Custom made for the fighter pilots of the U.S. Navy only - no public sale.
This special model was made at the request of the US Navy School Pacific for some fighter pilots of the "Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific". We thank the pilots of
the US Navy combat school in Lemoore/California for their trust and are particularly proud to be able to manufacture these watches. The watch meets the highest quality level for pilot's
watches (waterproof at least 200m, vacuum-proof, shockproof, antimagnetic, temperature-resistant, self-winding Swiss movement with stop-seconds, chronometer,
special seals, special oils, highly luminous dial and hands, almost indestructible and thick Sapphire crystal, extremely robust and solid steel base, screw-down crown, special steel spring
bars). The watch is only accessible to US NAVY SCHOOL PACIFIC fighter pilots. Each watch is secretly hand engraved on the side of the case (for identification)
with the pilot's battle name. The dial is printed with 3 logos: the Super-Hornet 18 fighter (every pilot's "workplace"), the US Navy's Top Gun logo and the SFWSP logo. The print is made using the
high-quality pad printing process. This type of print is extremely rare, especially with such complex motifs. Each of the eleven different colors requires its own cliché (steel stencil) and each
color must be printed individually. Printing the dials is extremely difficult and time consuming. However, the details are printed so perfectly that they do not appear blurred, even when enlarged
several times, as is the case with conventional standard printing, for example.
The US pilot's watch is extremely robust, runs with absolute precision and is anti-magnetic and water-resistant to 200 m. Each watch bears a secret engraving on the side of the case with the respective pilot's battle name. The American flag is engraved on the back.
After ten years , we have revised the Top Gun pilot´s watch and made it even more robust. The new 43 mm watch case has a very special construction where the movement is mounted directly into the case and works without a movement retaining ring. Of course, the watch is again water restistant to 200 m and runs in Chronometer standard.