The Watch Blog » pilot watch http://www.watchesaddict.com Luxury Watch Blog - Wrist Watches Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:16:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fly High in Style with a Big Pilot Watch http://www.watchesaddict.com/2010/05/fly-high-in-style-with-a-big-pilot-watch/ http://www.watchesaddict.com/2010/05/fly-high-in-style-with-a-big-pilot-watch/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 20:36:54 +0000 EricaD http://www.watchesaddict.com/?p=156 Tired of boring luxury watches that all look the same? Looking to inject some playfulness and adventure into your style? Check out IWC’s Big Pilot Watch, which is classy and modern while also hearkening back to great men’s fashions of the mid-20th century. Everything about these watches is BIG: big clock face, big winding knob, big clock hands. They make a bold statement and are a lot of fun to wear with stylistic references to an airplane cockpit.

But these watches are also have all the quality craftsmanship and durability of subtler luxury watches. The watch also includes a 7-day power reserve, automatic Pellaton winding system,a Breguet spring, and smooth leather band. It weighs in at a hefty 122 g and has a wide face covered in cool blue sapphire glass that measures an audacious 4.6cm . The display includes the date and is housed in a soft-iron case to protect against magnetic fields. And as you might suspect, the watch is also resistant to changes in air pressure.

The Mark 11 that originally inspired the the current pilot’s watch went on to become one of the most famous watches in its day. Here’s to the return of the pilot’s watch!

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