Replica of the Chinese Soldier in the Breitling Headquarters - fantastic & rare opportunity to own an amazing collectible Approx 20cm high. Weight 410 gram. "No doubt the first thing to impress itself on visitors to Breitling Chronométrie, the brand's production facility in the Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, is the ten-metre high statue in the reception hall. While one might expect it to portray Léon Breitling, the man who founded the brand in 1884, the figure towering above the somewhat mystified spectator is in fact a Chinese soldier in khaki uniform, gripping a machine gun. "This is the symbol of Breitling," announces Jean-Paul Girardin, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, without a flicker of a smile. "It was commissioned by Mr Schneider, Breitling's proprietor, from a Chinese artist and friend. He wanted an artwork that would symbolise our values. Initially his friend was somewhat reticent, given the subject, but now here it is." Shipping is with track & trace and insured till € 500,00.