Well sometimes the word ‘novelties’ so beloved of the watch world actually does apply, and the new Patek Pilots’ watch certainly falls into the ‘unexpected’ category. It adds a sports watch to the Calatrava collection, and is a markedly different… Read More ›
In March, I wrote about a rare Longines Wittnauer Second Setting watch. Thanks to a distinguished collector friend of JPVFX, we now have a follow-up post of an even more well known and rare Longines aeronatical beast – the Longines… Read More ›
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 ›
In one of the more practical watch brand collaborations that we’ve heard for a while, Casio has been working with Britain’s Royal Air Force on a new range designed for use in combat. Formed in 1918, the RAF is one… Read More ›
Pilots’ watches, whether they be B-Uhr heritage fliegers from the ‘knowns’ or one of the plethora of small brands which you only hear about through word of mouth or on watch fora, are one of the constants in the watch… Read More ›
Founded in Bienne in 1914 by Eugène Meylan, for a company whose modern history has been closely tied to functional and “tool” watches, it is interesting to note that Glycine’s early commitment was to create the smallest movements possible for… Read More ›
The Aristo Flieger Sextant has its roots in a German sextant watch used by Wernher von Braun and his team at the Peenemünde rocket proving ground (“Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemuende”) in the early 1940s. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March… Read More ›
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