Antoine Saint-Exupery, patriot, pilot and writer. Born in 1900 in Lyon, France ,1921-1923 service in the French Air Force, was the Air Force Reserve pilots. Saint-Exupery took part in the opening of France - Africa - South America's international routes to work and was engaged during a great deal of literary creation.

1939 Nazi Germany invaded France, the Military that wounded several times before the St. Exupery war can no longer be recruited, but in Saint Exupery's insistence, he eventually was incorporated into the 2 / 33 air force reconnaissance Battalion participated in the war against Germany. In 1940, the French defeat in the war, where Saint Exupery forces suffered heavy losses, he went into exile in the United States alone. In the United States, Saint Exupery continue writing, and in 1943 published the famous adult fairy tale - "The Little Prince."

In 1943, when he was 43, returned to France Saint-Exupery's war base in North Africa, Algiers, called for continued implementation of the mission. July 31, 1944 AM, St. Exupery set sail for the implementation of the eighth after returning to the task - and this is his last mission, but he has never failed to come back. The pilot was so well-known patriotic lie buried in the position he loves, the sacrifice at the age of 44 years.

Saint-Exupery in 1939 had completed a writing called "sand and stars" of the novel. This is a pilot in emergency landing in the Libyan desert, the story of St. Exupery's opening words in the book, wrote a paper: "Although it may seem in the eyes of the various instrument panel hangs, does not mean My attention is not focused. under my control, everything is operating as usual, all the pointers are to stay in the position they should stay ... ... "written by the hero of the story seem to be more heroic was born with to the legend, so the "sand and stars" in the hero and his creator have been the world with the eternal mind.

To commemorate the "Sand Star" published 69 years, the nations in 2006 to launch a special version of the pilot mechanical watch - Saint Exupery Pilot Chronograph. This anti-magnetic watch up to 24,000 amps, not only has hours, minutes, small seconds and date instructions, instruction a week, also has a timer function and small seconds stop function switch; and that the tobacco used is similar to the color of the dial, is more like the Saint-Exupery implication with hundreds of battles along the flight uniform. Meanwhile, back at the table is also engraved on Saint Exupery has been used in South America when the fighter Latecoere 25, and with the table comes with a starter from the original novel published by Gallimard Publishing Limited Edition "star sand" to expression for this great tribute to the pilot and writer.