For pilots, quick-wrist-glance legibility is what you are after most of all. For the new Laco Napa 42 mm matte steel pilot watch, the inner hour ring from its navigator sister commands the entirety of the dial, providing a clean, simplified tool watch for those operating the yolk. Thedistinctive blend of Roman numerals (for the upper half of the dial), Arabic numerals (for the lower half of the dial), bar markers for the cardinal hours of 3, 6 and 9 o’clock, and a traditional downward arrow for 12 o’clock reproduce heritage pilot watch dials from the early 20th century, yet inject a feel of design-forward modernity.
The blue-outlined indexes and thermally blued hands on both models pick up the modern intention expertly, popping off a gleaming white matte dial for unmatched legibility during the day. Blue Superluminova BG-W9 lume echoes that legibility story for night flying. Coupled with a cognac-colored calf leather strap, both the Laco Napa and Laco Santa Ynez ooze both serious tool watch functionality and laid-back Cali-casual style.
