====== 1986 ======

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  *  [[Breitling]] brings a new edition of the best known model of the company on the market, the [[1952]]-developed "[[Breitling Navitimer|Navitimer]]" with a built-in slide rule. 
  *  [[Audemars Piguet]] creates the first ultra-thin [[automatic]] [[tourbillon]].
  *  [[Junghans]] presents the world's first radio-controlled solar watch, the RCS1.
  *  [[Audemars Piguet]] purchases 40% of [[SAPHIR]], reorganizing [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] and [[IWC]] to become [[Les Manufactures Horlogeres]].
  *  The [[Basel Fair]] allows non-European companies to exhibit for the first time, with [[Seiko]] drawing much attention
  *  [[Citizen]] passes [[Seiko]] to become the world's top producer of wristwatches.
<- [[1985]] | [[1987]] ->
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