IWC – BIG PILOT’s Watch TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert”

IWC Schaffhausen – BIG PILOT’s Watch TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” Ceramic - 2021

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Schaffhausen, 7^th April 2021 – IWC Schaffhausen has launched the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” and the Big Pilot’s Watch TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” at the digital Watches & Wonders exhibition.

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Continuing its series of TOP GUN models in sand-coloured ceramic, this is the first time the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer has used the material for the Big Pilot’s Watch. Dark brown subdued dials, sand-coloured hands and rubber straps, add to the eye-catching military-inspired design. Both models are powered by IWC-manufactured movements from the 52000 calibre family.

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Engineered for maximum acceleration forces during manoeuvres in supersonic jets like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, extended deployments on aircraft carriers and time-critical missions in any climate, TOP GUN watches from IWC Schaffhausen are technically-advanced precision instruments.

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Made from robust and corrosionresistant materials like titanium and ceramics, they can withstand the arduous duties of an elite US Navy pilot. Due to its extreme hardness and scratch resistance, ceramic, for example, is ideal for daily use in the tough confines of a jet’s cockpit.

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In 2019, IWC launched the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert”, the first timepiece with a case made of sand-coloured ceramic. The design was inspired by the barren and dry landscape of China Lake. The US Navy’s largest single landholding is located approximately 150 miles north of Los Angeles in the Western Mojave Desert.  

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Here, at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, the military develops and tests airborne weapon systems and trains pilots in their use. Now, for the first time, sand-coloured ceramic is used for the cases of two new Big Pilot’s Watches. Both models feature dark brown subdued dials with sand-coloured luminous material and sand-coloured rubber straps with textile inlays.

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The Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” (Ref. IW503004) presents IWC’s legendary perpetual calendar in a sand-coloured ceramic case for the first time. The ingenious mechanical program, which automatically recognises different month lengths and leap years, was developed in the early 1980s by IWC’s former head watchmaker Kurt Klaus.

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The moon phase display correctly depicts the moon phase for the northern and southern hemispheres and only needs to be adjusted by one day after 577.5 years. Because its displays are perfectly synchronised, the calendar can be advanced easily via a single crown.

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The calendar module, which is constructed from 82 individual parts and features a four-digit year display, is powered by the IWC-manufactured 52615 calibre.

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The automatic Pellaton winding system, reinforced with virtually wearfree ceramic components, builds up a power reserve of seven days in two barrels. The movement, including key elements like the rotor and the balance wheel, is visible through the sapphire crystal case back. Production of the watch will be limited to just 150 pieces per year.

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The Big Pilot’s Watch TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” (Ref. IW506003) is the first Big Pilot’s Watch to be made in sand-coloured ceramic. Inside the 46-millimetre case, the IWC-manufactured 52110 calibre with Pellaton winding, two barrels and a seven-day power reserve is at work. 

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A soft-iron inner cage effectively shields the movement from the effects of magnetic fields. The legendary TOP GUN logo is engraved on the titanium case back. This model will be limited to just 250 pieces per year.

ONE OF THE HARDEST SUBSTANCES ON EARTH

The ceramic used for the sand-coloured cases is characterised by the very pure raw materials and highly sophisticated production processes used in its manufacture. Polycrystalline powders are mixed with several auxiliary materials to form a homogeneous mass, shaped and finally sintered in a furnace at extremely high temperatures.

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With a Vickers rating second only to that of diamonds, the so-called engineering ceramic is among the hardest substances on earth. The striking colour tone, reminiscent of desert sand, is obtained by combining zirconium oxide with other metallic oxides in a precisely defined mixing ratio. 

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The Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” and the Big Pilot’s Watch TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” will be available from April 7th through IWC boutiques, authorised retail partners or online at IWC.com. The timepieces are eligible for registration under the My IWC care program and thus benefit from a 6-year extension to the standard 2-year International Limited Warranty.

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Download our brand-new IWC APP – currently available for iOS from the App Store – to virtually try on the new Pilot’s Watches using Augmented Reality (AR) and discover exciting features and exclusive content from the IWC Schaffhausen universe.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  BIG PILOT’s Watch Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert”

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 Ref.  IW503004

FEATURES
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

MOVEMENT
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
Dark brown dial, Sand-coloured hands with luminescence

WATCH
Materials:  Sand-coloured ceramic case
Diameter:    46.5 mm
Height:    15.6 mm
Crown:  Screw-locked
Glass:    Sapphire, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 6 bar
STRAP:
Sand-coloured rubber strap with textile inlay
Strap width 22 mm

– Limited Edition - Only 150 Pieces

 

Year: Available from 7th April  2021
PRICE -Excl. Sales Tax  USD 35,000.00 ~  

 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  BIG PILOT’s Watch TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert”

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 Ref.  IW506003

FEATURES
Mechanical movement
– Pellaton automatic winding system
– Power reserve display
– Date display
– Central hacking seconds
– Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields
– Screw-in crown
– Glass secured against displacement caused by drops in air pressure

MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured Automatic calibre  52110
Côtes de Genève, perlage
Frequency:    28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
164 Components
Jewels:    31
Power reserve:   7 days (168 h)
Winding:    Automatic
DIAL
Dark brown dial, Sand-coloured hands with luminescence
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds

WATCH
Materials:   Ceratanium®
Diameter:    46 mm
Height:    14.6mm
Crown:  Screw-locked
Glass:    Sapphire, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 6 bar
STRAP:
Sand-coloured rubber strap with textile inlay
Strap width 24 mm

– Limited Edition - Only 250 Pieces

 

Year: Available from 7th April  2021
PRICE -Excl. Sales Tax  USD 14,800.00 ~  

 

 

WARRANTY  6-year extension to the standard 2-year International Limited Warranty. 

 

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A. Lange & Sohne – SAXONIA Triple Split Gold Blue Edition

A. Lange & Sohne – SAXONIA Triple Split Chronograph Gold Blue Dial Limited Edition 2021

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A new look for a unique chronograph

When A. Lange & Söhne presented the TRIPLE SPLIT in 2018, it was lauded as a global premiere by the international trade press.

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The only split-seconds chronograph in the world to date that can measure additive and comparative times for as long as twelve hours is in a league of its own. Now, it is followed by a model with a pink-gold case and a blue dial.

Introduced in 2018, the TRIPLE SPLIT is the world's only mechanical split-seconds chronograph that allows the measurement of intermediate and reference times for durations of up to twelve hours.

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The former edition in white gold with a grey dial is now followed by a second version – also in a limited edition of 100 timepieces – in pink gold with a blue dial and rhodié-coloured subsidiary dials. Despite the wealth of displayed information, an ingenious material and colour concept make it easy to clearly assign each of the ten hands to a specific function.

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There is no other watch in the world that compares with the TRIPLE SPLIT. It is a logical evolu-tion of the DOUBLE SPLIT introduced by A. Lange & Söhne in 2004. With a precisely jumping rattrapante minute counter, it was no doubt already an impressive milestone in the development of modern rattrapante mechanisms conceived by the Saxon watchmakers.

Applications handled by the TRIPLE SPLIT

Stopping times of up to twelve hours is possible with the TRIPLE SPLIT – that alone is a rarity in a mechanical chronograph. The extension of the rattrapante function to the hour counter of-fers a multitude of further possibilities. For instance, the TRIPLE SPLIT can compare the times of two opponents in a Formula One race, a Tour de France stage, or a marathon. 

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It is also pos-sible to stop the times of consecutively starting events or add together the times of multiple-hour events such as the duration of the individual Ironman disciplines. Any number of lap times can be stopped during additive time measurements.

Measuring lap times with the TRIPLE SPLIT

In the starting position, the three rhodiumed rattrapante hands are superposed on the respec-tive chronograph hands. The time measurement is started by pressing the chronograph pusher at 2 o'clock. The pairs of hands now run synchronously until they are separated by pressing the rattrapante pusher at 10 o'clock to perform a lap-time measurement.

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The three rhodiumed hands will then stop to display the lap time. All the while, the previously concealed chronograph hands in gold-plated steel or pink gold continue the time measurement. As soon as the rat-trapante pusher is pressed again, the rattrapante hands catch up with the chronograph hands and from then on run together with them again.

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The movement is also endowed with a flyback function that involves all three hand pairs as well. Thus, the chronograph can be reset to zero by pressing the chronograph pusher at 4 o'clock during an ongoing time measurement. Releasing the pusher instantly starts a new time measurement.

The manufacture calibre L132.1*

The Lange calibre L132.1 is a movement that stands out with its three-dimensionality, complexi-ty, and architecturally pleasing design. It highlights the finissage that is typical of the individual Lange components. Overall, 567 tiny parts are perfectly adjusted for flawless interaction. This complexity is not a show, it is mechanically necessary to enable this unique TRIPLE SPLIT function.

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The creation of a mechanism which makes it possible to collectively or separately control three hand pairs represented a formidable technical challenge for Lange's developers. Even a simple rattrapante mechanism has two hands attached to arbors that run one inside the other. In the calibre L132.1, this pairing exists three times. During the assembly of the movement, the multi-ple-function axes call for the utmost precision and virtuosity.

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A glance through the sapphire-crystal caseback reveals the chronograph movement that is fin-ished to the strictest Lange standards and adjusted to assure the perfect interaction of column wheels, clutches, rockers, levers, springs, and jumpers. 

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Five gold chatons, traditionally secured with screws on bridges decorated with Glashütte ribbing as well as the hand-engraved balance cock round off the stylish prominence of the movement. Thus, the TRIPLE SPLIT is an excep-tional timepiece, not only technically but also as regards its flawless artisanship; in the chrono-graph class, it plays in a league of its own.

*****

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* A detailed technical description of the watch and its movement is provided in the Technical Addendum of the TRIPLE SPLIT.

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Technical Specifications

Model: SAXONIA TRIPLE SPLIT Gold Blue Edition

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 Reference: № 424.037 - Pink Gold


Movement
Lange manufacture calibre:  L132.1
Manually wound, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards,
Diameter: 30.6 millimetres; height: 9.4 millimetres
Movement parts: 567
Jewels: 46
Screwed gold chatons: 5
Escapement: Lever escapement
Power reserve: 55 hours
Oscillator: 
Shock-resistant balance with eccentric poising weights; balance spring
manufactured in-house with a frequency of 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour,
precision beat adjustment system with lateral setscrew and whiplash spring

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Functions
Time indication with hours, minutes, and subsidiary seconds with stop seconds; flyback chronograph with triple rattrapante, precisely jumping chronograph and rattrapante minute counter, tachometer scale, power-reserve indicator, 55 hours power reserve
Case
Pink gold
Diameter: 43.2millimetres
Height: 15.6 millimetres
Dial: Solid silver, blue
Hands: Pink gold, rhodiumed
Strap
Blue Hand-stitched alligator leather strap.
Buckle: Gold Lange prong buckle

Limited Edition  to 100 timepieces
This edition is available in the A. Lange & Söhne boutiques.

Price: 159.400 €*
*Recommended retail price in Germany including VAT. Non-binding quotation, prices subject to change.


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