Sinn Celebrates 100 Years Of Lufthansa With A Grey And Yellow 103 Chronograph

I flew a lot of Lufthansa flights in the past few weeks and you can't miss the fact that they're celebrating 100 years. Hints are everywhere, and they're doing it in a very tasteful way. I even stole a couple of their in-flight magazine stuff linked to the centenary as it's very well done and it's giving me inspiration for print stuff that IAT might do in the near future. The celebration is also moving outside of the aviation domain, as Lufthansa has teamed up with Sinn to create a celebratory watch. It makes sense since both are based in Frankfurt, and both have a very German sensibility about them. The base is the 103 St Sa, Sinn's pilot's chronograph and it's so incredibly cool.

The polished steel case measures 41mm wide and, wait for it, 17mm thick. How wild is that? I haven't had a chance to play around with a 103 St Sa, but I doubt that it's possible to hide that thickness. You get a screw-down crown and pushers, sapphire on both sides with anti-reflective treatment, and 200 meters of water resistance tested to DIN 8310. Sinn also certifies it against low pressure.

The dial and bezel are both dark grey, with light grey indices, bezel numerals and date disc. It's a muted palette, but it matches some older Lufthansa materials I saw in their historical overview they had in cabin. Yellow appears only on the chronograph hands and the central seconds hand, which has a rounded oval near the tip, referencing the window in a plane cabin. That's quite a lot of humor for two German brands and I love it. The hour and minute hands and the indices are lumed.

Inside is the Sellita SW 500, an automatic chronograph beating at 4Hz with magnetic resistance to DIN 8309. You get some 60 hours of power reserve. It's a proven workhorse. Through the caseback you'll see a decorated rotor carrying the edition number, model name and Lufthansa's centenary logo. Sinn ships the watch with both a black leather strap and a textile strap, 20mm at the lugs.

The Sinn 103 St Sa Lufthansa (ref. 103.231) is limited to 100 pieces and priced at €2,890 including tax. I can't find the watch on the Sinn website at all, so maybe it's not up ye. I doubt they sold all 100 already. Check out the collection here.