IWC Schaffhausen – PILOT’s Watch Edition “150 Years”

IWC Schaffhausen – PILOT’s Watch “150 Years” Anniversary Edition Collection 2018

PILOT’S WATCHES WITH LACQUERED DIALS

Schaffhausen, 15 January 2018 – IWC Schaffhausen unveiled three limited-edition Pilot’s Watches at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva as part of the Jubilee collection to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary.

IWC is adding three models to its Pilot’s Watch line in its anniversary year. All three models feature the design of the Jubilee collection. They can be recognised by their characteristic dials produced using a complex lacquering process in white or blue.

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The Big Pilot’s Watch Annual Calendar Edition “150 Years” (Ref. IW502708) is the only model in the collection with an annual calendar. Production is limited to 100 watches:

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– Stainless steel, blue dial with lacquered finish, rhodium-plated hands (Ref. IW502708)

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The annual calendar has an American-format display for the month, date and day in three separate windows on the dial and requires adjustment only once a year at the end of February.

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The Pellaton winding of the IWC-manufactured calibre 52850 comes with wear-proof ceramic components and generates a 7-day power reserve in two barrels. The movement is visible through the sapphire-glass back.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: PILOT’s Watch Edition “150 Years” 
REF. IW502708  Stainless steel 46.2 mm

FEATURES
Mechanical movement 
– Pellaton automatic winding 
– Power reserve display 
– Annual calendar with displays for the month, date and day 
– Small hacking seconds 
– Breguet spring
– Rotor with Jubilee medallion in 18-carat gold – Screw-in crown 
– Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure 
– See-through sapphire-glass back 
– Limited to 100 watches
MOVEMENT
Calibre  52850
Frequency  28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels  36
Power reserve  7 days (168 h)
Winding  Automatic
WATCH
Materials 
Stainless steel case, blue dial with lacquered finish,
white printed indices and numerals, rhodium-plated hands
Glass  Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant  6 bar
Diameter  46.2 mmHeight  15.5 mm

STRAP
Black alligator leather strap

* IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Super-LumiNova® trademark.

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The Big Pilot’s Watch Big Date Edition “150 Years” (Ref. 5105) is the first Big Pilot’s Watch from IWC with a date display featuring large numerals beneath the triangular index at “12 o’clock”. Two limited-edition models are available, each restricted to 100 watches:

 

– Stainless steel, blue dial with lacquered finish, rhodium-plated hands (Ref. IW510503)

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– Stainless steel, white dial with lacquered finish, blued hands (Ref. IW510504)

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When creating the IWC-manufactured calibre 59235, the watch designers added a date display with large numerals to the hand-wound calibre 59210 with a power reserve of 8 days. The date is displayed using a double date ring, with one disc containing the tens and another disc containing the units.

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The power reserve display had to be positioned on the reverse side so that the dial could preserve the uncluttered style that is characteristic of Pilot’s Watches. To this end, the soft-iron cage was fitted with a circular display window without compromising protection against magnetic fields.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: BIG PILOT’s Watch Edition “150 Years”
REF. IW510503  Stainless steel 46.2 mm - Blue dial
REF. IW510504  Stainless steel 46.2 mm - White dial


FEATURES
Mechanical movement 
– Power reserve display on case back 
– Large, double-digit date display 
– Small hacking seconds – Breguet spring 
– Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields – Screw-in crown 
– Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure 
– Jubilee insignia engraved on case back 
– Sapphire glass porthole in case back
– Limited to 100 watches
MOVEMENT
Calibre  59235
Frequency  28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels  30
Power reserve  8 days (192 h)
Winding  Hand-wound
WATCH
Materials 

• Ref. IW510503: Stainless steel case, blue dial with lacquered finish, white printed indices and numerals, rhodium-plated hands
• Ref. IW510504: Stainless steel case, white dial with lacquered finish,
  black printed indices and numerals, blued hands

Glass  Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant  6 bar
Diameter  46.2 mmHeight  15.2 mm

STRAP
Black alligator leather strap

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With the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “150 Years” (Ref. IW377725), IWC is launching an anniversary edition of this popular chronograph that is limited to 1,000 watches:

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– Stainless steel, white dial with lacquered finish, blued hands (Ref. IW377725)

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: PILOT’s Watch Chronograph Edition “150 Years” 
REF. IW377725  Stainless steel 43 mm

FEATURES 
Mechanical chronograph movement 
– Date and day display 
– Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds 
– Small hacking seconds
– Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields – Screw-in crown 
– Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure 
– Jubilee insignia engraved on case back
– Limited to 1,000 watches
MOVEMENT
Calibre  79320
Frequency  28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels  25
Power reserve  44 h
Winding  Automatic
WATCH
Materials 
Stainless steel case, white dial with lacquered finish,
black printed indices and numerals, blued hands
Glass  Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant  6 bar
Diameter  43 mmHeight  15.2 mm  
STRAP
Black alligator leather strap

* IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Super-LumiNova® trademark.

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Further Information
Clemens von Walzel
Department Manager Public Relations
Tel. +41 (0)52 235 79 29
E-mail clemens.vonwalzel@iwc.com
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 IWC Schaffhausen
Uwe Liebminger
Department Manager Public Relations
Mobile  +41 (0)79 957 72 52
E-mail  uwe.liebminger@iwc.com
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