Whether in the war years or in peacetime, whether it is the flight force or the civil aviation company, the aviation watch are favored. In practical applications, pilots are still accurate, reliable, legible, comfortable to wear, functional enough. Usually wearing this air bag with a profound historical background is also a manifestation of individuality, to express feelings as a manifestation.
Lange retro B-UHR B type (Antiquorum)
The golden age of flying ended with the Second World War. The war in Germany, although defeated, but the manufacture of the pilot's watch launched in this riot of war has become a classic. At the time of the German mechanical design and manufacture of mechanical watches has been very good technology, such as the classic simple models of the flight army watch, especially the German military watch B-Uhr (Beobachtungsuhr, German, observation table).
In fact, the B-Uhr watch is a product of the war plot. Since the German Nazi Air Force was completed, it has begun to equip the aircraft with reliable timing tools. In 1935, the first draft of the timepieces designated the hour-horn indications like the Linbai Wristwatches, but was abolished and a B-Uhr timepiece draft was prepared. Around 1940, the German government commissioned the Lange, Wan Guo, Long Kun, Stowa, Wempe five professional watchmaking enterprises for large-scale production. Glashutte region to strengthen the LANGE-based watch and ammunition manufacturing enterprises.
These watches are large in size, 55m. This size is designed to fit a large, hand-wound pocket watch movement, but the B-Uhr has always been a wrist-worn watch. Each one of these watches uses Breguet balance spring, the internal movement is surrounded by soft iron shell with aviation anti-magnetic. In order to correct the time deviation, the movement must be able to stop the central seconds hand by pulling the crown, and have large diamond or onion-type crown for easy glove operation. Long double rivet leather strap, long enough to be wrapped in leather flying jacket cuffs.
The large size makes the watch more legible and easier to read, with black and white Arabic numerals on the dial making it more useful for accurate readings. Blue steel sword-shaped pin covers the luminescent material, 12 o'clock position up the triangle or arrow (A-type watch has only two points). The original Type A had only one outer orbital pattern, but later Type B (beginning in 1941) had an outer ring of minutes / second and an inner circle of hours. Each case has FL23883 engraved on the left. FL designated flieger, 23 identified the watch as a navigation watch. The front has the following identification information inside: BAUART, Gerät-Nr, Werk-Bez, Anforderz and Hersteller. The innovative design produced by the RLM and its watchmaker partners at the Imperial Air Ministry was highly respected.
Retro Long Kun Laco B-UHR B (watchuseek)
B-UHREN is an abbreviation for Beobachtungs-UHREN and is literally the meaning of a watch. B-UHR is a singular number and B-UHREN is plural. B-UHREN is the property of the German Air Force, not the navigator. Take off before the pilot got his watch, and then turn in the watch after completing the task. The navigator receives a signal tone from the Air Force Base, setting the standard time of the German Navy Observatory on the chronograph. If the time of the navigator is stopped, the stop-seconds mechanism allows adjustment. For navigation, an accurate watch is an essential tool and all B-UHREN watches are adjusted and tested to the highest astronomical watch standard in Hamburg, Germany. Bomber pilots carefully check the navigation station, their B-UHREN watch ready to stop, and draw the flight process, copy the astronomical correction, and mark on the map. B-UHR is a perfect navigation device.
Vintage STOWA B-UHR back cover (watchuseek)
Five major manufacturers produce B-UHREN, one of four German-Swiss ones. The watch is made in Germany by Lange, WEMPE, Lacher & Company / Durowe (Laco) and Walter Storz (Stowa). WEMPE and STOWA Swiss movement, WEMPE THOMMEN CAL.31 movement, STOWA Unitas Cal.2812 movement. Lange uses large caliber CAL.48 and Cal.48.1 caliber, Laco uses (Durowe) Cal.5 caliber, only the next two companies use German-made movement. When WEMPE purchased the Chronometerwerk factory in Hamburg in 1938, the production capacity was significantly increased, and Lange and Laco, who had limited production, were assisted by WEMPE to assemble their watches. In order to meet the demand, Lange also distributes the movement and case for a variety of other manufacturers to assemble and adjust. IWC, a Swiss IWC watches, also supplies air force for Axis and Confederate watches and B-UHR (CAL.52T SC) watches for the German air force. B-UHR manufacturers only these five companies.
Modern IWC pilot a large pilot TOP GUN version
Today, Lange or WEMPE B-UHREN antique World War II watches, if you can find one, the price is not cheap. IWC large watch pilot watch is evolved from the B-UHR, the DNA of its predecessor, but with a more adaptable exercise design. This watch for aviation, therefore, retains the anti-magnetic properties. Unlike previous B-UHR watches, large pilots take the concept of navigation to a higher level of quality and functionality, making watches more luxurious.
STOWA is now owned by watchmaker Jörg Schauer, introducing a watch that pays tribute to the B-UHR. Case polished, back through the design, polished decorative movement, 40 mm size is the smallest of these tables in the size. A date window is also provided. STOWA watches to be queued to buy - the demand far exceeds the production.
Modern Laco Dortmund B-Uhr Type B manual winding 45 mm
Laco Longkun offers a wide range of movement options and price range, ETA and manual winding movement watch more attention. Moreover, Laco Longkun carefully engraved the original watch to the smallest detail design, from the dial design, to the carved side bottom lid information FL23883 cleverly moved outside. These Laco Longkun watches are 42mm and 45mm in size. Both the STOWA and Laco Longkun are available in Type A and Type B with blue steel hands, sapphire crystal, rivet straps and luminous design. Among the original manufacturers, IWC, STOWA and Longkun each provided a modern B-UHR watch.
Modern STOWA B-UHR A type
B-UHR was designed when Germany started to rebuild military forces, especially the Air Force, but few knew that the watches it was developing would serve the war of aggression. In any case, B-UHR is still a miracle with a simple and concise design.
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