Honouring French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, IWC Schaffhausen presents two new timepieces in the pilot’s distinctive tones.
The two new additions to IWC’s Pilot’s Watch family – the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph and the Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII – feature tobacco brown dials and brown calfskin straps by Santoni with eye-catching white stitching.
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, making the timepiece 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.
The second innovation, the Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII Edition “Antoine de Saint-Exupéry” (Ref. IW327003), also features the brown dial and strap, the latter inspired by the flying suit worn by the French author and pilot, as well as an engraving on the back of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the aircraft in which writer and flying pioneer was last seen piloting. The watch, which is water-resistant to 6 bar, is powered by an automatic 30110-calibre movement and features a soft-iron inner case and a 42-hour power reserve.
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