Archimede Announces New 42MM Pilot

Archimede is one of those small brands that doesn't make a lot of fuzz, but just makes some nice watches. We recently already reported on their Outdoor-collection, but now they introduced a new pilot's watch. Next to divers watches, must pilot's watches rank very high as most desired watch model. Archimede has understood very well that you shouldn't take this concept out of its perspective, but keep it pure. The new 42mm is most certainly that. It clearly draws its inspiration from the famous Flieger-uhren from WWII and beyond in terms of styling. Yet this time not with a centrally mounted seconds hand, but a sub dial at six o'clock Although the dial has the classical design elements of a Flieger-uhr, Archimede gave it a few nice individual touches. Like…

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Archimede Announces New 42MM Pilot

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