Victorinox AirBoss Mach 6 Power Gauge pilot’s watch released

Swiss watch maker Victorinox Swiss Army adds yet another automatic timepiece to its growing AirBoss Collection of pilot’s watches.

Established five years ago, this series of fine watches is inspired by modern aircraft carriers’ control rooms and is dedicated to the Swiss Air Force, although the small country doesn’t have maritime borders and, naturally, they don’t have any aircraft carrier whatsoever.

Like many other modern pilot’s watches, the Victorinox AirBoss Mach 6 Power Gauge features a PVD coated stainless steel case with luminescent segments on its face, bezel and hands (in fact, the only element that lacks the Supeluminova treatment is the tiny date indicator at 4 o’clock).

Whole 45 millimeters in diameter, the watch is, so to speak, on the larger side of the family. However, the choice of size seems to be absolutely logical, since a pilot’s watch is supposed to be huge.

Despite all the military inspirations, the timekeeper’s dial doesn’t make an impression of a highly-legible job.

Although there are only four sub-dials (a power reserve indicator at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour and a 30-minute chronograph totalizers at 6 and 12 o’clock, and a small seconds display at 9 o’clock,) the monochromatic color scheme makes the dial almost unreadable, overwhelming the owner with a torrent of unstructured data.

Definitely not my idea of a pilot’s watch.

The 45mm case nests the famous Valjoux 7750 self-winding automatic chronograph movement.

Equipped with a personalized oscillating weight and sporting blued screws, the robust and reliable caliber can be see via see-through screw-in caseback.

The only problem with the caseback is that a mineral glass used here, so you’ll have to be careful planning your flight missions.

The watch’s face is covered with a triple-coated scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. The Mach 6’s screw-down crown increases the timepiece’s water resistance to 100 meters.

Only 333 watches will be sold worldwide.

Victorinox AirBoss Mach 6 Power Gauge watch specification:

Price range: $4000
Movement: Automatic, Valjoux 7750
Complications: Date, chronograph, power reserve
Power reserve: 42hours
Case material: PVD coated stainless steel
Case diameter: 45mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: Black, with Superluminova treatment
Water resistance: 100 meters
Strap: Black leather strap with grey stitching
Crystal: Sapphire, anti-reflective