{"id":24090,"date":"2023-05-31T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchtime.com\/wristwatch-industry-news\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:28:15","slug":"a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials\/","title":{"rendered":"A Twist on Pilots: Laco Releases Augsburg and Aachen Watches with Gray Dials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German watch brand <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/watchtime.com\/tag\/laco\">Laco<\/a><\/strong> is known for its pilot watches, which have a long tradition rooted in so called \u201cB-Watches\u201d, or observation timepieces used by military pilots. Now the brand introduces a new colorway in its budget-friendly<strong> Augsburg<\/strong> and <strong>Aachen<\/strong> collections. The two models, named after German cities, are now available in contemporary gray with a diameter of 39 or 42 mm, each on a stainless steel or calfskin strap. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials-9.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials-8.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-149047\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Augsburg Grau<\/strong> features a dial based on Laco\u2019s \u201c<em>Baumuster A<\/em>\u201d with hour markers from one to eleven and a triangle in lieu of the 12. The <strong>Aachen Grau<\/strong> features <em>\u201cBaumuster B\u201d<\/em> with the hour scale in the center framed by the minutes. The indexes, numerals and hands stand out from the background thanks to a coating with white luminous material. At the heart of the watches ticks self-winding Miyota 82S0, which displays its partially skeletonized rotor through its exhibition case back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials-1.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials-22.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials-21.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-149048\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pricing for the Laco Augsburg Grau and Aachen Grau is marked at $490 for the leather-strap variant and $560 for the bracelet-edition.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more, visit Laco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laco-watches.com\/en\/watches\/pilot-watches-basic\/augsburg-grau-42\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.laco-watches.com\/en\/watches\/pilot-watches-basic\/augsburg-grau-42\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchtime.com\/wristwatch-industry-news\/a-twist-on-pilots-laco-releases-augsburg-and-aachen-watches-with-gray-dials\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German watch brand Laco is known for its pilot watches, which have a long tradition&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1107,1108],"tags":[1111,1112,1113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}