Comments on: Stowa Flieger Bronze Vintage 40mm

By: Basile Simon

Basile Simon — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:17:50 +0000

In reply to Oscar Klosoff. 100% with you. It’s such a nice pilot I’ve got my own! As to spellings, I’ll put it to their PR but just weird. Kind of reminds me of Nomos who insist on “Glasshütte stripes” over the Swiss equivalent.

By: Basile Simon

Basile Simon — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:14:51 +0000

In reply to bode. The only X-large pilot I’ve seen is the IWC, and I don’t know how you feel about it but I personally would _not_ wear a 50+mm watch!

By: Oscar Klosoff

Oscar Klosoff — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:10:44 +0000

Normally minimalist watches are ruined by a clinical looking shiny silver sliver of bevel and flat crystal. This suffers neither of those ills. The thick seconds index marks are superb, and the lugs look to properly curve downward.
IDGAF about historic histrionics. I am annoyed by the mixed linguistics…isn’t it normally an all-French “cotes de GenevE?”

By: bode

bode — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:57:29 +0000

You make a good point about the size. A pilot or dive watch should run larger, but I understand why it is desirable for a dress or field watch to be smaller and more understated.

By: Steve Biro

Steve Biro — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:27:50 +0000

Very nice. I only issue – and maybe this is just me – is the 50 meters of water resistance. I’m not saying I would want to take this watch diving. But, c’mon, there’s no excuse for anything less than 100 meters in a modern tool watch. I want some kind of robustness because this is a daily driver – not a dress watch.