The Glycine Airman 17 mens watch has a rich history starting in 1953 when Glycine started production of the first Airman model. The Airman has a large following and is one of Glycine’s best known watch. This world-timer shows up to 4 time zones simultaneously! The Topring is positioned by a special spacer system at the 4 o’clock position. The Airman 17 has a special execution for the purists of 24-hours watches featuring an arrow-tipped hour hand on the 24-hours dial only. This watch is offered in two sizes 46mm (3865) or 38mm (3866), with dial choices of black, blue, and yellow. If you are going to get a watch like this and actually use the time zones, then the 46mm is the only option. It is big, clean, and easy to read. It has a respectable depth rating of 200m, especially considering it not a dive watch.

  The Airman 17 is powered by an automatic ETA A07.171, with a 46 hour power. The ETA A07.171 has been described as a Valjoux 7750 on steroids, with a longer power reserve, and is a larger movement helps it fit larger cases better. The movement is viewable through the case back, displaying the decorated "Côtes de Genève" plating, and blued screws.

Pros - 4 time zones, easy strap changes, Côtes de Genève, nice movement.

Consideration - Price point.

  Glycine launched a new round of Incursore’s at the more manageable size of 44mm. This was a wise decision, there is a larger market of buyers at the 44mm size vs 46mm. This should be very beneficial for Glycine as the Incursore lineup has been very successful. The word incursore translates to “intruder”, a cool name never hurts!

  The Incursore II “California” dial (ref 3901.19L) is quite the looker for those looking to mix it up a bit with a not so common dial layout. A California dial is one that has roman numerals on the upper half and arabic on the bottom half of the dial. A Californian dial tends to be more of a love/hate relationship, either you like it or it rubs you wrong on some level. The hands match up well to roman numerals, as does the seconds hand. Keeping the seconds subdial at the 6 o’clock position gives the dial a less busy look, opposed to if it had been at 9 o’clock like some other Incursore offerings. Powering this masculine watch is an ETA 6498-1, manual wind movement, with a 46 hour power reserve. The dial is protected by AR coated domed mineral crystal and mineral crystal is also used for the see through case back. This is the only real sticky point W&R, the better option here would have been sapphire crystal. Outside of the crystal, the Glycine Incursore II “California” dial is very nicely done and very pleased to see more offerings from Glycine at 44mm.

Pros - California dial, big crown, affordable Swiss manual wind movement

Consideration - AR coated domed mineral crystal