PHOENIX STRIKE EAGLE

Call-sign Strike Eagle.

A smoothly turning bi-directional bezel functions as a second time zone - or indicates elapsed time, while a rate-of-turn (ROT) scale in red on the dial reminds us of the aviator roots that feed this aeronautical-inspired design. What is an ROT indicator you ask? 

Since an aircraft’s standard rate of turn is three degrees per second, you can imagine turning for one minute at the standard ROT (60 seconds x 3 degrees = 180 degrees) means you’ve effectively reversed direction. While this function may not be the necessary tool it was in the early days of flight, it does act as a visceral reminder in red of an era when flying pushed the boundaries of engineering, ingenuity, and unfettered courage.

The most business-like of the three Eagles, the Strike Eagle’s balanced layout, and precision engineering comes to the fore as the perfectly functional and astonishingly handsome instrument displays both current and chronograph times.

The extended power reserve of the LJP112 is upgraded to 60 hours of chronometric precision, and is automatically wound by a bearing enhanced with seven hardened (instead of five - typical to other Swiss chronographs) ball-bearings.  

Of course, there is the column wheel. Like the blued screws, the column wheel stands out with its azure appeal, awaiting input from the pushers to crisply and precisely start, stop, and reset (always in that order please) the interval timing of the chronograph hands.

Each version of the Phoenix Eagle series is limited to 100 individually numbered timepieces.