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Graf
Zeppelin Watches
The German company POINTtec
produce Graf Zeppelin and Junkers aviation design
wristwatches. These premium watches bring back famous
names of aviation, and combine historic aircraft design
elements with durable and distinctive hand wound,
mechanical automatic, and quartz movements. Due to
the outstanding functional quality and technical design
of its watches, POINTtec
has been appointed supplier for the Federal Troops
of the National German Military Services (Bundeswehr).
Ferdinand Grafvon Zeppelin (1838 -1917) was a German
pioneer of aeronautics, renowned for his huge airships.
In 1900 he constructed the first ever dirigible aero
fixed airship ZEPPELIN "LZ 1". In 1909 he
founded the Company Luftschiftbau Zeppelin GmbH, Friedrichhafen.
With its worldwide air passenger services, Zeppelin
was indeed the real founder of civil and commercial
air traffic. "The crazy Count from Lake Constance"
built up workshops that developed and produced engines,
gear transmission machinery, envelopes and cellular
gas bodies for the airships. "LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN"
and "LZ 129 HINDENBURG" were historic milestones
never reached again. Between 1900 and 1938, ZEPPELIN
GmbH constructed a total of more than 100 ZEPPELIN
airships in 27 different versions. The largest aircraft
to ever fly was "LZ 129" built
in 1938, with a length of 804 feet, a diameter of
135 feet, and a volume of 7,063,000 cubic feet. The
ship was powered by 4 Daimler diesel engines with
4,800 hp, and a maximum speed of 84 miles per hour.
With a range of 7400 miles, the giant airships reached
North and South America for transport of passengers,
mail and freight.
In
the traditional art of fine watch-making, POINTtec
commemorates the "Giants of the Air". Each
Graf Zeppelin watch is assembled by hand with superior
quality cases, selected precision movements, and the
finest leather straps. Today, high-tech Zeppelin airships
are flying again over the Bodensee. Maybe you will
see one cruising the skies with the legendary name
"Graf Zeppelin". Read
about the Zeppelin Company today.
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