Air Time: Watches Impressed by Aviation, Aeronautics, and Pilots

Air Time takes a eager have a look at greater than ninety iconic timepieces that embody the spirit of flight, worn and made well-known by the women and men who pioneered it, from daring balloonists and wartime jet pilots to jet-setters and astronauts.

In a thoroughgoing have a look at almost a century ofaviation-inspired timepieces–from 1904 to the current day– WatchTime’s Mark Bernardo interweaves historical past, technical perception, and the distinctive type of pilot watches right into a first-of-its-kind complete monograph.

Chapters showcase historic milestones akin to Cartier’s improvement of the primary males’s wristwatch for Alberto Santos-Dumont; Charles Lindbergh’s invention of the Longines Hour Angle; and the Omega Speedmaster, the primary watch to land on the moon. Additionally featured are iconic timepieces, together with the Breitling Navitimer, IWC Huge Pilot’s Watch, Breguet Sort XX, and Rolex GMT-Grasp, up via present class timepieces akin to within the collections of Bell & Ross, Longines, Bremont, Patek Philippe, Hamilton, and Zenith. Informative and compelling, this fascinating information is the proper present for connoisseurs of timepieces, aviation, and globetrotting journey.