Aviator

Bigger is better

 

Brothers in Arms ♫

 

 

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I know, I'm totally crazy, but here's another piece of my wristwatch collection: AVIATOR (АВИАТОР)

This watch was made as tribute to the Russian "Strizhi" pilots (The Swifts), a famous aerobatic performance demonstrator team.

 

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Movement: SU-3105 (Poljot), handwinding

 

Functions: hour, minute, sub-second at 9, date at 3

 

Dial: watch hands and indexes luminescent (Superluminova), Below 12 the "Aviator" logo and the lettering "AVIATOR" in cyrillic letters, at the sub-second the "Strizhi" logo with the lettering "Strizhi" and "Kubinka" (the city near Moscow where they are based), between 4 and 5 a MIG-29 is pictured, above 6 the lettering "MIG-29" in cyrillic letters

 

Diameter: 45 mm without crown

 

Back: see through window

 

Strap: 20 year old Florentine calf leather, handsewed in Germany

 

Buckle: satined PRE-V buckle, stainless steel L316

 

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Watch: www.poljot.at

Strap and buckle: www.uhrenbaender.de

Toy soldiers and plane by courtesy of my son Nino. :)

 

Strizhi Website

Strizhi Video

 

 

 

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