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Air Controller
Euro 685,00 incl. VAT
USA: approx. $650,00 ex. VAT
The Air Controller, a pilot watch specifically designed to meet with the demanding aviation environment. The TWCO Air Controller, a tribute to and inspired by the legendary Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II forward air controller and its heroic pilots.
Bead-blasted matt finish
Count up and countdownbi-directional bezel
Automatic mechanical movement
Stainless steel bracelet or special leather strap
Anti-magnetic
ISO 764 annex A 60,000 A/m
20ATM tested
Can take both high (depth!) and low (height!) pressure
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Technical specification
The Air Controller is available with SS bracelet or Leather strap:
- With a full solid SS bracelet, type AC, with extension clasp.
- Screwdrivers for adjusting the bracelet. Click here for instruction.
- Supplied in the professional Explorer case.
Or:
- With a leather strap type ’AC special’, available in 2 lengths (M and L).
Always:
- Extra/spare pair of SS pushpins.
- Supplied in the professional Explorer case, for the AC this is Black.
Note:
The ‘AC special’ leather strap is also available as accessory.
Movement:
- Miyota 9015
- 28.800 Beats per hour (4HZ)
- 24 Jewels
- Power reserve over 42 hours
- Automatic winding
Measurements:
- Case Diameter 43 mm
- Bezel Diameter 44 mm
- Thickness 14 mm
- Lug to Lug 51 mm
- Between lugs 22 mm
Functions:
- Date display @ 6 H.
- Hours, minutes and central second with balance stop (hacking).
- Bi-directional 120 click bezel with luminous triangle on the bezel insert (0/60minutes).
- Count up and count down bezel functionality.
- The 15, 30 and 45 minutes in the bezel are marked in Orange. Inner ring with 13.00 – 24.00 hour markers.
Specifications:
- 316L Surgical Grade Stainless Steel. Click here for an explanation.
- Sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective (AR) coating on the inside. Click here for an explanation.
- Bead blasted finish.
- Hands & dial indexes with Super-LumiNova®
- Screw down crown with quintuple Viton® protection seals. Click here for an explanation.
- Double Viton® protection sealed caseback. Click here for an explanation.
- 20 ATM pressure resistant (water depth 200 meters).
- 0,2 ATM (absolute) low pressure tested, height approx. 12,000 meters (not correct but sometimes referred to as -0,8 ATM).
- Double lug holes. Click here for an explanation.
- Air Controller logo, plane front view
