A flieger that fits under a sleeve
By Rafael Ortiz, Mexico City ยท
The DF10 is Damasko's newest flieger: big white numerals, a triangle at 12, a black dial and nothing else. At 39 mm and under 10 mm thick, it's a pilot watch that doesn't take over your arm, and I like that a lot on long flights where a big watch catches on everything.
The movement is a Sellita SW200-1 with a silicon escape wheel. Damasko lists 42 hours. The case is hardened steel, the crystal double-domed sapphire, and the caseback, crown and pushers are in German submarine steel.
Not having a date is the price of that clean dial. When I'm crossing time zones I sometimes wish I had it, and a GMT version would be wonderful.
At around $1,690 it's an honest, light, very legible watch. My daughter Sofia picked it out of a pile of photos as 'the one you can read', which is the whole point of a flieger.