Breitling's Time Capsule Lands in Bengaluru

After over 50 stops across the world, Breitling's stunning traveling heritage collection comes to India—orchestrated by the marque's well-seasoned Heritage Specialist, Paul Mulocher

- By Sharan Sanil

Breitling's traveling Time Capsule exhibition has made it to its final destination, Bengaluru, bringing with it a curated selection of the brand's most historically significant timepieces. For watch enthusiasts, there's something particularly compelling about seeing a brand's past laid out in physical form-real pieces of history, each carrying the DNA of Breitling's horological evolution. It's one thing to read about the first independent chronograph pusher, the Calibre 11 movement, or the slide rule bezel that defined the Navitimer; it's another to stand before these icons in the metal, witnessing the details up close.

At the heart of the exhibition is Heritage Specialist Paul Mulocher, whose job isn't just to curate these timepieces but to shape the narrative of Breitling's legacy. Having played a key role in establishing the brand's pop-up museum in Zurich, Mulocher has now taken Breitling's history on the road, bringing a carefully selected collection of vintage Breitlings to enthusiasts worldwide.

As he walked me through the exhibition, his enthusiasm was palpable. "Breitling's history is synonymous with the history of the chronograph," he pointed out, motioning to a display tracing the brand's key innovations. From the 1915 model that introduced the first independent chronograph pusher to the 1930s design that established the modern dual-pusher layout, to the race for the world's first automatic chronograph in the late 1960s, Breitling has been deeply embedded in the evolution of mechanical timekeeping.