The Speedmaster Pilot Flight Qualified made an under-the-radar debut as a pilot-only U.S. military watch earlier this year (confirmed a few months ago by Fratello) and not unsurprisingly, Omega now has a different version available for civilians which joins their… Read More ›
Military watches
NEW: Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT ‘Zulu Time’
The latest Pelagos milwatch, the FXD GMT “Zulu Time”, is an extension of Tudor’s relationship with the French military, but also similar to the recent Hanhart Aerospace Limited Editionin the sense that it too, is to do with official naval… Read More ›
NEW: YEMA Navygraf Marine Nationale CMM.10
From military-adjacent we are going back to official military, with the latest offerings from YEMA, official watch of the French navy (Marine nationale) and the French Air Force. This new Navygraf Marine Nationale comes in a 39mm brushed stainless steel… Read More ›
NEW: Hanhart FLY NAVY Aerosphere Limited Edition
The usual officially military-aligned or military-adjacent watches are linked to pilots in air forces or divers in navies, but German brand Hanhart has just announced the FLY NAVY Aerosphere, a new limited edition designed for, as you can guess from… Read More ›
NEW: Hanhart Austrian Air Force AW169M L.E. Chronograph
Following on from the recent announcement about a French Air Force watch, today is about another watch brand and air force model. It’s also another chronograph. In collaboration with the Austrian Air Force, Hanhart has launched a limited edition monopusher… Read More ›
NEW: the return of Tornek-Rayville
What’s in a name? Well when it comes to watches, in the case of historical U.S. name Tornek-Rayville, a lot. Acquired by the Bill Yao, the owner of well-known and respected microbrand MKII Watches, the Tornek-Rayville name has been revived,… Read More ›
EXHIBITION: Vintage Fifty Fathoms
It was only last month that we covered the new Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad, a limited edition re-interpretation of the 1960s’ Fifty Fathoms “no radiations” with its immediately recognisable symbol. We mentioned the simultaneous release of a… Read More ›
EXHIBITION: “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”
From Tuesday 27 October until Sunday 13 December 2020 the History of Science Museum, Oxford, is hosting an exhibition on time and time-keeping called “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”. It is presented by the History… Read More ›
NEW: Bulova Military Hack Automatic
Bulova has launched a new Military Hack Automatic inspired by the brand’s vintage 3818-A milwatch, produced in the 1950-1960s when they supplied wristwatches to the U.S. military according to milspecs 3818-A and 6433-A. The 3818-A had, as the name of… Read More ›
LONGINES : Heritage Military Watch
Although they are not Longines’ biggest sellers, if there’s one thing that they can be counted on, it is that the brand will come up with some good looking vintage reissue models for their Heritage Collection. This year, it comes… Read More ›