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IWC unveils latest top gun novelties at watches and wonders 2022

Top Gun collection has been the hallmark of IWC Schaffhausen ever since it got launched in 2007. At this years, Watches and Wonders, Geneva, the Richemont owned timepiece maker has unveiled its new Top Gun Pilot and Big Pilot collection while honouring its milirary roots.

As part of this year's Watches and Wonders novelties, IWC Schaffhausen, a luxury timepiece manufacturer owned by Richemont group has introduced a new line up to its Top Gun collection. The collection includes a new Big Pilot watch, Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar in Ceratanium, a Pilot'swatch timezoner, and Pilot Watch Chronographs in different colours.

Pilot Watch Chronograph

The collection has got four different references - Ref IW388106 (41mm) is a black ceratanium, Ref IW389101 is a black ceramic, and Ref IW389105 is an all white ceramic edition (Lake Tahoe), Ref IW389106 is an all green edition (Woodland). Followed bythesuccessof the 2019 launched 'Mohave Desert', the new 44.5mm chronographs get the black dial while the 'Woodland' edition comes with a green dial. While the 'Woodland' edition uses utilises a matte black Ceratanium screw-down crown and chronograph pushers and also the caseback made from Ceratanium, the all white 'Lake Tahoe' edition uses stainless steel screw-down crown and chronograph pushers. Then a smaller 41mm ceratanium case matte black Ceratanium screw-down crown and chronograph pushers and also the caseback made from Ceratanium while ceramic case edition uses stainless steel screw-down crown and chronograph pushers.

The dials of these watches are similar to each other with 12 o'clock getting the 30 minute sub-dial, 9 o'clock getting the hour dial and 6 o'clock getting the seconds sub-dial. The watches get Arabic hour markers while 12 o'clock gets a triangle hour marker and 6 o'clock getting a bar shaped hour marker. IWC Schaffhausen logo sits at 3 o'clock with the day and date window. Turning the watch reveals the see through case back with IWC engraving for the 41mm version and a closed caseback for the 'Woodland', 'Lake Tahoe' and the Ceramic version. The watches come with a 100metre water resistance.

Powering the 41mm is the calibre 69385 automatic movement with 46 hours of power reserve and 4Hz frequency. Powering the 'Lake Tahoe', 'Woodland' and the Ceramic version is the calibre 69380 movement with 46 hours of power reserve and 4Hz frequency.

The watches get sapphire glass, and antireflective coating on both sides. Completing the watches is a black, white rubber or green textile strap.

Ceratanium Double Chronograph

Combining the two of the most sough-after elements - Ceramic and Titanium, the watch is made in Ceratanium. Ceratanium can be found on the push buttons also. The double chronograph Ref IW371815 features an integrated split-seconds pusher at 10 o'clock . The 44mm watch gets a black dial with 12 o'clock getting the 30 minute sub-dial, 9 o'clock getting the hour dial and 6 o'clock getting the seconds sub-dial. The watches get Arabic hour markers while 12 o'clock gets a triangle hour marker and 6 o'clock getting a bar shaped hour marker. While the tip of the seconds hands get red paint. The caseback gets 'Top Gun' engraving and a 60metre water resistance.

Powering the is the 79420-calibre movement with automatic winding and a 44-hour power reserve, 4Hz frequency. The watch get sapphire glass, and antireflective coating on both sides. Completing the watch is the green rubber strap with a textile inlay.

BIG PILOT'S WATCH 43 TOP GUN

IWC and Pantone have given a specific name to the colour of this watch Ref IW329801 - IWC Jet Black. The Big Pilot’s Watch 43 Top Gun is a large 43.8mm watch that gets an all black look. The watch is a simple timepiece with no modern technologies used, there is no chronograph, there is no perpetual calendar, and there is no date window. The all black dial gets white Arabic numerals with a triangle for 12 o'clock. The 43mm watch is made of black zirconium oxide ceramic, but has a titanium caseback that is not see-through gets the standard Top Gun logo. The red Top Gun logo sits at 6 o'clock, the watch gets a water resistance fo 100 metres.

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The watch is powered by calibre 82100 automatic movement with 60 hours of power reserve, 4Hz frequency. Completing the look of the watch is a black textile strap that can be swapped with a green textile strap using an EasX-CHANGE system.

Image: Courtesy IWC

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