The innovative pilot’s watch laid the technical foundation for today’s Classic AVI, a collection inspired by the intrepid spirit of the first famous airplanes. The Classic AVI Mosquito pays homage to one of those legends. In an era of frequent aluminum and steel shortages, the Havilland Mosquito’s engineers used a material that was still plentiful: wood. The “Wooden Wonder” made a big splash when it surpassed its metal contemporaries to become one of the fastest aircraft built from 1940 to 1950.