IWC – PILOTs Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Black Ceratanium®

 

IWC Schaffhausen – PILOT’s Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Black Ceratanium® 43mm - 2025

Schaffhausen/Geneva, 1st April 2025: IWC Schaffhausen launches the Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month at Watches and Wonders Geneva. This watch combines a case and bracelet made of Ceratanium®, a black ceramic bezel with a tachymeter scale and a black dial with a hammered texture. 

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The perpetual calendar displays the date and the month in digital format using large gold-coloured discs. The watch is powered by the IWC-manufactured 89802 calibre with a power reserve of 68 hours. Visible through a tinted sapphire glass case back, this highly engineered mechanical movement consists of 474 individual parts and also drives a chronograph function.

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In 2023, IWC Schaffhausen presented the Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41, its first chronograph with a ceramic bezel featuring a tachymeter scale. This year, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer complements the collection with the first Performance Chronograph featuring a perpetual calendar.

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The Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (Ref. IW388801) impresses with a technical all-black design execution in Ceratanium®. The case, pushers, crown and bracelet are all made of this IWC-developed material. 

Based on a special titanium alloy that is forged to IWC’s stringent specifications, Ceratanium® combines the lightness and structural integrity of titanium with a hardness and scratch-resistance similar to ceramic. 

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The case and bracelet components are machined from bars and then fired at high temperatures in a kiln. During this heat process, they obtain ceramic properties and also their matt black finish. The bezel is made of polished black ceramic and features a tachymeter scale. In combination with the chronograph, it lets the wearer determine the average speed over a reference distance of one kilometre. 

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The black dial with a hammered effect is manufactured in a complex process and represents a masterpiece of craftsmanship and finishing. The subdials at 3 and 9 o’clock with openings for the date and month discs feature a circular technical structure. The black indices and hands are filled with Super-LumiNova® to ensure perfect legibility.

A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE PERPETUAL CALENDAR

The perpetual calendar displays the date and the month with the help of large golden discs at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock. 

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These displays take inspiration from IWC’s emblematic Pallweber pocket watches from the 1880s, which displayed the hours and minutes in a digital format using single digits. The mechanisms driving these display discs is highly complex. 

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While the advance wheel for the single-digit and tens disc advances daily, a little energy is stored away every night. This energy is then discharged precisely at the end of a month or the year when, in addition to the date and month discs, the leap year disc at 6 o’clock also needs to be moved forward. 

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The perpetual calendar recognises the different lengths of the months and adds a leap day every four years at the end of February. The combination of “29” and “02” will, therefore, appear only once every four years on the dial. Despite the complexity with four discs, the calendar can be set using only the crown.

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Powering this watch is the IWC-manufactured 89802 calibre, a high-end mechanical movement assembled from 474 individual components. The movement also drives a chronograph function. The stopped hours and minutes are displayed combined in a totaliser at 12 o’clock. 

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A highly efficient double-pawl winding system builds up a power reserve of 68 hours in the mainspring. This engineered and complex movement can be observed through the tinted sapphire glass case back. The bridges are blackened, and similarly the rotor is blackened and skeletonised.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  PILOT's Watch

 Model  PILOT’s Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month 

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Ref.  IW388801 - Black, Ceratanium® 43mm

 

 FEATURES
Mechanical movement 

 - Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
 - Perpetual calendar with large double-digit displays for date and month and leap year display
 - Hour and minute counters combined in a totalizer at 12 o’clock
  - Small hacking seconds
 - Chronograph function with hours, minutes and seconds
 - Flyback function
 - Tachymeter scale on bezel 

MOVEMENT
IWC manufacture calibre 89802 

 

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 Automatic winding, IWC-manufactured movement 

Frequency 28,800 vph/4 Hz
Jewels 51
Power reserve 68 h
Components 474
Winding Automatic 

WATCH
Ceratanium® case
Diameter 44.00 mm
Height 16.50 mm
Ceratanium® crown. Screw in crown
Glass Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides 
Water-resistant 10 bar 
DIAL  

Skeleton black dial, black hands with luminescence
Strap
Integrated green rubber strap, accessory black rubber strap with textile inlay and an integrated folding clasp.

 🔴PRICE - Excl. Sales Tax US $ 150,000💰

 

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IWC – BIG PILOT’s Watch Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL Edition

 

IWC Schaffhausen – BIG PILOT’s Watch Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL Black Ceratanium® 44mm Edition - 2025

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 THE BIG PILOT’S WATCH SHOCK ABSORBER TOURBILLON SKELETON XPL COMBINES IWC’S SHOCK ABSORBER SYSTEM WITH A TOURBILLON

Schaffhausen/Geneva, 1st April 2025: IWC Schaffhausen presents the Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL at Watches and Wonders Geneva. This marks the first time that IWC uses its patented SPRIN-g PROTECT^® shock absorber system to protect a tourbillon against shocks. The cantilever spring was completely re-designed and adapted to accommodate the IWC-manufactured 82915 calibre with a flying minute tourbillon. To reduce the mass of the movement and maximise the system’s performance, the plates, bridges and the rotor are skeletonised – also offering a better view of the complicated mechanics and the bulk metallic glass (BMG) shock absorber spring inside. This highly complex watch in a technical design features a Ceratanium^® case and crown. It is fitted with a black patterned rubber strap with a Ceratanium^® pin buckle.

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The tourbillon is one of the most sophisticated complications in fine watchmaking. The balance wheel and pallet lever are placed inside a small cage that rotates around its axis once every minute. This constant rotation contributes to offsetting the effect of gravity on the oscillating system of the watch, thereby increasing its accuracy. Its complexity also makes the tourbillon a highly delicate and fragile mechanism. As dozens of parts have to work together in a confined space, it is particularly vulnerable to damage by shocks. 

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With the Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL (Ref. IW357701), IWC’s engineering division XPL has now pushed the boundaries in fine watchmaking again. Marking a first for the brand, this highly complex watch combines the patented SPRIN-g PROTECT^® shock absorber system with a tourbillon.

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 “By adapting our patented SPRIN-g PROTECT® system to a complicated movement with a tourbillon, our advanced engineering division XPL demonstrates the system’s extraordinary performance. Protecting a tourbillon against the high g-forces generated by impacts on the watch represents a major leap forward and a break-through in shock protection, proving that this innovative system can also be used for high, ”
explains Lorenz Brunner, Department Manager Research and Innovation at IWC Schaffhausen.

A BREAKTROUGH INNOVATION FROM IWC’S ENGINEERING DIVISION XPL 

IWC Schaffhausen’s advanced engineering division XPL develops new technologies to enhance the durability of mechanical watches and expand their range of applications to extreme environments. One area of research is movement shock protection. When a watch suffers an impact, the movement can potentially be subjected to high g-forces. If a watch case impacts a hard surface, for example, accelerations can range between 300 to 1000 g.

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Acceleration forces generated inside the movement can reach up to 1000 g. IWC Schaffhausen’s patented SPRIN-g PROTECT^® system uses a cantilever spring to cushion the movement and suspend it inside the case. In the event of an impact to the case, the movement is protected by the compressing spring system, reducing impact forces significantly. A unique crown coupling system allows the movement to move freely inside the case when the coupling is disengaged. 

RE-ENGINEERED SHOCK PROTECTION FOR THE TOURBILLON 

To adapt the SPRIN-g PROTECT^® shock absorber system to the IWC-manufactured 82915 calibre, the shape of the spring had to be redesigned.

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Each of the eight arms was recalculated using advanced simulation tools and adapted to the dimensions and weight of the tourbillon movement. 

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The re-engineered shock absorber underwent comprehensive testing using advances measurement methods. During these tests, protected tourbillon movements have survived shocks in excess of 10,000 g.

AN ADVANCED BULK METALLIC GLASS WITH ELASTIC PROPERTIES 

The key to this extraordinary performance lies in the spring’s perfect form and material execution in bulk metallic glass (BMG). The spring is designed to evenly spread shock forces across its length and width. A highly complex manufacturing process gives BMG a disordered atomic-scale structure. This amorphous microstructure makes the material significantly more elastic than conventional metals – a key requirement for a shock absorber spring.

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Manufacturing this material, however, represents an enormous engineering challenge. The liquid metal must be cooled down extremely rapidly so that its structure remains amorphous and does not become crystalline. Otherwise, the metal loses its advantageous properties.

SKELETONISED MOVEMENT REDUCES THE MASS TO BE PROTECTED 

Reducing the mass to be protected is critical for the shock absorber system’s performance. For this reason, the plates, bridges and rotor of the IWC-manufactured 82915 calibre are skeletonised. The dial is reduced to a simple black ring with the characteristic triangle at 12 o’clock and minute scale. Even the triangular hands, coated with Super-LumiNova^®, are skeletonised. The f lying minute tourbillon, consisting of 56 parts and weighing only 0.663 grams, is visible at 6 o’clock.

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This approach allowed IWC’s engineers to reduce the weight of the movement as much as possible, maximising the performance of the shock absorber system. It also exposes the components and the BMG spring in a spectacular way. The movement features a Pellaton winding system reinforced with components made of ceramic. Using movements of the rotor in both directions, it efficiently builds up a power reserve of 80 hours in the mainspring.

CERATANIUM^® CASE AND CROWN 

The case and the crown of this watch are manufactured using Ceratanium^®, an innovative material that was developed by IWC and first presented in 2017. Ceratanium^® is based on a special titanium alloy. The components are milled from bars and then subsequently finished and fired in a kiln. During this heat process, they assume the properties of ceramic and also obtain their dark metallic finish.

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As a result, parts made of Ceratanium® are as light and unbreakable as titanium, while at the same time being similarly hard and scratch-resistant as ceramic. The Ceratanium^® case features distinctive rubber bumpers on both sides. This highly complex and futuristic Big Pilot’s Watch is fitted with a black rubber strap with a technical pattern, complete with a Ceratanium^® pin buckle.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  BIG PILOT's Watch

 Model  BIG PILOT’s Watch Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL 

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Ref.  IW357701 - Black, Ceratanium® 44mm

 FEATURES
Mechanical movement 

– SPRIN-g PROTECT system protecting the movement from acceleration forces in excess of 10’000 g
– Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
– Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
– Hacking tourbillon mechanism
– Limited to 100 pieces

MOVEMENT
IWC manufacture calibre 82915
Frequency 28,800 vph/4 Hz
Jewels 25
Power reserve 80 h
Components 204
Winding Automatic 

WATCH
Ceratanium® case
Diameter 44.00 mm
Height 13.10 mm
Ceratanium® crown
Glass Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides 
Water-resistant 10 bar 
DIAL  

Skeleton black dial, black hands with luminescence
Strap
Integrated green rubber strap, accessory black rubber strap with textile inlay and an integrated folding clasp.

 🔰Edition - ✅Only ❱❱❱ 100 pieces

 🔴PRICE - Excl. Sales Tax US $ 150,000💰

 

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Uwe Liebminger
Department Manager Public Relations
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IWC – BIG PILOT’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL Toto Wolff x Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team Edition

 

IWC Schaffhausen – BIG PILOT’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL Toto Wolff x Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team Edition - 2025

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Schaffhausen, 17th February 2025: As the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team gears up for the new season, IWC Schaffhausen presents the Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL Toto Wolff x Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team.

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Limited to 100 pieces, it combines the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer’s SPRIN-g PROTECT® shock absorber system with a technical design inspired by the team’s colours. The shock absorber spring is manufactured from a bulk metallic glass and coated with PETRONAS green Super-LumiNova®.

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Formula One™ is a sport that demands everything from the drivers and their teams. In their narrow cockpit, the drivers are constantly being thrown around and exposed to high centrifugal forces when braking or cornering. However, the emotions also run high off the racetrack, all the way up to Toto Wolff. When the racing action on the track sparked maximum levels of excitement, the CEO and principal of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1™ Team has been spotted wearing a prototype of the Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL. These moments have inspired a watch that is engineered to withstand the enormous stresses of Formula One™, also on Toto Wolff’s wrist.

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As the team unveils its race car for the 2025 season and welcomes George Russell’s new teammate, driver Kimi Antonelli, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer launches the Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL Toto Wolff x Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team (Ref. IW356201). Limited to 100 pieces, it combines IWC’s SPRIN-g PROTECT® shock absorber system with a technical design inspired by the team’s black and PETRONAS green colour scheme. The spring that protects the movement against the extreme g-forces generated by impacts on the watch has been coated with Super-LumiNova® in the team’s signature green and glows in the dark.

PROTECTING THE MOVEMENT FROM HIGH G-FORCES

The patented SPRIN-g PROTECT® shock absorber system was developed by IWC’s engineering division XPL and first introduced with the Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL (Ref. IW357201) in 2021. Taking movement shock protection to the next level, it is based on a cantilever spring that cushions the movement inside the case. If the watch suffers an impact on the case, the movement and the case typically are subjected to high g-forces. 

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The spring absorbs a large portion of these forces before they can reach the movement. Designed with a special form allowing it to evenly spread the stress across its length and width, the spring is manufactured from a bulk metallic glass (BMG). Thanks to a complex manufacturing process, this advanced material is significantly more elastic than conventional crystalline metals.

CERATANIUM® CASE AND BLACKENED MOVEMENT

The Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL Toto Wolff x Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team features a case and crown made of Ceratanium®. 

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Developed by IWC, this advanced material combines the lightness and robustness of titanium with a hardness similar to ceramic. The black dial features a grainy technical structure, which is stamped into the brass base with a special tool. The newly designed triangular black hands also feature Super-LumiNova® around their edges. The outer ring with the minute scale appears to be floating freely on lamellae attached around the dial.

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The watch is powered by the IWC-manufactured 32101 calibre with a double pawl automatic winding system and a power reserve of 120 hours. The plates, bridges and oscillating mass are blackened to match the all-black design. 

 

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The movement is visible through a tinted sapphire glass case back featuring a print with Toto’s signature. It is fitted with an integrated green rubber strap. An additional black rubber strap is included as an accessory.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  BIG PILOT's Watch

 Model  BIG PILOT’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL Toto Wolff x Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team

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Ref.  IW356201 - Ceratanium® 44mm

 FEATURES
Mechanical movement 

– SPRIN-g PROTECT® shock absorber system
– Screw-in crown
– Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure
– See-through sapphire glass back
– Limited to 100 pieces

MOVEMENT
IWC manufacture calibre 32101
Frequency 28,800 vph/4 Hz
Jewels 21
Power reserve 120 h
Components 154
Winding AutomaticWATCH
Ceratanium® case
Diameter 44.00 mm
Height 12.6 mm
Ceratanium® crown
Glass Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides 
Water-resistant 10 bar 
DIAL  Black dial, black hands with luminescence
Strap
Integrated green rubber strap, accessory black rubber strap with textile inlay and an integrated folding clasp.

 🔰Edition - ✅of Only ❱❱❱ 100 pieces

 🔴PRICE - Excl. Sales Tax US $ 102,000💰

 

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Uwe Liebminger
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IWC Schaffhausen – Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team

 

IWC Schaffhausen – Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes- AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team Titanium 40mm Automatic - 2025

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 IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN CELEBRATES ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MERCEDES-AMG PETRONAS FORMULA ONE™ TEAM WITH A NEW TEAM WATCH

Schaffhausen, 16th January 2025: As the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team gears up for the new season, IWC Schaffhausen launches a new team watch reinforcing its longstanding partnership with the team. The Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team has a matte grey case crafted from lightweight and robust titanium. It features a black dial with details in Petronas green and a rubber strap in the same colour.

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Since 2013, IWC Schaffhausen is the “Official Engineering Partner” of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team. With eight championships won between the 2014 and 2021 seasons, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team holds the record for the most consecutive constructors’ titles. As the team prepares for the 2025 season and welcomes new driver Kimi Antonelli as teammate to George Russell, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer presents a new watch dedicated to its longstanding partner.  

 In 2022, IWC released its first official team watch, the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 Edition “Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team” (Ref. IW388108) and in 2023, the Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team (Ref. IW388306).

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The Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team (Ref. IW328210) features a 40-millimetre case crafted from lightweight and remarkably rigid grade 5 titanium. Offering the highest strength-to-density ratio of any metal, titanium is also used in automotive engineering to produce car parts subject to immense stress, such as engine valves. After machining and sandblasting, the surface retains an attractive greyish shimmer. Printed numerals and indices in the team’s signature Petronas green contrast the black dial. The hands for the hours, minutes and seconds are coated with Super-LumiNova® of the same colour.

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The case back is engraved with small hexagons as well as “Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team”. Inside the case is the IWC-manufactured 32111 calibre, an automatic movement with a power reserve of 120 hours. 

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Water-resistant to 10 bar, this watch is fitted with a Petronas green rubber strap featuring the EasX-CHANGE® strap change system. The Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team will be worn trackside by team members including mechanics, engineers and race strategists during the 2025 season.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection:  PILOT's Watch

 Model   PILOT’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team

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 Ref  IW506201

FEATURES

• Date display
• IWC EasX-CHANGE® System
• Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
• Central hacking seconds
• Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides   

MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured Automatic calibre 32111
Côtes de Genève, perlage
Frequency:    28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Components :  163
Jewels:    21
Power reserve:   120 h
Winding:    Automatic
DIAL
Black dial, black hands with Super-LumiNova® green colour
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date. 

Date display

Central hacking seconds
WATCH
Materials:  Grade 5 titanium case and crown

The case back is engraved with small hexagons as well as “Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team”
Diameter:   40.0 mm
Height:    10.68 mm
Crown:  Screw-locked
Glass:    Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure
Water-resistant: 10 bar
STRAP:
Green rubber strap featuring the EasX-CHANGE® strap change system
Strap width 19 mm 

 🔴PRICE - Excl. Sales Tax US $ 6,100.00 💰

 

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Uwe Liebminger
Department Manager Public Relations
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