IWC Adds a Fully Lumed Dial to their Pilot Collection with the Pilot?s Watch Automatic 41 Black Aces
Sometimes I get tagged with the label of curmudgeon for my somewhat finicky and at times nonsensical taste in watches (and movies, and other things – I like what I like). But at the end of the day, I really just want watches to be fun, and for everyone to chill just a little bit when it comes to the hottest of takes on Instagram, YouTube, and elsewhere. If there?s one feature on a watch that captures a more nonchalant attitude toward watches in general, I think it has to be the fully lumed dial, right" Is there anything else that appeals so strongly to that proverbial inner child, the one who is still fascinated with things that glow in the dark" Lumed dials have been having a bit of a moment as of late, and now IWC is getting in on the action, with their first pilot?s watch with a fully lumed dial treatment, the Pilot?s Watch Automatic 41 Black Aces.
The Black Aces is the latest in an ongoing series of watches that IWC has made in partnership with US Navy squadrons as part of their Professional Pilot?s Watches Program. This new watch takes inspiration from a previous watch that IWC created for members of Strike Fighter Squadron 41, also known as the Black Aces. This squadron has roots that date back to 1950, and is based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California, and their Black Aces patch can be seen on the dial at the 6:00 position of the new pilot?s watch.
IWC refers to this as a ?Lumicast? dial, and it comes together after a complex pr...
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