This month, Raketa debuted a 3rd device watch mannequin inside its assortment of manufacture-powered timepieces.
Finishing a trilogy of in-house manufactured, professional-focused timepieces that embody the Amphibia 0321 dive watch and the Polar 0300 explorer wristwatch, is Raketa’s all-new Pilot 0301 aviation timepiece.
Raketa’s Pilot 0301 is offered in a 42 mm diameter stainless-steel case with a set bezel, built-in tapered stainless-steel bracelet (20 mm lug width). Completed with a mix of round and straight grain (matte) brushed surfaces, and accented with refined (polished) surfaces on the case flank edges, the bracelet edges, and the crown. The Pilot 0301 watch is all about visibility and reliability, with out the flash.
The Pilot 0301 has a domed sapphire crystal with a double anti-reflective coating to make sure visibility on the dial aspect and a flat sapphire crystal mounted inside the screw-in stainless-steel caseback. The model’s emblem caps the top of the screw-down crown and is made with a singular sandwich building that’s aesthetically pleasing in comparison with a typical raised, engraved, or printed design.
Being that it is a device watch designed for skilled aviators, it’s good to see that the watch is correctly waterproof to a depth ranking of 200 meters. Some firms ship watches with far decrease rankings, and contemplating the character of such a watch, this degree of water-resistance is appreciated.
The primary aviator watches have been constructed as skilled instruments, specializing in sturdiness, reliability, and readability over shininess and aptitude. Pilot watches sometimes have to have a strict and minimalistic design with a spherical case, a high-contrast dial, vast arms, and enormous numerals.
From the big printed numerals and indices to the lengthy hour, minute, and middle seconds arms, and distinguished minute/second chapter monitor, the Pilot 0301 is simple to learn, with precision, at a look. And even at evening, the beneficiant utility of luminous materials ensures excessive readability.
One of many standout options of Raketa’s Pilot 0301 timepiece is the automated manufacture caliber 2615 that powers its time-only show. With bi-directional winding, the two.5Hz, 24-jewel, mechanical motion simply stays wound with simply the movement of your wrist. It may be hand-wound as properly. Manufactured from A to Z on the Raketa Watch Manufacturing facility in St. Petersburg, the caliber 2615 is adjusted in 4 positions, to an accuracy degree of -10/+20 seconds per day, earlier than it leaves the manufacturing facility. The oscillating weight has Neva waves printing, and the motion isn’t extremely embellished, however for such a realistic timepiece, the commercial aesthetic is apt.
Raketa designed the watch with nothing superfluous, to remain true to pilot watch traditions, nonetheless, they added a toolless bracelet change perform, which is solely a contemporary comfort. As well as, they’ve included a black real leather-based two-stitch strap with a quick-release perform so the bracelet and strap might be effortlessly swapped.
The Raketa Pilot 0301 (Ref. W-14-16-30-0301) is accessible as a pre-order for 1,950 Euros (roughly $2,220). Be taught extra at Raketa.
Images by Raketa.
