IWC Schaffhausen – PILOT’s Watch TOP GUN Ceratanium® Matte ALL-BLACK Edition 2021
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IWC LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED TOP GUN PILOT’S WATCHES IN CERATANIUM® IN A TACTICAL ALL-BLACK DESIGN
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The Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Ceratanium is the first watch from IWC with a Ceratanium® bracelet, which is lighter than steel and very comfortable to wear. The Pilot’s Watch Timezoner TOP GUN Ceratanium is the first TOP GUN model with a Timezoner® complication, allowing the wearer to change between different time zones effortlessly. Both novelties are powered by IWC-manufactured movements from the 52000 and 82000 calibre families.
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Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen
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“Ceratanium® is unique not only because of its outstanding material properties. With its matte black color, it also enables us to manufacture watches in a completely jet-black design. After introducing several models with Ceratanium® cases, we are now going one step further and for the first time present a bracelet crafted from this innovative material,”
Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen
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MACHINED FROM BARS AND FIRED AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
Ceratanium® is arguably one of IWC’s most important material innovations in recent years. IWC first used this material in 2017 for the case of the Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “50 Years Aquatimer” (Ref. 379403).
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In 2019, the Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium (Ref. IW371815) was the first all-black Pilot’s Watch. Ceratanium® is based on a special titanium alloy that is forged to IWC’s specifications.
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The case components are machined from bars to minimal tolerances using computer-controlled turning and milling centers and are then elaborately finished by hand. Afterwards, the components are fired in a kiln at high temperatures. During this firing process, a phase transformation occurs. As a result, the surface of the material not only obtains properties similar to ceramics, such as hardness and scratchresistance, but also its striking matte black finish.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICITIES
Model BIG PILOT’s Watch Perpetual Calendar® Edition TOP GUN Ceratanium®
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Ref IW503604
- Mechanical movement
- Pellaton automatic winding system
- Power reserve display
- Perpetual Calendar with displays for the date, day, month, year in four digits and perpetual moon phase for both Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- Small hacking seconds
- Screw-in crown
- Glass secured against displacement caused by drops in air pressure
- See-through sapphire glass back
- Limited to 150 pieces
IWC-manufactured Automatic calibre 52615
Côtes de Genève, perlage
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
164 Components
Jewels: 54
Power reserve: 7 days (168 h)
Winding: Automatic
DIAL
Brushed black dial, Sand-coloured black hands with luminescence
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date. Power reserve display
Perpetual Calendar
Day, month, year in four digits and perpetual moon phase for both Northern and Southern Hemispheres
WATCH
Materials: Ceratanium®
Diameter: 46.2 mm
Height: 15.40 mm
Crown: Screw-locked
Glass: Sapphire, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 6 bar
STRAP:
Sand-coloured Ceratanium® bracelet with folding clasp
Strap width 22 mm
– Limited Edition - Only 150 Pieces
PRICE - Excl. Sales Tax CHF 48,000.00 ~
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICITIES
Model PILOT’s Watch Timezoner® Edition TOP GUN Ceratanium®
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Ref IW395505
- IWC-patented Timezoner® function
- 24-hour display for Worldtimer function
- Timezoner ® function for setting another time zone using the rotating bezel
- Date display
- Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
- Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
- Pellaton automatic winding
- Black rotor with 18-carat gold medallion
- Central hacking seconds
- Limited to 500 pieces
IWC manufacture calibre 82760
Frequency 28,800 vph/4 Hz
284 Components
Côtes de Genève, perlage
Power reserve 60 h
WATCH
Materials: Ceratanium® case
Diameter: 46.0 mm
Height: 15.10 mm
Brushed with polished accents
Sapphire crystals front and caseback (Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure)
Screw-in crown
Rotating bezel with black ceramic insert, used to change time zone
Glass: See-through sapphire glass back
Water-resistant: 6 bar (-60m)
DIAL
Brushed black dial, black hands
Applied stylized Arabic numerals and hands filled with luminescent material
STRAP
Black rubber strap with textile inlay
Strap width 22 mm
Edition
Limited edition of 500 timepieces
Year: Available from 2021
Press releases - 2021
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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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