Over the last few months, Fortis has methodically unveiled a series of new watches under their newly minted Flieger line, and today we see the latest entry, an aviation inspired GMT. In recent months, we?ve seen a new chronograph and a more traditional pilot?s watch hit the market, so a GMT seems like a logical next step and fills out the trilogy of tool-ish sports watches. Like the other watches in the series, the new F-43 Triple GMT has a mix of design elements that make it feel both modern and vintage inspired, and works within a new design language that Fortis is working to establish. Let?s take a closer look. 

The new F-43 Triple GMT is very much in the same vein aesthetically as the other watches in this series, and makes use of the same ?Brixtrack? scale as its predecessors, which is a brushed ring with individually lumed plots for each minute that?s meant to increase overall legibility. The ?Synchroline,? an orange ring that spans the space between 11 and 1 on the dial, is present here as well. While the Synchroline?s functionality as a piece of this watch?s tool repertoire isn?t necessarily readily apparent, it?s emerging as something of a trademark for this series, and gives the watch a distinctive and easily recognizable visual signature. While other watches in the Flieger line use a combination of colors to draw contrasts and create visual interest on the dial, here it?s just orange used as an accent, on the seconds hand, GMT hour hand, inner 24 ring,...