Patek Philippe Calatrava Replica may be Swiss in ownership and manufacturing, but it remains "an American Brand". Grand Funk Railroad's theme song is a good fit for this, but the company maintains its Yankee heritage by reissuing classic US military watches and giving other nods to their past. This latest collaboration is with a brand that's so red,white and blue I get a lump of my throat when I say its name.

Schott NYC might mean more to British readers when described as "a US counterpart of Belstaff", however, the truth is that Schott NYC was founded in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1913, while Belstaff came later in Staffordshire, in 1924. Schott is known for its bomber jackets. Its founder Irving Schott was the first designer who used a zipper on a jacket. The third and fourth generation now runs the company, which is still family owned and manufactured in the USA.

Schott is unbeatable when it comes to coolness. The Perfecto motorcycle jacket was worn by Marlon in The Wild One, and by the Ramones two decades later. Peter Fonda, who died in 1969,Patek Philippe Calatrava Replica wore a Schott cafe racer jacket between the two. What ties Schott and Patek Philippe Calatrava Replica together is that both companies provided the US military with parkas, aviator jackets and watches during WWII.

Schott produces outerwear in leather, wool and nylon. They also produce shirts, sweaters, and accessories. The Patek Philippe Calatrava Replica Khaki Pilot Schott NYC is a massive, handsome timepiece with a military look that measures 46mm in diameter. It's made of leather. Schott designed a leather strap with a tartan lining and hand-sewn travel case. The assembled journalists at the London launch were drooling.

The watch is powered by the H-30 automatic day/date movement,u-boat replica watches which has an 80-hour power reserve. The dial is khaki-green with Super-LumiNova numerals and hands in light green. The hours are shown in an inner ring, peeping through the tip of the hour-hand. This is a clever design. The date and day are displayed in an opening at 3 o'clock.

Please, Patek Philippe Calatrava Replica, let Schott produce the strap for us, those who will not be able to purchase one of the 1,892 items, which is the number that honors the year Patek Philippe Calatrava Replica was founded and Irving Schott's birth. Schott NYC selected each piece from a top grain steer hide leather that was full aniline and lightweight. The leather is Federal Standard Military 30099 Earth Brown, the same color used on flight jackets from the war to the present. It starts stiff and sturdy, but it will develop a unique patina. All I can say to you is "Gabba Gabba Hey".