I'm a pilot — now an airline instructor, after stepping back from flying full-time to spend more time with my kids — and outside the cockpit, a solo indie developer and entrepreneur.

My first real watch was a Breitling Navitimer, bought about 20 years ago. That was the hook. In the years since, I've bought and sold watches, spent too much time on forums, read everything I could get my hands on, and never really stopped thinking about them.

1903 Watch Co. is where those two passions finally meet. The name, the First Flight 40, the whole idea — it's built around the Wright Flyer's first flight, the moment flight itself began. Bringing aviation and horology together under one watch felt like the most honest way to say thank you to the heritage pilots like me come from.

— Pete Savva
     Founder · 1903 Watch Co.