Introducing – The IWC Pilot Chronograph 41 Goes Green and Gold

While the focus of this year for IWC is, undoubtedly, the return of the Genta-styled Ingenieur watch, relaunched with great fanfare in 4 different editions (including a handsome, yet costly titanium model), there is, of course, more to expect from the Schaffhausen brand. You secretive little thing, IWC…! We’ve recently presented the new green, steel case […]

2 years ago

Hands-on – The Contemporary Wings Of The Zenith Pilot Big Date Flyback In Steel

During Watches & Wonders 2023, Zenith unveiled an entirely new Pilot collection that radically changed the flight path of this storied collection. As a brand with legitimate pilot watch credentials, dating to Louis Blériot’s successful cross-Channel flight in a monoplane in 1909 with a ‘Special’ Zenith wristwatch strapped to his wrist, the brand’s decision to […]

2 years ago

Introducing – From Test Watch To Real Life, The Bremont MB Viper

Bremont Watch Company, co-founded in 2002 by brothers Nick and Giles English, and with Davide Cerrato as CEO since a few days, is one of the few British-owned watch companies in the Swiss-dominated watch market. Bremont has cultivated a distinctly British feel to its watches that embody the spirit of Britain and, in particular, its […]

2 years ago

Introducing – The New Green IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar

While all the attention was focused (rightfully so) on the return of the Genta-inspired Ingenieur watch during the Geneva watch fair, IWC actually had more watches to present… at least discreetly. We’ve covered already the new Top Gun Chronograph 41 in black and blue, but more pilot watches have been unveiled. And one of them […]

2 years ago

Introducing – The Titanium IWC Big Pilot “IWC Racing Works” Edition

The name Pilot’s Watch at IWC has long meant more than just watches made for military purposes. In fact, it also stands for the long-standing connection of IWC to motorsport. After entering a partnership with Mercedes-AMG in 2004, IWC became the official engineering partner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in 2013 and established its own […]

2 years ago

Flight club: Fly first class with these 5 upscale pilot’s chronographs

During the golden age of air travel, all seats on a plane were pretty much first-class seats. At the dawn of intercontinental flight, travellers dressed for the occasion, and the experience was much more genteel, even elegant, especially when compared with today’s post-apocalyptic hellscape. Sadly, modern flying has become a soul-crushing exercise, with stressed-out travellers … Continued

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2 years ago

Introducing – The New Reservoir Black Sparrow Collection (Live Pics & Price)

The Black Sparrow Collection will be the second series of Reservoir watches inspired by the cockpit instruments of vintage aircraft. The previously released Reservoir Airfight featured a signature retrograde minute hand, a jumping hour and a power reserve indicator. The Black Sparrow models lose the power reserve indicator and offer a different esthetic, supported by […]

2 years ago

Oris Takes To The Skies With The New Carbon ProPilot Altimeter

Although it is probably far more useful to mountaineers, hikers, climbers, skiers and other adventurous kinds than modern-day airline pilots flying in a pressure-controlled environment, the Oris ProPilot Altimeter remains a rarity, as it is one of the very few mechanical altimeter watches available. In fact, it is the only one with an automatic movement! […]

2 years ago