Mühle-Glashütte has launched a new watch in partnership with the AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association), the world’ largest association for aviation enthusiast and pilots. The AOPA AeroSport is a limited edition (500 pieces) watch created to mark the organisation’s… Read More ›
Pilot’s watches
NEW : IWC Big Pilot ‘Right-Hander’
IWC have launched a new limited edition variant of its Big Pilot (with something special for those here in Australia and in France, but more on that later). The new limited (250 pieces) edition of the watch most associated with… Read More ›
SIHH 2019: IWC to debut new Pilot collection
With over eighty years of history behind this collection family for many watch lovers, and indeed arguably for the broader public, IWC has been synonymous with pilots’ watches. This is especially the case for their historical fliegers, but their modern… Read More ›
NEW: IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII Tribute to Mark 11
IWC has a long and legendary history when it comes to pilots’ watches, and their modern ones form both a popular and an important part of their collections. They also love to do historical nods, and this is now manifested… Read More ›
LAUNCH : Oris Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition II
Many of you will know of Oris’ support of and partnership with, the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), and of their first limited edition model that was launched a couple of years ago. This was no one-off partnership, as… Read More ›
SIHH 2016 : IWC Mark XVIII Top Gun Miramar
Amongst the cavalcade of pilots’ watches that were released by IWC at SIHH 2016, with perhaps a more low key appearance compared to the Heritage pieces, was a new Top Gun Miaramar model, the Mark XVIII Top Gun Miramar (Reference… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Longines Heritage 1935
A number of months ago I wrote about one of Longines’ new Baselworld 2014 releases the Heritage 1935, based on a timepiece originally created for the Czech air force in the 1930s-1940s. In a 42mm cushion-shaped steel case, it has… Read More ›
NEWS : Oris’ new Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter
For most of us, an altimeter on the wrist is an indulgence, a cool thing that we will never use. Perhaps we aren’t even entirely sure what it is, let alone how to read it on our watches. Broadly speaking,… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2014 : Longines Heritage 1935
For Baselworld 2014, Longines has again chosen to add to its ‘Heritage’ line by re-releasing another military aviation watch. You may recall the re-release of the Avigation Type 7 in 2012, about which I wrote here and last year, the… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2014 : Zenith Pilot Type 20 Tribute to Charles Kingsford Smith
Following on from Horologium’s post earlier this month about the Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 GMT 1903 is the announcement of a Zenith limited edition for Australia that is also based on the Type 20 and of course, also… Read More ›