Few who saw it will forget the silhouette of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber used by the US Airforce from the middle of last century.
Three generations of US military aviators have flown the 750 B-52s that were built between 1952 and 1962, 70 of which remain in service today, making them the longest-serving combat aircraft in history.
In the mid-1960s Watchmaker Ollech & Wajs was so inspired by the awe and majesty of the aircraft that it created a special watch, the B-905 ‘US Airforce’, featuring its shape on the dial.
That watch has been reissued this year — 70 years after the 1954 maiden flight of the first production B-52 — with the same monochrome depiction of the bomber on its dial.
It comes in a 39mm M-type case with a black PVD-coated chamfered-edge bezel that is designed to look like the nose cone profile of the B-52.
It is powered by a Swiss made Soprod calibre P024 and water resistant to 300 metres.
Only 56 are being made, each individually numbered. They can be bought on a black nylon strap or steel mesh bracelet for CHF 1,256.
Reservations can be placed from January 12th at 18:00 EST.
