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Sinn becomes first watch brand to be certified under technical standard for pilot’s watches

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September 2012


Sinn Spezialuhren, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is the first watch brand to have had two of its pilot’s watches tested and certified in accordance with the Technical Standard for Pilot’s Watches (TeStaF) by the Aachen University of Applied Sciences.

The EZM 10 TeStaF and 103 Ti TeStaF models both met the comprehensive and strict test criteria, which include satisfying all time measurement requirements for flights operating under visual and/or instrument flight rules. Both watches will be officially launched at the end of 2012.

Sinn Spezialuhren gets TeStaF certification
Sinn Spezialuhren gets TeStaF certification

The technical standard for pilot’s watches was proposed and developed by Lothar Schmidt (Dipl.-Ing.), managing director and owner of Sinn Spezialuhren, together with Prof. Dr. Ing. Frank Janser from the Faculty of Aerospace Technology at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences.

The project saw Sinn Spezialuhren continue its tradition of collaborating closely with renowned technological institutions. For instance, its diver’s watches are tested and certified to DIN and European diving equipment standards by Germanischer Lloyd of Hamburg - still a unique procedure in the industry. In the past the Darmstadt-based Fraunhofer Institute for Operational Stability and System Reliability (LBF) investigated the effects of impact and vibration on specially selected Sinn watches, and DEKRA tested extreme forces in crash tests carried out at the Technology Center in Klettwitz, a municipality in the Federal State of Brandenburg.

Further information on TeStaF can be found at www.testaf.org.