Now, 10 years after 2019, Blancpain has reintroduced another legendary Air Command chronograph of their past. This legendary watch has a variety of stories, and now the official story is this: In the 1950s, at the insistence of Allen V. Tornek (American Blancpain American importer), Blancpain produced about 12 Air Command Watches, these watches were obviously sent to US Air Force pilots for testing, but in the end, the Mexican Air Force obtained these prototype watches-Blancpain Air Command never officially put into production, when the quartz crisis in the 1970s, the Swiss watch industry was a mess, Blancpain's production archives have also disappeared, so the origin of this watch is still a mystery. But due to scarcity, in May 2016, Bacs & Russo) and Phillips Auction House sold an Air Command prototype watch for 100,000 Swiss francs. Best luxury clone watches online, buy replica watches at firstwatchclone.co.
The case of this Blancpain "Air Commander" chronograph is made of steel, retaining both the overall shape and proportions of the old model. Its diameter is 42.5mm (prototype 42mm) and its thickness is 13.77mm. The case has delicate chamfered lugs, and since it is intended for pilot use, it is equipped with a "countdown" two-way rotating bezel with ratchet. The bezel is now made of black polished ceramic to replace the original bakelite. The sapphire glass represents the original plexiglass version-but the original glass is more arched. With a light brown brown calfskin strap, it maintains a thorough retro beauty.
Most of the dial designs and layouts of the original dial have been followed, and have tachymeter scales, Arabic numerals, binocular chronograph layout. However, one of the sub-dials is different because the original small seconds dial has been replaced by a 12-hour counter at 9 o'clock (a 30-minute counter still exists at 3 o'clock). The bezel hour markers as well as the dial hour markers and hands are made of distressed Super-LumiNova, which reproduces the orange tone of the original chronograph to preserve the retro beauty.
The case of this Blancpain "Air Commander" chronograph is made of steel, retaining both the overall shape and proportions of the old model. Its diameter is 42.5mm (prototype 42mm) and its thickness is 13.77mm. The case has delicate chamfered lugs, and since it is intended for pilot use, it is equipped with a "countdown" two-way rotating bezel with ratchet. The bezel is now made of black polished ceramic to replace the original bakelite. The sapphire glass represents the original plexiglass version-but the original glass is more arched. With a light brown brown calfskin strap, it maintains a thorough retro beauty.
Most of the dial designs and layouts of the original dial have been followed, and have tachymeter scales, Arabic numerals, binocular chronograph layout. However, one of the sub-dials is different because the original small seconds dial has been replaced by a 12-hour counter at 9 o'clock (a 30-minute counter still exists at 3 o'clock). The bezel hour markers as well as the dial hour markers and hands are made of distressed Super-LumiNova, which reproduces the orange tone of the original chronograph to preserve the retro beauty.
