Gaston Léon Breitling

1884 - 1927  (42 years)

• Name	Gaston Léon Breitling  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Sep 1884	Saint-Imier, Jura, Bern, Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	watchmaker  [1]
  Occupation	1915  [1]
  	inventor of the wristwatch chronograph
  Occupation	1914–1927  [1]
  	president of Swiss watchmaker Breitling SA
  Death	30 Jul 1927	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland   [1, 2]
  Burial	Cimetière de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland   [2]
  Person ID	I3	Breitling Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Léon Breitling,   b. 27 Jan 1860, Saint-Imier, Jura, Bern, Switzerland d. 11 Aug 1914, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Age 54 years)
  Mother	M. Lina Theurillat,   b. 15 Aug 1852   d. 7 Mar 1921 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1882
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berthe Juliette Flajoulot,   b. 4 Apr 1871, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland d. 1971, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1911	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  Children	1. Willy Léon Breitling,   b. 16 Feb 1913, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland d. 12 May 1979, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] "Gaston Breitling," Wikipedia, last modified 21 May 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Breitling. [S3] Find a Grave, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line], (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).