The Hawker Hurricane Classic Chronograph 1924us Mr. Skelly Limited Edition is a collaboration between AVI-8 and 1924us. It brings the world of Mr. Skelly to AVI-8’s aviation-inspired chronograph. The idea behind it is memento mori: life is finite, “and that is precisely why it is meant to be lived.” A small skull motif at six o’clock serves as that reminder every time you check the time. Each of the two colorways is limited to 350 pieces.

The stainless steel case is 43.5mm across, 50mm lug-to-lug and 11.2mm thick, with a brushed finish and a pull-out crown. An anti-reflective coated mineral crystal sits over a matte dial with applied Arabic numerals, a railroad minute track and a tachymeter scale, with Japan Luminous on the indices. Oak Ash pairs a black dial with a brown leather strap. Charcoal Cream pairs a cream, full lume dial with a grey leather strap. Both come on 22mm genuine leather straps.

Inside is a Japanese quartz chronograph movement that shows hours, minutes, seconds and the date. And to time events, it features a 1/10th-second sub-dial counter, a main chronograph seconds hand and a 60-minute stopwatch counter sub-dial. Water resistance is 5 ATM (50 meters), fine for splashes and handwashing but not for swimming.