About the Archimede Pilot limited

Since starting the successful Archimede Pilot series there has been increasing requests for a version in the original design of the old B-Watches: no calendar, no brand name. In 2005 Archimede discovered a small quantity of the historic manual winding Junghans 687 movements. They decided immediately to buy them and offer the ‘Pilot Original’ with a German made movement, which is no longer in production.

It took almost two years to have everything prepared and manufactured: The cases with a solid case back, the dials in the historic design, blue minute and hour hand with white Super Luminova. The blue second hand is also luminous.

The basic movement of the 11 1/2”’ ‘687’ is the ‘Junghans 87’, which was developed in 1956. This movement is a successor and was manufactured from 1961 to 1969. It was one of the last mechanical movements produced by Junghans.

The movements are true vintage and were manufactured with the best possible precision at that time. Archimede carefully disassembled, cleaned and regulated them to achieve best possible accuracy for these historical movements.