Wheels Up: IWC Launches Its New Fleet of Pilots’ Watches
As IWC’s year-long celebration of its 150th anniversary, marked by the release of its limited-edition Jubilee models, winds down and the 2019 SIHH watch fair looms, the Schaffhausen-based watch maison turns its focus back to its most historically significant and iconic timepiece collection, its Pilot series. This week, we’re able to show you a preview of several significant new models from three sub-brands within the series, the Spitfire, Top Gun, and Le Petit Prince, each of which represents a first for the brand.
IWC Pilots’ Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition “The Longest Flight” (Ref. IW395501)
The movement, which is hidden beneath the special engraved back of the 46-mm stainless steel case, boasts IWC’s Pellaton winding system, enhanced with wear-resistant ceramic parts, and a power reserve of 60 hours. Like all the Spitfire models, the Timezoner’s dial echoes the look of the vintage plane’s dashboard instruments, and the military green textile strap evokes the interior of its cockpit. Limited to 250 pieces, the watch will be priced at approximately $12,400. IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun Ceratanium caseback
On the highest echelon of haute horologerie, the new Pilot’s Watch collection offers the Big Pilot’s Watch Constant Force Tourbillon Edition “Le Petit Prince” (approximate pricing: $235,000), the latest piece in the sub-brand inspired by French pilot and author Antoine de Saint...
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