FLIGHT TIME
Jun 15, 2021
2 minutes
Text by JARED PAUL STERN
t’s little wonder that pilot’s watches have always fascinated gentlemen of taste and style, no matter how earthbound. In the plainest terms, the wristwatch owes its very existence to pilots; specifically pioneering Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who commissioned the very first one from Cartier in 1904. The stylish inventor wanted to be able to look at the time without removing his
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