Hamilton Slots a 39mm Khaki Aviation Pilot Watch Between Small and Large Versions

Typically just a few millimeters could make all of the distinction between a watch you possibly can put on on a regular basis and one that may by no means see the sunshine of day. Too massive and a timepiece may turn out to be heavy and cumbersome in your wrist over the course of an extended outing; too small and issues akin to legibility and magnificence may get compromised. We’ve realized that the 39mm/40mm territory is fairly protected. And loads of watch producers have been listening to the lots who need an in-between dimension that matches good.

A specific watchmaker following swimsuit is one among our favorites. For Hamilton’s Khaki Aviation Pilot Auto, the model has now slotted in a brand new 39mm dimension between the 36mm under and 42mm up prime. Let’s have a look…

The Khaki Aviation

Sure, the Khaki Discipline Watch could also be among the many most prevalent fashions on our web site, however the American-born, Swiss-made watch model has two different Khaki strains: the Aviation and Navy. Whereas all three ranges are very related by way of total design language and their vintage military inspiration, the Khaki Aviation is the one devoted to pilot’s watches, making nods to the watchmaker’s days of supplying timepieces to U.S. Airmail pilots within the early twentieth century. 

Earlier this 12 months, Hamilton expanded the Aviation assortment with seven new references in 36mm and 42mm case sizes. And now there’s another that enters the fold.

Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Auto 39mm Fundamentals

With out actually altering something by way of the design of the Khaki Aviation, Hamilton’s new 39mm pilot’s watch is a way more wearable possibility for individuals who don’t love 36 or 42mm case sizes. Out there with black, darkish blue, or OD inexperienced dial colours, the chrome steel watch is now 11.6mm thick with the identical 100m of water resistance as the opposite two choices. You additionally nonetheless get the anti-reflective sapphire crystal on prime, the Tremendous-LumiNova X1 lume, the sloped seconds observe across the exterior, and the sunshine sharpening on the bezel edge and crown.

We’ve at all times cherished the dial design right here, with the internal 12-hour circle, the bigger minute numerals as the primary show (counting up by 5s), and the counterpointed handset the place the minute and hour fingers every have a special part opened for viewing the respective numerals. Just like the 36mm possibility, there’s no date window right here both.

Seen via an exhibition caseback is the ETA-base H-10 computerized motion with 80 hours of energy reserve and a hacking seconds operate. Lastly, the watch will get both a chrome steel bracelet or a brown leather strap, relying on which dial you select. Whereas the black will get each choices, the blue solely will get the metal bracelet and the inexperienced solely will get the leather-based strap.

The brand new 39mm circumstances may not appear to be an enormous deal however this makes the Khaki Aviation vary extra engaging to shoppers who might have opted for the favored Khaki Discipline as an alternative.

Spec Sheet

Pricing & Availability

Better of all, the pricing on the brand new 39mm Khaki Aviation Pilot Auto is similar because the 36mm and 42mm variations. The watches are presently obtainable from Hamilton’s web site with a sticker of CHF 995 (~$1,175).

Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Auto 39mm

Hamilton provides a 39mm possibility of its flagship pilot’s watch as a extra wearable possibility between the 36 and 42mm variations.