by John Theobald

The first Glycine Airman was produced in 1953 and the range is still going strong in 2005. Even during the quartz crisis the Airman concept was kept alive.
The Airman range has used a wide variety of movements over the years, here is an approximate chronology giving the maximum age of the watch movement combination.

1953 to 1960 (Airman 1)
Felsa 692 (the "Bidynator" movement) 23 jewels
1960 to 1967 (Airman 1 and Airman 1 Special)
A.Schild 1701, 25 jewels and 17 jewels in the Airman Special
1967 to 1971 (Airman 1 and SST)
A.Schild 1903, 25 jewels
1968-1970 (Airman SST chronograph)
Valjoux 72, 17 jewels
1971 to 1974 (Airman 1 and SST)
A.Schild 2063, 25 jewels
1974 to 1978 (Airman 1 and SST)
A.Schild 2163, 25 jewels
1978 to 1988 (Airman Quartz 1)
FHF 960.111
1989 to 1994 (Airman GMT2000 Quartz)
ETA 955.422
1989 to present (Airman Quartz World Time)
ETA 955.422/4 recent models use the 955.424 movement
1998 - present (Airman 2000, 46, 8, MLV, Special, Vintage V, SST 06, 18, Special II)
ETA 2893-2
2002 - present (Airman 7)
ETA 2893-2 and two ETA 2671-2 movements
2004 - present (Airman 9, Airman Chrono 08)
ETA 7754 (the Valjoux name is no longer officially used)
2006 - present (Airman D24, Airman Double 24 09)
2424/ETA 2893-2
2007 - present (Airman 17)
ETA A07.171

Some additional observations regarding vintage Airman.
It is possible to have an AS 1701 movement in a watch that it is younger than 1967 as some watches were produced with this movement post 1967. However if the watch has an AS 1903 movement it will not be older than 1968 (unless the movement is a replacement)! This also applies to other movements in later Airman 1 and SST models.

Thanks to Werner Siegrist for information on the older models.