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© Decksurgeon May 2009 Der Grosse Fliegeruhr It be near impossible to cover the sheer breadth and depth of the history of the pilot's watches from the very start to present day. But here are some interesting in an abridged presentation facts and some pict...  

. . . seems to have a following on TP/PPro, and your last photo brings a new dimension to 'stacking' that seems to be in vogue on the Rolex and Blancpain forums ;-). Re testing in three temperatures: the current G O Senator Chronometer is issued with a ch... 

it is very good news to know that some modern day watches still undergo some time honored traditions like 3 temperature adjustments. even more excellent to know that Senator Chronometer is one of them. Superb news to me ears

Nicely written ,well documented and always this link between Past And Present... Very interesting, indeed, to see the roots of the modern IWC Pilot Watches. Another interesting thing is to see, once again, how close is the design of the Lange, Laco, and I... 

Post. Thank you for sharing this part of history of the pilot watches As an owner of one, I appreciate it Cheers

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Thanks JM for the excellent post. Just cannot imagine the Cartier Santos Dumont as the first 'pilot's watch'....  

I thoroughly enjoyed the great detail and comprehensive background. Allow me to make one comment (which I cannot stop myself from making): The German "B-Uhr" is short for Beobachtungsuhr or observation watch in English, which as you write refers to its ro... 

Hats off to Glashutte Original as they are the ones that call their version as the Navigator cheers