AVI-8
Founded 2011 · United Kingdom; manufactured in Hong Kong · Dartmouth Brands Ltd.
AVI-8 makes aviation watches named after British aircraft — Hawker Harrier, Spitfire, Lancaster — at an entry price. It comes from the same house as Spinnaker and is built by the same Hong Kong watchmaker.
History
The brand was created in 2011 inside Dartmouth Brands, in the United Kingdom, with a single well-drawn theme: British military aviation. Its collections take their names from specific aircraft — the vertical take-off Harrier, the Battle of Britain Spitfire, the Lancaster bomber — and their looks from cockpit instruments: large numerals, chronographs, aged leather straps. Manufacturing is handled by Solar Time Ltd. in Hong Kong, the same firm that builds Spinnaker.
Iconic models
Hawker Harrier II
After the vertical take-off fighter. The house's longest line.
Flyboy
An aviation chronograph with forties looks.
Spitfire
After the Battle of Britain fighter.
Worth knowing
Every collection is named after a real British aircraft, and the house treats it as an archive: the Harrier, the Spitfire and the Lancaster are three aircraft and three separate lines.
AVI-8 at Reserva de Marcha
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Men's 42mm Hawker Hurricane Classic Chronograph Ivory Grayscale Watch with Leather Strap AV-4011-0B
Men's 45mm Hawker Hunter Retrograde Chronograph Sea Gray Watch with Leather Strap AV-4052-03
Mens 43.5mm Hawker Hurricane Carey Dual Time Debden Japanese Quartz Pilot Watch with Leather Strap AV-4088-03
Mens 43mm Hawker Hurricane Kent Automatic Newton Pilot Watch with Leather Strap AV-4094-01
Hawker Hunter Men's Japanese Quartz 43mm Blue Dial Watch with Leather Strap AV-4100-02
Men's 42mm Spitfire Lock Chronograph Void Black Watch with Leather Strap AV-4089-07
Men's 41mm Bell X-1 Machbuster Automatic Graphite Black Watch with Rubber/Leather Strap AV-4115-01
Men's 44mm Hawker Harrier HUD Automatic Gradient Orange Watch with Rubber/Leather Strap AV-4117-03