Glycine Airman SST Sport Vintage Watch
Produced in 1970 only
AS 1903 movement
Revised watch and 6 month warranty,
Sold with invoice
Diameter excluding crown 42 mm by 50 mm
Format with a nice presence on the wrist for a vintage
Thickness 11.5 mm
Stainless steel case,
Black dial, with blue graduation and orange outline
Internal rotating silver bezel
New plexiglass
Large generic vintage steel bracelet
History of this model, taken from the site mostra-store.com:
"The Wisteria Airman is a pilot's watch , very popular in the military air forces of the mid-twentieth century. This model, which was also adopted by a large number of civilian pilots during the 1950s and 1960s, was very successful due to its homologation by the powerful American pilots federation. AOPA . Association whose members benefited from a preferential price for the purchase of this watch. Its popularity in the 1960s was at its pinnacle and it was not uncommon to see it on the wrists of the crews of most airlines of the time.
A new edition of this watch will extend its career in the 70s with a more “case” shape. PopArt », A new version of the Airman which will be marketed on the American market at the time of the appearance in the European sky of the Concorde and the unfortunate Tupolev 144 of the Aeroflot.
As for airplanes, the reaction of the American aeronautical industry was not long in coming with the start of construction by Boeing Project 2707 SST (SST = Super-Sonic Transport). This project, in the form of a supersonic long haul, is intended for the American airline market and from a general point of view, intended for competitors of British Airways and Air France equipped with Concorde as well as Aeroflot which, quite naturally appears on the Tupolev 144. "
This is an extremely rare variation of the popular Glycine Airman SST 24 hour model but the 12 hour "Sport" version. In the diving watch version, double crown, internal bezel. This model was obviously produced over a short period, with the cases of the pumkin version.
Sending the watch in a national insured parcel and parcel international with insurance
Glycine Airman SST Sport Vintage
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