Sinn EZM9 Ti Testaf

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REF 949.010

Automatic

44 MM

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SKU	AS07402
Article Number	40990790
ref	949.010
case size	44 MM
movement	Automatic Winding
approximate age	2020s
dial color	Black
material	Titanium
style	Aviator
category	Pre-Owned Contemporary
bracelet	Leather
lug width	22 MM
Includes	Signed 2-ply black leather strap with signed pin buckle. Also includes inner and outer boxes, books, and warranty card dated 11/2020.
overall condition	Case is in outstanding condition overall showing light signs of wear from gentle use. Luminous matte black dial with cream subsidiary registers and green/red power reserve indicator is in as-new condition with matching handset. Signed crown.

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REF 949.010

Automatic

44 MM

– Show less

SKU	AS07402
Article Number	40990790
ref	949.010
case size	44 MM
movement	Automatic Winding
approximate age	2020s
dial color	Black
material	Titanium
style	Aviator
category	Pre-Owned Contemporary
bracelet	Leather
lug width	22 MM
Includes	Signed 2-ply black leather strap with signed pin buckle. Also includes inner and outer boxes, books, and warranty card dated 11/2020.
overall condition	Case is in outstanding condition overall showing light signs of wear from gentle use. Luminous matte black dial with cream subsidiary registers and green/red power reserve indicator is in as-new condition with matching handset. Signed crown.

Why We Love it

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The term “pilot’s watch” carries a loose definition.

What constitutes a timepiece that must face adverse conditions — one upon which someone’s life might be dependent? Is legibility of paramount importance? Resistance to temperature change, or magnetism?

Yes. That’s Sinn’s answer, anyway, to these questions. A Sinn pilot’s watch is a timepiece made in such a considered, calculated fashion that it could conceivably stand up to the rigors of any challenging scenario — not merely one encountered at the control’s of an airplane.

Take the EZM9 Ti Testaf, for example: An oversized time-and-date model, it’s a brutish instrument whose capabilities and use cases far exceed those of most other watches in its price range. Housed in a fully tegimented 44mm titanium case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and a luminous, bi-directional pilot’s bezel with a sapphire glass insert, it features a matte black dial with luminous indices, a matching ‘blade’ handset, an outer 1/5th-seconds track, and a date window at 3 o’clock.

In addition to Sinn’s tegimented hardening technology, the EZM9 Ti Testaf also features ‘dry hold’ technology for protection from fogging and resistance to low pressure to prevent the crystal from popping off at high altitudes. Approved for use by the Technical Standard for Pilot's Watches (TESTAF) by the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, it’s powered by the Sellita SW200-1 automatic movement and comes paired to a signed, black leather strap with orange stitching and a titanium pin buckle.

If you can find a tougher pilot’s watch for the money, we’re all ears. But until then, we can't recommend the EZM9 Ti Testaf highly enough!

Brand Story

Few individuals have done more for the development of the modern tool watch than Helmut Sinn. A renowned pilot and flight instructor, Sinn founded his eponymous company in Germany in 1961 and would go on to design some of the world’s most utilitarian chronograph and dive watches for specialized purposes. Though he sold the company in the 1990s after more than 30 years of continuous operations, Sinn’s own clock went on ticking until the age of 102.

Initially focusing on the manufacture of pilot’s chronographs and clocks, Sinn operated by a unique (for the time) direct sales model, whereby he cut out the retailer and middleman and was able to offer competitive pricing. In the 1980s the firm took on the service contract for the Heuer-produced 1550 SG flyback chronograph issued to the German Budeswehr — today, it’s possible to find models at auction or on the secondary market with Sinn-signed replacement dials.

Sinn’s reference 156 Military Chronograph — powered by the famed Lemania caliber 5100 — did not win a military tender for supply to NATO and BUND forces. (That honor would go to Porsche Design/Orfina for its reference 7177.) However, the chunky reference 140 (also powered by the caliber 5100) did accompany German astronaut Reinhard Furrer into orbit on the Spacelab D1 mission in 1985.

Following Helmut Sinn’s sale of the company to engineer Lothar Schmidt in 1994, Sinn would begin supplying specialized military kit of its own. In 1997, the company released the EZM1, a unique, left-handed chronograph with a central minutes counter that was adopted by the Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll, a tactical unit of Germany’s Customs Service. (The newer EZM 2B was subsequently adopted by GSG9’s diving unit — a special force within the tactical unit of the German Federal Police.)

More recently, in 2005, the company released the U1, a professional dive watch made with submarine steel that featured a 1,000-meter depth rating. (2020’s U50 downsized the gargantuan 44mm case to a more manageable 41mm, attracting plaudits internationally.)
Today, Sinn continues to manufacture no-nonsense chronographs, dive watches, and even dress timepieces that earn the respect of watch consumers and professionals worldwide.

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Condition

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Most of our products are on hand and will ship directly from our headquarters in New York City. In some cases, watches will be shipped directly from one of our authorized partners.

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Returns must be sent overnight or by priority international delivery, fully insured and paid for by the customer. A restocking fee may apply. Watches must be returned in the same condition as initially shipped.

We welcome international buyers, please contact us prior to purchase for additional details on shipping and payment options.