Painstakingly Patinated: Laco Paderborn Erbstück Watch Review

The Type-B navigator's watch is an immediately recognizable and highly collectible artifact from WW2 The German Luftwaffe commissioned 5 manufacturers, and Laco was one of them The Laco Paderborn Erbstück is a wearable, artificially patinated reproduction of the historic original.

To note, The Paderborn is the 42mm automatic variant of this watch After wearing this watch over the course of the month, this has been the number one talking point for fellow watch enthusiasts, so let's just start there The Laco Erbstück watches won't set you back as much either, at $2,350-$2,500 USD.

As with the faux radium burn of the PAM 687, sometimes manufacturing the look just makes sense It's a polarizing watch for sure, and Laco has long offered this Type-B style pilot's watch without any patina, if the Erbstück look just isn't your cup-of-tea It has a unique, heavy duty construction that keeps the watch securely fastened to your wrist, and much like a bracelet, would prevent you from accidentally dropping the watch when you are taking it off. Source