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Breitling Aviator 8 Automatic Curtiss 41 Warhawk Watch
Breitling has gone through more changes in the last couple of years than the weather does during 20 minutes of British summertime. The overhaul has been so radical that I’ve sometimes been afraid to look. After months of therapy, I’m happy to say I’m no longer a heady mixture of furious/incredulous in regard to the Navitimer 8 range being deemed “Navitimers.” What this has enabled me to do is step through the red mist and appreciate the watches for what they are: pretty neat timepieces. The Breitling Aviator 8 Automatic Curtiss 41 Warhawk watch may have a mouthful of a name, but it offers an eyeful of treats to make up for it.The CaseThe case of the new Aviator 8 model is lifted straight from the existing Navitimer 8 family but treated with a DLC coating. The images make the DLC coating look a little grayer than it might in real life, but it’s important to remember how starkly the underlying surface finish can affect the appearance of color once the
Ronkko Icarus Silver Sky Edition Watch
Since the release of their?first watch in 2012, the Finnish independent brand?Ronkko?has produced a handful of compelling timepieces with watchmaker?Antti Ronkko at the helm. Much like his Finnish peers Stepan Sarpaneva and?Kari Voutilainen,?Ronkko takes a distinct avant-garde approach to his designs, which is often one of the joys of discovering new independents. One thing to note is that each design centers around stories rooted in Greek mythology. Even more compelling in the Ronkko Icarus Silver Sky Edition watch, however, is the in-house bi-hemispheric moon complication which tracks moon phases in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.As this is not the brand’s first watch, we should begin with some background in order to put the Ronkko Icarus into context. The first Ronkko watch, called the Steel Labyrinth, was fully designed and produced in-house, according to the brand. In corresponding with Mr. Ronkko, he speaks with the passion and obstinance of a true craftsman, em