Another solid mid range tool watch is the subject of today’s post – meet the new Flieger F-41 and F-29 Midnight Blue, new additions to the Flieger collection launched last year but whose history within the brand goes back to… Read More ›
Flieger
NEW: IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “Tribute to 3705”
Perhaps its significance was clear only in hindsight, but 1994 was a ‘bit of a year’ as they say, for IWC. The most widely known reason for this was the release, that year, of the Mark XII, which had been… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar
You may recall an earlier post about one of IWC’s new pilot’s watches for 2016, the Mark XVIII Top Gun Miramar. Well along with this, they also released a new Top Gun Miramar Chronograph which we had on loan… Read More ›
SINN: 856 B-Uhr Limited Edition
This year Sinn has decided to launch a watch based on classic Beobachtungs-uhr (B-Uhr) fliegers. However, rather than using a traditional B-Uhr type 55mm case size, this new limited edition model is the same far more wearable 40mm sized case as… Read More ›
NEW: Archimede Pilot 42 Beobachtung
At some point in their watch acquisition careers, many watch enthusiasts will find themselves wanting a pilots’ watch of some type. This label has developed quite a broad meaning over the decades, covering all manner of dial designs and functions…. Read More ›
A military classic – a look at a Heuer Bund
Produced by Heuer Leonidas S.A. in the late 1960s and early 1970s for the West German Air Force (Budeswehr), these flyback chronographs using Valjoux 22/ 222/ 230 movements known as ‘Heuer Bunds’ are amongst some of the most collectible and… Read More ›
Hands-on with a 55mm Laco Type-A
I’ve written before about early ‘navigators’ watches’ such as the Longines Weems Second Setting watch and the Longines Lindbergh. Today, I bring to you a modern version of a very different type of pilots’ watch, with its roots in Germany…. Read More ›
IWC 2012 Pilot’s watches : hands-on with the Miramar & Worldtimer
At SIHH 2012, IWC’s presence was the most talked about, the rather humbly named ‘booth’ a no-cost-spared (partial) reproduction of an aircraft carrier, complete with flight deck, officers’ briefing room, pilots’ locker room, and even a flight deck control room…. Read More ›
