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07 October 2019 |
Hamilton,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
We drove around Italy to find the proper photo-set to introduce the 2019 Hamilton Khaki Pilot Pioneer Mechanical (and its quartz sibling, the Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer Chrono Quartz). I reckon the perfect place would have been an abandoned Royal Air Force military base since we are in front of ...
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09 August 2019 |
IWC,
Aviator Watches,
Do you remember the 1 to 1 scale Spitfire MK IX aircraft placed just amidst the IWC booth at SIHH 2019? The "Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight" project has this week officially started. Initially built in 1943 and fully restored by a team of specialists, the aircraft has undergone ...
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18 September 2018 |
IWC,
Military Watches,
Hand Winding Watches,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
SIHH 2016,
If you were to ask me which two key points of the 2016 SIHH fair I am going to remember for a long time, I would reply with two nouns; details and tradition. Those two nouns, when applied to IWC, mean a revamping of the Pilot's collection, especially the Big ...
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08 August 2018 |
IWC,
Military Watches,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
SIHH 2016,
In watchmaking, success is all about details. "The details are not the details. They make the design" the US designer Charles Eames used to say and Christian Knoop's team must have thought about this exact quote and also listened to the requests of the big collectors when they decided to ...
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25 April 2018 |
Citizen,
Buying Watches,
Japanese Watches,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
The 2013 Citizen Promaster Altichron - a new beginning for Citizen. This is the way any normal watch aficionado behaves: while very young he’s attracted by digital and quartz watches. As the years go by he begins to dream of mechanical watches (and Swiss ones)…then, when he starts earning some ...
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30 December 2016 |
Longines,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
The Heritage collection best represents the testimony of the brand's history and, on paper, it is the collection that probably produces the lowest sale volumes if compared to all the other collections; nevertheless, Longines keeps coming up with new releases at a steady pace year after year. In a process ...
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10 January 2016 |
Alpina,
Buying Watches,
Hand Winding Watches,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Alpina produces aviators' watches since the 1920s Do you own a diver's watch, a three-counter, a timepiece with retrograde indications, a Reverso and a Sixy-Nine but you are still not the proud owner of real aviator's watch? No problem; the Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage MK III that you can see in ...
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10 September 2015 |
IWC,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Let’s start off with a very simple and clear statement: unveiling a new IWC Pilot’s Watch is a nice moment for any watch-enthusiast. Second statement: among the Limited Edition Pilot’s watches released by Schaffausen over the last years, the two counters Big Pilot’s watches are very rare and highly sought-after. ...
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18 July 2015 |
Zenith,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2015,
Good news at Le Locle, home of Zenith watches: there is still a big bunch of legendary calibers 5011K to be restored inside the company's archive with which the manufacturer will produce another batch of exclusive Pilot Watches like the Zenith Pilot Type 20 Hommage to Louis Bleriot, the first ...
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12 April 2015 |
Bell & Ross,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2015,
Ten years ago a young brand had an original yet brave idea: to conceive a timepiece that drew inspiration from those found in cockpits, especially of military planes. When the first BR01-92 appeared, I thought it to be quite eccentric, and I believed I was witnessing the birth of the ...
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