British engineer-designers Zero West have smelted down the Merlin engine metal from a Battle of Britain Spitfire, to create an engraved disc insert for their new S4-P9427 Pilot watch.<\/p>\n
Zero West Watches has looked to capture \u2018time and place\u2019 with extensive research, tracing this iconic plane\u2019s final sortie back to a classic dogfight, defending Britain\u2019s skies on the 28th November 1940.<\/p>\n
Zero West says the S4 watch aims to convey the simplicity of the classic avionic airspeed indicator dial found in the Spitfire cockpit.<\/p>\n
Housed in a precision billet machined vapour blasted case and contrasting black ZW DSL lugs, is a distinct black dial with period numerals and indexes, clearly defined avionics style hands, and a standout red sweep seconds hand.<\/p>\n
The classic dial is framed by a simple matt black bezel ring and the hands and dial are highlighted with SuperLuminova X1 luminous pigment.<\/p>\n
The dial also references the date of Sergeant Pilot Zygmunt Klein\u2019s dogfight above The Needles (28th November 1940), and the longitude-latitude coordinates of Poole Bay where Spitfire P9427 was discovered.<\/p>\n
The rear of the watch showcases a disc of the original metal that we recast and machined from the original Rolls-Royce Merlin engine of P9427.<\/p>\n
The watch is powered by the stellar Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement while hand and date adjustment is by a brass finished locking screw crown modelled on the joystick gun platform fire button, a feature once so familiar to those brave young RAF pilots during the Battle of Britain.<\/p>\n
The watch is fitted with a ZW handmade vintage leather strap with contrasting stitching and an engraved black PVD buckle.<\/p>\n
The S4-P9427 retails for \u00a32,500 and only 80 of these iconic watches will be made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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