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    • Pilots’ Watches

    WatchTime constantly publishes pilots’ watches news, pilot watches blog posts, pilot watch updates and other posts about popular pilots watches as well as wilots’ watch infos.

    Pilots watches are available globally and WatchTime covers many best pilot watches and outstanding pilot watch models from many price ranges: Breitling pilot watches, IWC pilot watch models, Bell & Ross pilots watches and pilot watch editions from Citizen, Hamilton and other pilot watch brands. Make sure to go to our pilot watch database where we have dozens of new top 10 pilot watches including men’s pilot watches, women’s pilot watches and watch prices.

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    IWC Doubles Down on Blue for 2021 Pilot’s Watch Automatic Edition “Laureus Sport for Good”

    In a tradition spanning back to 2006, IWC has announced its annual release of a special-edition timepiece to support the charitable efforts of Laureus Sport for Good in its stated mission of “using sport to transform the lives of children and young people and end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage.” This year’s model, the Pilot’s Watch...

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    Sep 3, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Ready for Takeoff: The Story of Longines and the Pioneers of Aviation

    Daring pilots relied on Longines watches aboard their flying machines in the 1920s and 1930s. The brand’s recently launched Spirit models recall this exciting history. Freezing cold. Deafening noise. Leaden fatigue. He’s been flying for 11 hours and now night has fallen over the Atlantic Ocean. It will be more than twice as long before...

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    Aug 30, 2021 by Ruediger Bucher

    TimeOut With WatchTime Returns This Thursday, August 26!

    This coming Thursday, August 26, at 12:00 PM EST, WatchTime hosts our next “TimeOut” virtual presentation, presented on Zoom, in which WatchTime editors and contributors discuss, debate, and shed light on all subjects related to watches and the watch industry. In the upcoming session, WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Roger Ruegger and Senior Editor Mark Bernardo will discuss a variety of...

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    Aug 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    TIMEPIECE TIMELINE

    The Evolution of the Men’s Wristwatch: A Decade-by-Decade Guide

    World War I coincided with the breakthrough of the wristwatch. New and trailblazing designs followed in each subsequent decade. From the WatchTime archives, here are our highlights, from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present day.

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    Aug 20, 2021 by Ruediger Bucher

    Safari Flyer: Oris Big Crown ProPilot Okavango Air Rescue Limited Edition

    Oris has become nearly as well known these days for its devotion to charitable causes as for the remarkable value-to-price ratio that sets it apart from so many other makers of Swiss mechanical watches. Its latest special-edition timepiece, the Big Crown ProPilot Okavango Air Rescue Edition, continues the growing legend, with a textured green dial...

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    Aug 17, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Haute Utilité: Spotlighting Richard Mille’s Most “Practical” High Complications

    The difference between Richard Mille and every other watch manufacturer that works with brand “ambassadors” can perhaps best be summed up in a visual from the sporting world of tennis. Picture a Grand Slam final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer’s left wrist is bare; his signature Rolex is hastily strapped on only in...

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    Aug 16, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Mission Timers: Five Modern Watches with MIL-SPEC Origins

    Like Jeeps, GPS, and the Internet, some of today’s popular wristwatch models started out as military projects. Here are five modern timepieces whose ancestors were made-to-order for soldiers, sailors, and airmen.

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    Aug 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Crosswind at the Matterhorn: Reviewing the Hamilton Khaki X-Wind Day Date

    “X-Wind” means crosswind and refers to a special function of the Hamilton Khaki X-Wind Day Date pilots’ watch. We accompanied an Air Zermatt helicopter pilot on flights around the Matterhorn and tested the watch to see how it performs in action. (Original photos by Marcus Krüger.) Shortly after sunrise, we glide in our helicopter close...

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    Aug 5, 2021 by Jens Koch

    Ejection Perfection: Bremont Lightens the Load with New Titanium-Cased MB Savanna

    “For a pilot,” British watchmaker Bremont reminds us, “weight means everything.” With this axiom as a guide, the London-based brand known for its rugged, military-influenced aviation watches has finally given its flyboy fanbase a version of the MB — its most tortuously tested watch and one most prized by military pilots — in a tough...

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    Jul 22, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    WATCH REVIEW

    Change of Course: Reviewing the IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph

    IWC’s Pilot's Watch Timezoner Chronograph was developed to be an ideal travel companion. A quick spin of the bezel suffices to show a new time zone, and a built-in flyback chronograph makes this an exceptional timepiece at a reasonable price. We give it a closer look in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

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    Jul 13, 2021 by Martina Richter

    WATCH TEST

    Hitting the Road: A Test of the Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time

    The Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time is designed to be the ideal travelers’ companion. Can this new model – inspired by lesser-known Patek Philippe pilot watches – meet the claim? We explore the watch in this in-depth test from the WatchTime archives. Original photos are by Patrick Mokesch.

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    Jul 9, 2021 by Jens Koch

    Promotion: From Stealth Fighter to Tourbillon — The Astronic Nighthawk

    In 1964, Pyotr Ufimtsev, a Soviet mathematician, showed that the strength of the radar return from an object is related to its edge configuration rather than its size, considering a certain angle of edge and shape together with gravity; the legendary Stealth F-117 Nighthawk was developed by DARPA of the U.S. Department of Defense in...

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    Jul 8, 2021 by WatchTime

    FEATURE

    The New Breed: How Bremont, Christopher Ward and Farer are Redefining British Watchmaking

    The British won the war but lost their watchmaking. Though watchmaking had existed in Switzerland as a cottage industry since the Age of Enlightenment, the Swiss did not truly dominate commercial watchmaking until World War II when the neutral country freely used resources – from metals to skilled labor to capital – that other countries...

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    Jul 7, 2021 by Allen Farmelo

    Breguet Flies New Colors With Launch of Type XXI 3815 in Titanium

    Breguet’s Type XX collection of pilot-inspired chronographs are a modern testament to the Swiss watchmaker’s familial connections to the world of aviation, forged by the founder’s great-great-grandson Louis-Charles Breguet, a pioneer in the field of manned flight. Following up the most recent addition to that sport-luxury collection, 2016’s vintage-influenced Type XXI 3817, Breguet this year...

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    Jun 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    FEATURE

    Flight Fight: A History of IWC and Breitling Pilots’ Watches

    When longtime IWC head honcho Georges Kern left became CEO of Breitling, some saw it as the latest salvo in the two Swiss brands' historical duel for horological supremacy in the air. Here we explore how both brands have made their marks on the history and evolution of pilots' watches.

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    Jun 21, 2021 by Jens Koch

    Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT Sled Driver Pays Tribute to a Pioneering SR-71 Blackbird Pilot

    Ball Watch Co. was founded in the U.S.A. as a provider of railroad watches in the late 19th Century, and while its current home base is Switzerland, Ball often produces timepieces distinctly inspired by or paying tribute to American history and culture, from 2012’s Grand Central Terminal centennial edition to last year’s flag-draped AeroGMT USA...

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    Jun 15, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Wheel in the Sky: IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Edition “Las Vegas” Puts Roulette on the Wrist

    It’s been a big year for IWC’s emblematic Big Pilot’s Watch, which has proven its versatility as both a canvas for avant-garde design and a base for high complications. Thus far in 2021, we’ve seen the debut of a new 43-mm version of the base model, a constant-force tourbillon with an automotive design, and a...

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    Jun 14, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Radar Redux: Bell & Ross Adds New BR 03-92 Red Radar Ceramic to Flight Instruments Collection

    Bell & Ross‘s now-iconic BR 01 Instrument, its first wristwatch inspired by airplane cockpit clocks, debuted in 2005 and established the French-Swiss brand’s modern identity. Since 2010, Bell & Ross has expanded on the theme with its Flight Instrument collection, a series of timepieces that take their cues from other onboard instruments, such as gyrocompasses...

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    Jun 10, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Pilots Dressed in Gray: Tutima Launches Flieger with Slate Gray Dial

    Glashütte, Germany-based Tutima has found success in adapting the vintage-look aesthetics of its military pilots’ watches into modern dress watches that are both contemporary in style and attractive in price. The latest example can be found in the new Tutima Flieger models, whose gradient slate-gray dials and tone-on-tone Horween leather strap make for a monochromatic...

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    Jun 10, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    FEATURE

    Windmill in a Storm: The Turbulent Timekeeping History of Mühle Glashütte

    German watchmaker Mühle Glashütte turned 150 years old in 2019, looking back on five generations of family stewardship through turbulent times for both Germany and the watch industry. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we explore the company's history of time measurement, from instruments to wristwatches.

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    Jun 3, 2021 by Mark Bernardo
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