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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #25200 in Watches
- Brand: Torgoen Swiss
- Model: T08301
- Band material: Polyurethane
- Bezel material: stainless-steel
- Case material: stainless-steel
- Clasp type: Buckle
- Dial color: black
- Dial window material: Mineral
- Movement type: swiss-quartz
- Water-resistant to 330 feet
Features
- Precise Swiss-quartz movement
- Hardened mineral crystal
- Triple-time zone 12-Hour formats via three sub-dials; luminescence hands and markers; date function
- High grade stainless-steel case; screwed down case-back; water-resistant polyurethane strap
- Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)
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A great choice for globe-hopping travelers and pilots, the unique Torgoen T8 men's watch includes three separate timing movements created by famed manufacturer Ronda of Switzerland, which enable you to track three separate time zones. This stylish timepiece offers a handy way for pilots to need to keep local time, destination time, and GMT (Zulu time) close at hand. Featuring a high-grade stainless steel watch case and sporty black polyurethane strap (with raised Torgoen lettering), this T8 (model T80102S05) has a black face with three separate tonal dials, each of which can be adjusted with separate crowns and not affect the other. The larger local time dial includes a mix of stick hour markers and Arabic numerals at the quarter hours, luminous hands (with red seconds hand), small minute indexes, and a date window at 3 o'clock. The other two dials (GMT on top, destination on the bottom) reside to the left and include two-handed movements.
Other features include a scratch-resistant mineral crystal and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet)--offering protection from accidental splashes as well suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and light recreational diving. It comes with a detailed instruction booklet.
About Torgoen
Founded by a group of aviation enthusiasts, Torgoen takes its timepiece inspiration from the cockpit, creating highly reliable instruments that have precise, clear markings for rapid readings day or night and ergonomically efficient controls. Careful attention is paid to details of every component, with all watch components required to pass the most stringent quality control procedures during and after production. Watches are tested under various extreme conditions including temperature variation, dust, humidity, impact and vibration. All Torgoen timepieces include high-quality Swiss timing movement, high-grade stainless steel cases, and non-radioactive, long-lasting luminescence.
The Torgoen Swiss Story
Simplicity, Boldness and Functionality
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Torgoen was founded by an enthusiastic private pilot, Benzi Rosenski. Rosenski, also a veteran of the watch manufacturing industry, combined these two passions to create Torgoen – Professional Pilot Watches. Rosenski envisioned a line of timepieces for pilots that are functional, affordable, well designed and durable. In 1998 the first Torgoen Swiss timepieces rolled off the production line. The name Torgoen is derived from Thor, the god of thunder in Nordic mythology, and Goen which is a derivative of “go”. The name symbolizes the boldness, functionality and simplicity of design (Thor) in time keeping devices (Goen). These principles guide the Torgoen team in the creation and updating of the line. Although the design of all Torgoen watches has functionalities useful for pilots, it is also perfect for ordinary people who appreciate tangible quality and no-nonsense, yet sophistica
ted design. The dials have numerals, markers and indexes inspired by cockpit instruments like altimeters and speed gauges. Cockpit instruments have been a subject of ergonomic studies that go back to World War II. This is part of the functionality and boldness that guides Torgoen. 
In many of its models, Torgoen uses an E6B Flight Computer based on the original design by the US army during World War II. The name was simply the Catalog part number of the device. It allows the pilot to easily solve problems of speed, distance and time. By knowing two of these variables, one can deduct the third with ease. This is based on a regular slide rule which was used by some of us that attended high school before the introduction of pocket calculators. It enables the user to perform any multiplication and division calculations. It is especially good while performing conversions of units and even exchange rate calculations. The watches come with a booklet in three languages with clear instructions of how to use the E6B and examples of how the E6B will help solve calculation problems.
GMT (Zulu Time) – Keeping track of home-time for travelers
Torgoen incorporated in many of its models another feature that is commonly used by pilots and favored
Today the Torgoen brand includes 12 series in its line-up with over 61 different versions. "Considering the components and materials used, we feel that this brand is one of the best values in the market today".
Torgoen Academy
As part of the contribution and commitment to the aviation industry, Torgoen sponsors the Torgoen Academy for flight safety. The academy’s curriculum delivers specialized flight training to both private and commercial pilots that will increase aviation safety by teaching aviators essential recovery and survival skills not normally offered in either primary or advanced flight training. The Torgoen Academy’s training makes pilots safer by teaching them to deal with departures from normal flight, upsets due to turbulence and mechanical failures.
Following a structured syllabus, pilots develop the ability to keep a cool head while applying techniques learned in the school’s aerobatic training aircraft to resolve the situation at hand. "We literally turn pilot’s upside-down in real airplanes in order to give them the confidence to fix the problem without the panic."
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