When explorer and adventurer Bertrand Piccard and balloonist Brian Jones landed their Breitling Orbiter 3 in the Egyptian desert on March 21, 1999, they had achieved something unique: the first non-stop balloon flight around the world. Breitling sponsored the Rozière-type balloon, a combination of hot air and gas balloon. It was Piccard's third attempt after he had to drop out early in 1997 and 1998. The journey lasted almost 20 days and the two covered over 45,000 km.

The Breitling Aerospace B70 Orbiter comes in a 43 mm titanium case and includes a powerful, thermocompensated quartz movement that is around ten times as precise as a conventional quartz caliber. The movement, called Breitling SuperQuartz, offers the following functions: a chronograph that stops accurately to the hundredth of a second (including split time measurement and flyback function), a stopwatch, a second time zone, a double alarm, lap time measurement and a perpetual calendar. The battery needs to be replaced after around two years; its running time can be seen on the display. Like all Breitling watches, the Aerospace B70 Orbiter is certified as a chronometer by the official Swiss testing center COSC.

The Aerospace refers to the record-breaking balloon not only through its orange dial, which is based on the color of the balloon capsule from 1999. As a special treat, Breitling has incorporated an original piece of the Orbiter 3 into the transparent case back. When you look through the glass bottom, you can also see the former mission logo (it is also on the dial) and the inscription "First non-stop flight around the world 25th anniversary" running around it. Numbers, indices and hands are designed with Superluminova, the bezel can be rotated on both sides and also has a lock. Although the watch, which is water-resistant to 100 m, appears very massive from the front, it is not that tall at just under 13 mm and is surprisingly light thanks to the titanium casing material. 

It is worn either on a titanium link strap available for Rs. 4,33, 089 (approx.) or on a black rubber strap with a folding clasp available for Rs. 4,15,000 (approx.)