Drawing its inspiration from the original Glycine Airman, a favorite of Air Force and Navy pilots during the Vietnam War, the harsh simplicity of the Airman DC-4 oozes old-school military style.

The famous Rolex GMT-Master, also using a rotating bezel to display a second time zone was released later, in 1955. Glycine found the Airman successful, and the brand has continued to produce it, in ...

Though the brand is mostly just remembered by hardcore enthusiasts today, Glycine has long been a builder of tool watches since it was founded in 1914. Most notably, in 1953 it created one of the ...

You might think you know every classic GMT tool watch from travel’s Golden Era, that exciting early period of the Jet Age that lasted from the early 1950s to the early 1970s and spawned such ...

It was called the Glycine Airman, and while it used 24-hour markings and a rotating bezel to help pilots keep track of time, it now lives in the shadow of the better-known Rolex GMT-Master.

The first GMT out of the gate in 1953 was the Glycine Airman, specimens of which can still be found for the cheap on the vintage market.

The Airman is a fanboy favourite and pretty much the only Glycine worth checking out, primarily due to its indelible association with the explosion in global air travel in the 1950s and 60s.