IWC Pilot's Spitfire Automatic Chronograph Stainless Steel Black Dial Green Textile Strap Day/Date Mens Watch Model# IW387901 Producing its first pilot's watch in 1936, IWC has a long and excellent heritage in engineering robust tool watches, belonging to the original five companies and only Swiss manufacturer of B-Uhren watches. IWC's first pilot's watches was produced mainly for civil aviation purposes. An epitome of a versatile sports watch, the Pilot's Chronograph has a classic cockpit-instrument look, precise movement and a global following. This Pilot's Chronograph belongs to the Spitfire collection, named after the legendary British fighter plane, combining form and function. It features a 41 mm stainless steel case that holds a matte black "Type A" dial under a scratch-resistant convex sapphire crystal. It has silver-tone and luminescent lozenge hands, white Arabic numerals and an orientation triangle with 2 dots on either side at 12 o'clock as hour markers. This minimalistic dial design allowed pilots improved legibility and easier 12 o'clock indication for both daytime and nighttime. A screw down crown flanked with pushers at 3 o'clock, day/date apertures and 3-subdial layout with running seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour timers combine to form a near-perfect reinterpretation of IWC's first Pilot's Chronograph and Double Chronograph, references no. 3705 and 3711 respectively. This version lacks the red "SPITFIRE" text shown on earlier variations. Fitted with a green textile strap and secured by a stainless steel signed buckle which completes the versatile look. This watch also features a screw down caseback inscribed with an image of the Spitfire jet, showcasing the IWC-manufactured caliber 69380, a Swiss automatic chronograph movement boasting 46 hours of power reserve, beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour and is water-resistant up to 60 meters/200 feet.
Like all of our watches, this IWC Pilot's Spitfire Automatic Chronograph Stainless Steel Black Dial Green Textile Strap Day/Date Mens Watch is brand new and comes in its original packaging.