Hemel reveals the exciting new reference to the widely acclaimed HF (Hemel Flight) Series of aviation inspired watches. The Stratus comes equipped with a Seiko VH31 sweeping quartz that beats at 4 ticks per second. It WILL fool your eyes! Short, downward curved lugs offer greater comfort among more wrists. The flat sapphire lens is anti-reflective coated and the signed crown is diamond shaped for greater ease of operation particularly with gloved hands. The dial and the diamond cut steel hands along with the bezel are embedded with Superluminova C3. The straps are all hand crafted from Italian leather. As these straps age, they soften and darken while conforming to the wrist in much the same way a pair of rigid denim jeans conforms to each individual. Finally, the inclusion of a ceramic inlay for the 120 click uni-directional rotating bezel reasserts Hemel as an Extreme Value Proposition in the marketplace. The dial is informed by original, mid-century fighter plane cockpit dials.