Introducing The New Pilot-Impressed Titoni Airmaster Fashions

Based by Fritz Schluep in 1919 and nonetheless in household fingers, Grenchen-based model Titoni has an extended custom of manufacturing classical Swiss-made watches at inexpensive costs. Among the many 9 collections for males is the Airmaster, a line-up of three-hand chrome steel fashions with day and day/date features designed for on a regular basis put on. Launched within the Nineteen Sixties, the Titoni Airmaster was not, as its identify suggests, a pilot’s watch or purpose-built for a selected exercise; it was designed as a dependable, versatile, on a regular basis timekeeper. Now that includes Arabic numerals, a extra sober design and an emphasis on legibility, the brand new references are the closest you may get within the assortment to a pilot’s watch.

Extra utilitarian

The 4 dial colors – matte white (silver), matte black, sunray-brushed inexperienced and sunray-brushed blue – usually are not the actual novelty right here. There are different fashions within the assortment with silver, black and blue dials; the one new color is inexperienced. What units these fashions other than current Airmasters is the deliberate paring down of ornamental prospers on the dial. As a substitute of the dressy utilized Roman numerals or refined tapered baton markers and fingers discovered on different Airmasters, these new references look extra sturdy, extra tool-watch oriented.

Essentially the most conspicuous distinction of the brand new Titoni Airmaster fashions is using clear, legible Arabic numerals and a extra pronounced and luminous minute monitor that promote a sure pilot’s watch spirit. Legibility can also be enhanced by incorporating thicker hour and minute fingers able to holding extra Tremendous-LumiNova. There may be nonetheless a date window at 3 o’clock and the Chinese language meihua flower (plum blossom) emblem at midday, however the general look is extra utilitarian. The conical crown with the model’s meihua flower engraved in aid has a double safety system to make sure 50m of water-resistance, and the dial is protected by a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.

Airmaster Case

Crafted in 316L chrome steel, the three-part case has a diameter of 40.5mm and a peak of 9.30mm. In one more departure from the dressier fashions, the case options extra brushed surfaces for a sportier, extra utilitarian look. The bezel and flanks, for instance, are touched on high and have polished bevels. Maybe essentially the most elaborate component of the watch is the five-link bracelet. The highest surfaces of the broader outer and central hyperlinks are satin-brushed, whereas the 2 hyperlinks in between show a vibrant polished end.

Sellita SW200-1

Fitted with an exhibition caseback, the motion is an computerized Sellita SW200-1 motion. With a frequency of 4Hz / 28,800vph, the motion delivers a 38-hour energy reserve, and the 18k gold-plated rotor is embellished with a diamond-cut sample.

Value

The Titoni Airmaster may be ordered immediately on the model’s web site and retails for EUR 1,100 or CHF 1,050.