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unusual facts about Breitling


Breitling

Wilhelm August von Breitling (1835–1914), German lawyer; from 1901 to 1906 he was the minister-president of the German state of Württemberg (President of the state ministry)


Bentley Continental GT

Breitling SA produced a limited (1000 units per colour) Breitling for Bentley Supersports chronograph wrist watches (based on Breitling Calibre 26B) inspired by the Bentley Continental Supersports car.

As part of Continental GT V8 launch, Breitling SA created a 250-piece limited edition of its Bentley GMT chronograph (based on the Breitling Calibre 47B) featuring a second time-zone display.

Breitling SA produced a series of 1000-unit Bentley Supersports Light Body wrist watches (based on Breitling Calibre 27B) to commemorate Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible's ice speed record.

Golden Nugget Las Vegas

As recounted in Tom Breitling's book, Double or Nothing, the partners agreed to buy the Golden Nugget and had an agreement to sell the property after operating it for only one year.

Mönchhagen

The municipality of Mönchhagen lies to the east of the Hanseatic City of Rostock in a predominantly flat region that is drained by the stream of the Peezer Bach into the bay of Breitling.

Phage display

The invention of antibody phage display by laboratories at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology led by Greg Winter and John McCafferty, The Scripps Research Institute led by Richard Lerner and Carlos F. Barbas and the German Cancer Research Centre by Frank Breitling and Stefan Dübel revolutionised antibody drug discovery.


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