Luxurious Swiss watchmakers Ollechs & Wajs are amongst the best proponents of aviation-inspired timepieces anyplace on the market in our opinion right here at The Coolector and, fairly frankly, this M-52B AF Restricted Version Watch (which is accessible for pre-ordering now) is likely one of the coolest we’ve seen in a very long time. For this launch Ollech & Wajs salutes a uncommon Vietnam-era navy watch and the longest-servingcombat plane in historical past. And it’s nearly as cool as watches come.
The M-52B AF Restricted Version Watch from Ollechs & Wajs is priced at $1480 and it’s a salute to the exceptionally uncommon Ollech & Wajs B-905 custom-made timepiece that the watchmaker launched beforehand greater than half a century in the past for airmen serving in Vietnam. The dial of the brand new M-52B AF has the immediately recognisable silhouette of essentially the most iconic fight plane of all time, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. A stark image of the Chilly Struggle battle and, in engineering phrases, an actual image of longevity and reliability. Three generations of US navy aviators have flown the 750 planes, constructed between 1952 and 1962, 70 of which stay in service immediately, making them the longest-serving fight plane in historical past. To not point out the premise for a great-looking timepiece.
The brand new M-52B Watch from Ollechs & Wajs boasts a no-nonsense 39mm M-type case and a PVD-coated chamfered-edge bezel which has been modelled on the streamlined nostril cone profile of the B-52 aircraft. Intermittent cream lume on the bezel, dial indexes and palms offers further heat to the general monochromatic aesthetic of this prime class timepiece. Classic watch aficionados will love the purple numeral date wheel, consistent with the unique B-905 – considered one of many neat little design options with a nod to the aviation inspiration of the watch.
The engine of the M-52B AF is a customized, Swiss-made, Soprod calibre P024 moven which Ollechs & Wajs picked for its robustness, reliability and ease of service. A gently domed, thickened sapphire crystal helps assure a powerful 300m of water resistance, which has turn out to be a key characteristic for all Ollech & Wajs fashionable pilot’s watches. Although not as uncommon because the classic watch that it has taken its inspiration from, availability of the M-52B AF will likely be extraordinarily restricted. There will likely be simply 56 engraved crown-numbered editions at launch. Thereafter, a restricted manufacturing provision of non-numbered watches will likely be made out there every year. The reserve for the numbered editions opens on Friday, January twelfth at 12:00 CET. Don’t miss out.
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