Flying Tigers of Time: Breitling Aviator 8 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Collection
Curtiss Wright was a famous American manufacturer of aircraft and the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, produced between 1938 and 1944, was its most historically significant plane, piloted by the so-called Flying Tigers ? a group of American volunteers in the Chinese Air Force ? during World War II. Breitling, perhaps the watch brand most closely tied to aviation history, now pays tribute to this classic warplane and its place in both Chinese and American history with three new timepieces: the Aviator 8 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk collection, all sporting a distinctly military look.
The Breitling Aviator 8 Curtiss Warhawk editions include two chronographs and a three-hand with date.
The simplest of the pieces, the Breitling Aviator 8 Automatic 41 Curtiss Warhawk, uses military green for its dial and strap and DLC-coated stainless steel for its 41-mm case. Its hour and minute hands and Arabic hour numerals are coated with Super-LumiNova, and a date aperture appears at 6 o’clock. A small red pointer marks 12 o’clock on the bidirectional rotating bezel, echoing the numeral “60” on the minute track and the red tip of the central seconds hand. Powering the watch is the self-winding Breitling 17 caliber, based on the ETA 2824-2, with a 40-hour power reserve and a COSC chronometer certification. This movement is guarded behind a screwed steel caseback engraved with the Curtiss logo and the famous “shark’s mouth”-painted P-40 Warhawk plane. Breitling Aviator ...
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