IWC Pilot's Spitfire Automatic Chronograph Bronze Green Dial Brown Leather Strap Day/Date Mens Watch Model# IW387902 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 bronze case that holds a matte green "Type A" dial under a scratch-resistant convex sapphire crystal. It has gold-tone and luminescent lozenge hands, white Arabic numerals, beige indices and 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 bronze screw down crown flanked with bronze 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 brown leather strap and secured by a matching bronze signed buckle which completes the vintage 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 Bronze Green Dial Brown Leather Strap Day/Date Mens Watch is brand new and comes in its original packaging.