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PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:11 pm 
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Dome shaped push buttons and crown inspired by prop hubs:

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Slanted flip lock clasp inspired by a plane rudder:

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Graduated unit bezel inspired by prop engine (front view as pictured):

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Profiled watch case inspired by wingspan:

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And lastly, the busy dial inspired by cockpit instrumentation:

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Very neat and informative post!
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breitlingsource wrote:
Very neat and informative post!


Just pure imagination buddy! :D
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Really? haha.. I did read that the Windrider series of watches (not the current ones, but the last ones) got their case shape from the something to do with the wing shape of airplanes.
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Really? haha.. I did read that the Windrider series of watches (not the current ones, but the last ones) got their case shape from the something to do with the wing shape of airplanes.


Do you have the article at hand?
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No... don't have the article handy. However, it was not the side view that you showed in your pictures, but the case shape in the view when looking at the front (dial) of the watch turned on its side... so crown facing up/down.
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No... don't have the article handy. However, it was not the side view that you showed in your pictures, but the case shape in the view when looking at the front (dial) of the watch turned on its side... so crown facing up/down.


Interesting.
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