Small, honest, German
By Rafael Ortiz, Mexico City ยท
Sinn makes watches for people who'd rather read the time than talk about it, and the 356 Flieger is a good example. A 38.5 mm case, black dial, white numerals, day-date, a chronograph with clean subdials. It wears like a vintage pilot's watch.
It's 15 mm thick, though, which is a lot on a 38.5 mm case. That's the price of putting a Sellita SW500 under there. The upside is 62 hours of reserve, an open caseback, and 125 meters of water resistance.
At 2,690 to 2,990 dollars, it's a fair price for a design that's been in the catalog since 1997 and hasn't needed to change much. Not exciting. Very good.