IWC – Pilot’s Watches in Saint Exupéry Design
New additions to the very distinctive pilot’s collection by IWC. They are featured with a stylish tobacco brown dial.
Following the launch of the new Da Vinci and Ingenieur collections, IWC Schaffhausen is already unveiling the next innovations in the Pilot?s Watch family. The Pilot?s Watch Chronograph Edition ?Antoine de Saint Exupéry? (Ref. IW377713) with date and day display precisely handles single and aggregate stop times of up to 12 hours. The self-winding system generates a power reserve of 44 hours ? so it is even self-sufficient enough for long-haul flights. The numerals and hands on the clearly structured dial feature luminous coatings to ensure good legibility, even at night-time. And with the second innovation, the Pilot?s Watch Mark XVIII Edition ?Antoine de Saint Exupéry? (Ref. IW327003), the Saint Exupéry family is gaining another new member in the form of the Pilot?s Watch Mark XVIII.
Both watches feature the characteristic tobacco brown dial and are fitted with a brown calfskin strap by Santoni with decorative white stitching. This design is inspired by the typical overalls worn by pilots in Saint-Exupéry?s era. The timepieces also feature an engraving of a Lightning P-38 on the case back. It was in this particular model of aircraft that Saint-Exupéry took off on a reconnaissance flight from which he never returned.
The Pilot?s Watch Automatic 36 was specially developed for women and watch lovers with slender wrists. With a case measuri...
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