A Primer On Vintage Bronze Pilot Watch

The Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer Bronze watch has a diameter of 43 mm, which is undoubtedly too large for a formal watch, but it is a more common size for pilot watches. Pilot watches have long had a tradition of using large diameters, and some brands even focus on ultra-large models with a diameter of 45 mm and above. The reason is that the driver must be able to obtain time information intuitively and quickly during the flight, and the large diameter provides convenience for this; on the other hand, pilots often wear watches on gloves, which also puts forward requirements on the diameter of the watch. Gdwatchclone - The website to get good clone watches online, best replica watches.

In addition to the large diameter, another major feature of the flight watch is the use of a diamond or onion-shaped large crown. This shape is also designed to facilitate operation and increase the contact area and friction between the fingertips and the crown. Pilots can complete winding and time adjustment operations without taking off their gloves.

Clear and bright luminous light is also an indispensable function of a qualified flight watch, which helps the wearer to read the time at night or in extreme weather. The Arabic numerals and minute hands on the dial are covered with luminous coating, especially the church hands are extremely eye-catching. However, due to the area, the small second hand at 6 o'clock is not added with luminous coating.

Church hand (also known as "snake eye hand") is common in luminous clocks in the early last century. It is characterized by the fact that the top of the hour hand is divided into flower buds (or like a snake head), and the minute hand is in three segments (like a snake tail). The early luminous materials were mostly radium elements, which needed adhesives to attach to the pointer, and it was easy to crack or even fall off after long-term use. Church needles were originally intended to reduce the area of a single piece of material to reduce the risk of luminous fall-off. Although these problems have been overcome with the advancement of technology, especially with the blessing of Super-LumiNova luminous materials, this unique pointer shape is still retained due to design inheritance.

It can be seen from the text information marked on the bottom cover that the whole watch has a waterproof depth of 10bar (equivalent to 100 meters). It is worth mentioning that the crown does not use a screw-in design, but it can still achieve 100 meters of water resistance, which is rare among watches of the same level.