IWC Schaffhausen reimagines its Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Lake Tahoe in white ceramic.
It may have a mouthful for a name but IWC’s Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Lake Tahoe is a beauty to look at, especially now as the watchmaker reinterpretes one of its best sellers in white ceramic.
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Developed during the 1980s, IWC’s legendary perpetual calendar automatically recognizes the different lengths of the months and leap years. Now, the newest addition to IWC’s Colours of Top Gun collection features a 46.5-millimeter white ceramic case, a black dial, and black hands with white Super-LumiNova.
The ceramic color, which IWC and Pantone have specified as “IWC Lake Tahoe”, is inspired by white uniforms and the winter landscape around freshwater Lake Tahoe. Located between California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe is a mountainous area that the pilots of the nearby TOPGUN flight school frequently fly over.
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The timepiece is powered by the IWC-manufactured 52615 caliber, which was developed in the 1980s by Kurt Klaus and has since been steadily improved several times in terms of mechanics and functionality. The intricate mechanical program automatically recognizes the different lengths of the months and leap years and will require no manual adjustment until 2100.
The patented double moon phase display shows the moon as seen from the northern and southern hemispheres. Thanks to a special reductionist gear train, it is so precise that it will only deviate by one day after 577.5 years. The calendar module is driven via a single nightly switching impulse by the IWC-manufactured 52615 caliber movement with a Pellaton winding system and a power reserve of 7 days. The movement can be admired through a transparent sapphire glass back.
The eye-catching design is completed with a stainless steel crown and case back ring, and a white textured rubber strap.
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