Breitling SuperOcean Heritage chronograph 012 were designated SP

012 were designated SP

Inspired by the more compact RM005

but it wouldn’t be the last: it was the start of a long and fruitful relationship between the manufacture and aviation

Measuring at 19mm in diameter

Breitling SuperOcean Heritage chronograph 012 were designated SPBreitling has long been purveyor of chronographs to pilots, but in the 1950's, the popularity of dive watches like the Rolex Submariner and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms pushed Breitling to enter the sub aquatic race. In 1957, Breitling released both a time only dive watch, the SuperOcean Reference 1004, and a diver's chronograph in the form of the Reference 807. These watches would be the start of a long lasting and ever evolving line of nautical watches