World Famous Iconic DC4 inspired automatic watch by Strond !
- last year
Introducing the automatic STROND DC-4 vintage timepiece, an automatic mechanical watch with its design based on one an iconic 1940' aircraft, namely the Douglas DC-4 Skymaster ! from watch designer Terrence Ray
As with their previous VINTAGE models they have made the dial tag, which you can see at the 6h position, taken from the DC-4 Spirit of Freedom, based in Hamburg Germany.
Specs
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- Seiko NH35A automatic movement. 24 jewels, 21.600 bph, date, hacking seconds.
- Size: Ø 40MM (not including the crown), lug to lug = 49MM.
- All stainless steel: grade 316L
- Enamel dial
- Sapphire crystal glass: (scratch proof) back and front.
- Water resistant: 5 ATM / 50 meters.
- Vintage Oil tanned leather strap with stainless steel buckle
- Swiss BGW9 super lume. luminescent hands, hour markers & numerals (in ice blue)
- Limited Edition: Limited to only 1945 pieces
About the DC-4 & DC-4 Skymaster
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This remarkable aircraft provided the setting for the famous movie The High and The Mighty, stories John Wayne. It has also been the décor for many other stories.
Designed in USA in the early 1940s by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a replacement for the DC-3. In 1938, Douglas Aircraft Co. decided to produce a four-engine transport about twice the size of the DC-3. It developed the single DC-4E to carry 42 passengers by day or 30 by night. The DC-4E had complete sleeping accommodations, including a private bridal room.
It proved too expensive to maintain, so airlines agreed to suspend development in favour of the less complex DC-4, which was not put into commercial service until 1946.
Douglas built 1,241 of the DC-4s. During the war, C-54s flew a million miles a month over the rugged North Atlantic — more than 20 roundtrips a day.
A special DC-4 nicknamed the ”Sacred Cow” became the first presidential aircraft, ordered for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The DC-4/C-54 proved to be a popular and reliable type, with 1,245 being built between May 1942 and August 1947, including 79 postwar DC-4s. Several remain in service as of 2022.
Douglas continued to develop the type during the war in preparation for a return to airline use when peace returned. Sales of new aircraft had to compete against 500 wartime ex-military C-54s and R5Ds which came onto the civilian market, many of which were converted to DC-4 standard by Douglas. DC-4s were a favorite of charter airlilnes !
Links
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* Website: https://www.stronduk.com
* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strondtimepieces
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrondTime
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/STRONDWATCHES
Music
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Song: Colin Root - Blackout (No Copyright Music)
Music provided by Tunetank.
Free Download: https://bit.ly/2UYtQY4
Video Link: https://youtu.be/5dnw5QbiUmQ
As with their previous VINTAGE models they have made the dial tag, which you can see at the 6h position, taken from the DC-4 Spirit of Freedom, based in Hamburg Germany.
Specs
____________________
- Seiko NH35A automatic movement. 24 jewels, 21.600 bph, date, hacking seconds.
- Size: Ø 40MM (not including the crown), lug to lug = 49MM.
- All stainless steel: grade 316L
- Enamel dial
- Sapphire crystal glass: (scratch proof) back and front.
- Water resistant: 5 ATM / 50 meters.
- Vintage Oil tanned leather strap with stainless steel buckle
- Swiss BGW9 super lume. luminescent hands, hour markers & numerals (in ice blue)
- Limited Edition: Limited to only 1945 pieces
About the DC-4 & DC-4 Skymaster
____________________
This remarkable aircraft provided the setting for the famous movie The High and The Mighty, stories John Wayne. It has also been the décor for many other stories.
Designed in USA in the early 1940s by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a replacement for the DC-3. In 1938, Douglas Aircraft Co. decided to produce a four-engine transport about twice the size of the DC-3. It developed the single DC-4E to carry 42 passengers by day or 30 by night. The DC-4E had complete sleeping accommodations, including a private bridal room.
It proved too expensive to maintain, so airlines agreed to suspend development in favour of the less complex DC-4, which was not put into commercial service until 1946.
Douglas built 1,241 of the DC-4s. During the war, C-54s flew a million miles a month over the rugged North Atlantic — more than 20 roundtrips a day.
A special DC-4 nicknamed the ”Sacred Cow” became the first presidential aircraft, ordered for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The DC-4/C-54 proved to be a popular and reliable type, with 1,245 being built between May 1942 and August 1947, including 79 postwar DC-4s. Several remain in service as of 2022.
Douglas continued to develop the type during the war in preparation for a return to airline use when peace returned. Sales of new aircraft had to compete against 500 wartime ex-military C-54s and R5Ds which came onto the civilian market, many of which were converted to DC-4 standard by Douglas. DC-4s were a favorite of charter airlilnes !
Links
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* Website: https://www.stronduk.com
* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strondtimepieces
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrondTime
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/STRONDWATCHES
Music
____________________
Song: Colin Root - Blackout (No Copyright Music)
Music provided by Tunetank.
Free Download: https://bit.ly/2UYtQY4
Video Link: https://youtu.be/5dnw5QbiUmQ