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Owner review: Fortis Flieger F-41
As far as I know, the Fortis Flieger* has been around since 1987. Fortis has been under new ownership since 2018. In 2020 I first became aware of the NEW Fortis Flieger F-41. Here I’m talking about the Fortis Flieger F-41 automatic with metal bracelet and black dial. There are other versions available, too. Personally,…
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Owner Review: Steinhart Military 47 – Unique Flieger
Long before I found this Steinhart Military 47 I have always had a special liking for German made products. I even took on a language course during school days. The thing that I admire the most about German made products is the craftsmanship. Nothing beats the submarine steel of Sinn & Damasko, and Lange is…
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Owner Review: Stowa Flieger Classic
I never thought I would fall in love with the Stowa Flieger Classic until I did. Much like a last minute hook up at a dive bar, I didn’t expect much from this average looking girl but then she won me over with her nocturnal skills and smooth winding. I’ve never been a huge flieger…
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Owner Review: Sinn 900 Flieger – At home on land, under water and in the air
In my small portfolio, the Sinn 900 Flieger («pilot») is the oldest and one of the first «proper» watches I ever bought. And for me, the 900F is still one of the hottest watches in the Sinn range. The 900F has a very clean and uncluttered face, while still offering a lot of information: a…
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Owner Review: Escapement Time Flieger Chronograph
It all started with the Seagull 1963 reissue. My youtube was just flooded with those when it came out. I saw one in the metal, tried it on, And was like… I wish they’d make this in a “flieger style”. Then I saw the Stowa Flieger Chronograph, and the hunt was on! It was a…
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Owner review: BYOP Avitimer
A favorite pair of jeans, a sweatshirt that fits like no other, there are certain things I own that are comfortable and timeless in one. The BYOP Avitimer just joined my stable of such items. I have an indifference to Flieger dials, but appreciate and enjoy the utilitarian nature of a pilot’s watch. BYOP provides…
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Owner review: Archimede Pilot 42
Archimede watches had been, and continue to be on my radar. Their pilot watches had a permanent place in my mind whenever I was thinking of getting a new watch. Although I do like IWC watches, I’ve always thought that their Mark series was overpriced. As I enjoy the Flieger look, I started looking at…
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Owner review: Ratio Skysurfer
Flieger watches are iconic in their own right, but making a good-looking flieger is not an easy thing – make it too fateful to the original design and you risk it looking just like all other fliegers on the market; make it too different and suddenly you don’t have a flieger watch anymore. It’s a…
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Editorial: A visit to Hentschel Hamburg
HOROLOGY IN HAMBURG A marine chronometer is very different from a chronograph. Some watch collectors do genuinely get mixed up and don’t realise that a chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship to help determine the ship’s position by celestial navigation. The chronometer is used to determine longitude by comparing Greenwich…
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Germany’s (not so) hidden champions #1: Kieser Design
This is the first edition of a small series of podcasts about the (not so) hidden watch champions of Germany. [spacing size=”4″] This is also a kind of cooperation between Fifthwrist and WatchMaxe. [spacing size=”4″] Today Claus (@tapir_ffm) from fifthwrist and Axel (WatchMaxe on Youtube) are talking to Matthias, an independent watchmaker who just recently…
