly of our watches. Intricate, ultra-precise adjustments to the hundredth, or even thousandth, of a second are performed by a team of expert horologists and technicians with decades of experience.

All Breitling watches carry the Swiss-made label. This marker of quality and skill is issued to brands that produce their products almost exclusively in Switzerland. Breitling watches are designed, developed, assembled and tested in Switzerland.

Breitling employs the industry’s best watchmakers at its Chronometrie, and in service centers around the world. While this art now receives a little help from technology, most of the handcrafted aspects have remained largely unchanged since watchmaking began. Many of our talented professionals come with decades of experience—and some even from families who have been making watches for generations.