Lorier Hyperion GMT
A V-22 Osprey pilot partway through a transit from North Carolina to Arizona, photographed when the fuel stop sun came through the glass just right. The watch went on the wrist when he earned his wings and has been on every flight in the V-22 since. It is a Lorier Hyperion GMT, the vintage flavored traveler from a small family run New York brand, blue and red 24 hour bezel, gilt print, and a bracelet that catches cockpit light the way the old ones did. Gas, pizza, and a GMT already set for the next time zone; cross countries have looked like this for seventy years. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Lorier Hyperion GMT
Lorier is an independent New York brand run by a husband and wife team, building small, vintage proportioned watches that read like mid century originals rather than costumes of them. The Hyperion is their automatic GMT: a two tone 24 hour bezel in blue and red, gilt dial furniture, and a five link bracelet, the whole package deliberately recalling the era when a GMT on a pilot’s wrist was standard equipment rather than nostalgia.
V-22 Osprey, Cross Country
The submitter flies the V-22 Osprey and bought the Hyperion after winging, honoring the aviator’s oldest tradition of marking the day the wings go on. The photo caught it mid transit from North Carolina to Arizona, cockpit displays alive behind it, during a stop he logged as gas and pizza. Tiltrotor flying is a constant negotiation between airplane and helicopter, and a watch that quietly holds two time zones through all of it fits the aircraft.