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Stowa Flieger Olymp: Bronze, Silver And Gold For Stowa

Timely for the Summer Olympics in Paris, the German watch manufacturer Stowa is presenting the Flieger Olymp. This limited edition is available in three case materials: bronze, silver, and gold, paying homage to the Olympic medals. These three watches are also a technical highlight, featuring a beautiful new movement based on the ETA/Unitas 6498. Cases:…

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The Stowa Pilot’s Watch: Modern History on the Wrist

The German watch brand Stowa has undergone an impressive range of developments over the course of its history. Around 1937, ten years after its foundation, Stowa began manufacturing watches in the Bauhaus style – a rarely implemented design at the time. Its original manufacturing building was completely destroyed by a bombing raid in 1945, but…

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Stowa Flieger Verus 36: New Smaller Case

This German manufacture from the provincial city of Pforzheim is known for its long history of making pilot's watches. The Stowa Flieger Verus was first presented in 2018 as a modern interpretation of the classic pilot's watch. With its matte case and purist dial design, the watch received the Red Dot Design Award. Now, the…

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Zenith Pilot’s Watches: The Untold Story of the Pilot

Ever since the Wright brothers revolutionised aviation in 1903, watch manufactures have competed to produce the best, most precise, and most functional tool watches for the skies. Given the superlatives with which some manufactures gild themselves today, it is easy to lose track of who actually played what role and when. After all, there are…

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Zenith Pilot Automatic & Pilot Big Date Flyback: Blue Like The Skies

In the summer of 2023, Zenith presented an updated Pilot collection. Although Zenith has a rich history of pilot's watches (brought back to life in their “ICONS: PILOT” capsule collection that just launched), the manufacture decided to start from scratch. The result is a modern pilot's watch that picks up on the typical features combines…

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Introducing The New Longines Pilot Majetek

Back in the 1920s, Swiss watch manufacture Longines created its first pilot's watch with a rotating bezel. Then, in the early 1930s, the watchmaker went on to develop a wristwatch with a rotating bezel featuring a luminous index at 12 o’clock. Among other things, pilots principally used this design to calculate flight time. Five years…

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IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Lake Tahoe” and “Woodland”: In The Cockpit With Coloured Ceramics

The watchmakers from Schaffhausen are presenting the IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition "Lake Tahoe" and "Woodland". The two models appear in cases made of coloured ceramic, inspired by the surroundings of the famous US Navy flight school. Not only is the production of coloured ceramics notoriously difficult, but IWC also had to transfer…

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Breitling’s New Super AVI Collection (plus Boutique Edition)

Following the launch of the AVI Ref. 765 1953 Re-Edition in 2020, Breitling is now introducing the new Super AVI watch line, a larger version with a case diameter of 46 mm. The five new models pay homage to the most important fighter planes of the 1940s, as well as to the original references from…

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