Flieger Legacy
One of the first German chronograph wristwatches was a Tutima — column-wheel Caliber 59, built for the Luftwaffe in 1941. The Legacy carries that design forward.
One of the first German chronograph wristwatches was a Tutima. The founder's brother, Walter Kurtz, was a test pilot — the aviation DNA was not a brand strategy, it was family. Around 30,000 built between 1941 and 1945. In 1984, rebuilt for the Bundeswehr with a Lemania Cal. 5100 — at a time when the world had moved to quartz and mechanical watchmaking was considered finished. In 1994, a faithful reproduction became one of the symbols of the mechanical watch revival. The Flieger Legacy is not pilot-inspired. It is the pilot's watch.
Around 30,000 built for the Luftwaffe, 1941–1945.
Heritage
1941 Fliegerchronograph
The 1941 Fliegerchronograph defined the pilot's watch: fluted bezel for grip with gloves, cathedral hands for instant legibility, a clean dial architecture built for the cockpit. The Grand Flieger Classic carries this exact design language into the present — the same proportions, the same purpose, eighty years later.
Caliber
Caliber 310
The Day-Date Chronograph
Caliber 310
The Day-Date Chronograph
Automatic chronograph with day-date capability. 48-hour power reserve. Powers the Grand Flieger chronographs, Flieger Legacy T5, Sky Chronograph T5, M2 Coastline, and Mara Safari.
Legacy T5
Ref. 6405-03
€3,850 (DE RRP) €€
Legacy T5
Ref. 6405-04
€4,250 (DE RRP) €€
Legacy T5
Ref. 6405-02
€4,250 (DE RRP) €€
Legacy T5
Ref. 6405-01
€3,850 (DE RRP) €€
Stories
The Fliegerchronograph: A German Icon (1941)
· 1941–1945A Saxon bank sent a young lawyer to Glashütte to restructure failing workshops. Ernst Kurtz consolidated them into UROFA-UFAG, developed twelve calibers, and built one of the first German chronograph wristwatches: the Fliegerchronograph, Cal. 59, around 30,000 produced 1941–1945. His brother Walter was a test pilot.
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Eurofighter Typhoon: A Tutima on the Instrument Panel
· 2000sWhen the Eurofighter Typhoon entered service, Tutima received the official watch rights. The F2 UTC Eurofighter Typhoon Limited Edition: Eurofighter emblem on the dial, aircraft silhouette etched into the sapphire caseback, second time zone via central hour hand. A Valjoux 7750 inside.
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New Heights in Titanium
With the new Flieger Legacy T5 Chronograph, Tutima Glashütte unites two core strengths of the brand in a single timepiece: long-standing pilot’s-watch know-how and deep e…
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“When you think about Tutima, the number one thing you think about is the 1941 Flieger. But then the second one, right next to it, is the NATO chronograph. Both of them are classics — the DNA of Tutima.”
More from this family
Both honour the 1941 Flieger. The Classic preserves the original dial layout; the Legacy carries the military legibility standard into a Cal. 330 automatic.
Grand Flieger Classic →The Legacy keeps the NATO instrument dial with luminous numerals; the Automatic reduces the Flieger to three hands and a date. Both share Cal. 330 and the 1941 lineage.
Flieger Automatic →Both from military lineage. The Flieger Legacy inherits the pilot's instrument; the M2 Chronograph inherits the mu-metal shielding and titanium case.
M2 →