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Off the Cuff: Zeppelin Atlantic Automatic GMT 84683

On 11th Jan 202311th Jan 2023 By calibre321In Off The Cuff, Time1 Comment

I wonder if Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin understood the importance of his early scribblings in 1874. Twenty years later he must certainly have had some notion, as his ideas were patented first in Germany and then in the United States at the century's close. So successful were his designs, that his surname would become a common noun applied to all rigid bodied airships.

Off the Cuff: MMI Sky-Hunter 38

On 20th Dec 20226th Jan 2023 By calibre321In Off The Cuff, TimeLeave a comment

The timepiece draws inspiration from Britain's Hawker Hunter--a trans-sonic fighter jet that spent more than sixty years patrolling the skies from 1954 to 2014. The prototype for the jet, which used a newly minted Rolls Royce Avon Turbo Engine and a swept-wing design, broke the world record for air speed the year before it became commercially available.

Off the Cuff: Hamilton Khaki Aviation Converter Auto

On 9th Oct 202219th Oct 2022 By calibre321In Off The Cuff, TimeLeave a comment

Unlike the Flieger, there is a degree of tactical sophistication in the pilot's aviation converter. It has the appearance of a complex dashboard instrument that you might actually find in an airplane. But in reality the bi-directional friction bezel used to operate the slide rule is deceptively simple.

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