Tag: IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Replica

IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Replica Watch Automatic 36(Ref. 3240)

Swiss luxury replica watch brand IWC Schaffhausen is reviving the tradition of smaller Pilot’s Replica Watches and launching a new 36-millimetre model that is inspired by the legendary Mark 11, which likewise had a case measuring 36 millimetres in diameter. The Pilot’s Replica Watch Automatic 36(Ref. 3240) is intended for replica watch lovers both male and female with a smaller wrist, who attach importance to the understatement implicit in a timelessly designed timepiece.


The dial design of the elegant three-hand replica watch remains reduced and uncluttered. A conspicuous feature of the new Pilot’s Replica Watches is a discreetly recessed inner circle, which lends the dial a more structured, three-dimensional appearance.  The mirror polished bezel and sun-pattern finish on the dials, which make incident light appear to move around it in circles, lend a further touch of luxury to the replica watch.


The Pilot’s Replica Watch Automatic 36 with a slate-coloured dial is supplied with a dark brown Santoni alligator leather strap (Ref. IW324001) or a stainless-steel bracelet (Ref. IW324002). The stainless- steel bracelet is made up of alternating rows of satin- finished and polished links.


Combined with the polished bezel and slate-coloured dial, the result is a perfect example of sports-watch-inspired elegance. The Pilot’s Replica Watch   Automatic 36 with silver-plated dial and blue indices is available with either a blue alligator leather strap from Santoni (Ref. IW324003) or a stainless-steel bracelet with satin-finished and polished links (Ref. IW324004). An additional version with a silver-plated dial is available with gold- coloured indices and a dark brown Santoni alligator leather strap (Ref. IW324005).


Apart from hour, minute and seconds hands, the Pilot’s Replica Watch Automatic 36 also has a rapid-advance date display, all powered by the rugged mechanical 35111 calibre.


The central hacking seconds is stopped by pulling out the crown, while the sapphire glass has an antireflective coating on both sides to guarantee a clear view of the display.  The replica watch is water-resistant to 6 bar.


Despite its dainty appearance, the movement of the Pilot’s Replica Watch Automatic 36 is equipped with a soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields.  The mechanical automatic movement has a power reserve of 42 hours.


Technical details
Model: Pilot’s Replica Watch Automatic 36
REF. IW324001 ∙ IW324002 ∙ IW324003 ∙ IW324004 ∙ IW324005

Movement
Calibre 35111 mechanical movement
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 25
Power reserve: 42 h
Winding: Automatic

Case, dial and strap

  • Ref. IW324001: Stainless-steel case, slate-coloured dial, dark brown alligator leather strap by Santoni, stainless-steel butterfly clasp
  • Ref. IW324002: Stainless-steel case, slate-coloured dial, stainless-steel bracelet, butterfly clasp
  • Ref. IW324003: Stainless-steel case, silver-plated dial, blue alligator leather strap by Santoni, stainless-steel butterfly clasp
  • Ref. IW324004: Stainless-steel case, silver-plated dial, stainless-steel bracelet, butterfly clasp
  • Ref. IW324005: Stainless-steel case, silver-plated dial, dark brown alligator leather strap by Santoni, stainless-steel butterfly clasp

Glass: Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields
Screw-in crown
Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
Water-resistant: 6 bar
Diameter: 36 mm
Height: 10.5 mm

IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Replica Watch Chronograph Spitfire (Ref. IW377719)

The Pilot’s Replica Watch Chronograph Spitfire (Ref. IW377719) was designed as a sports replica watch for everyday use. The bezel of the stainless-steel case is polished to a mirror finish, as are two rows of links in the stainless-steel bracelet, all of which gives the replica watch an enhanced sense of luxury. The latter is underscored by the slate-coloured dial with its metallic shimmer and sun-pattern finish, which perfectly matches the grey fuselage of the eponymous Spitfire.


A soft-iron inner case protects the precision movement against magnetic fields, while the glass is secured against drops in pressure. An engraving of a Spitfire can also be found on the stainless-steel case. The 79320 chronograph movement guarantees mechanical precision for stopped times and aggregate timing up to 12 hours.


The Pilot’s Replica Watch Chronograph Spitfire now has a simple date display, which has replaced the altimeter-like vertical triple date display. The modification has created enough free space in which to integrate the new day display on the dial.


In the subdial to the left, a red seconds hand serves as an indicator that the replica watch is running normally and, at the same time, provides a small, coloured highlight. It can be stopped whenever necessary for synchronization purposes.


The stainless-steel case, which is water-resistant to 6 bar, has a diameter of 43 millimetres. Two-tone textile straps, inspired by the historic Nato straps, are now also additionally available for the Pilot’s Replica Watch Chronograph Spitfire.

Technical details
Model: Pilot’s Replica Watch Chronograph Spitfire Ref. IW377719

Functions
Date and day display
Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds
Small hacking seconds

Movement
Calibre 79320 Mechanical chronograph movement
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 25
Power reserve: 44 h
Winding: Automatic

Case, dial and strap
Stainless-steel case, slate-coloured dial, stainless-steel bracelet with fine-adjustment clasp
Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 6 bar
Diameter: 43 mm
Height: 15 mm
Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields
Screw-in crown
Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure
Special back engraving

IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Replica Watch Perpetual Calendar Digital DateMonth Spitfire (Ref. IW379108)

The Pilot’s Replica Watch Perpetual Calendar Digital DateMonth Spitfire (Ref. IW379108) in stainless steel remains a mainstay of the Pilot’s Replica Watch collection from IWC Schaffhausen for 2016. The slate-coloured dial with its metallic shimmer and sun-pattern finish provides a striking contrast to the new brown calfskin strap by Santoni, which comes with the typical orange leather lining found on the inside of the wristband.


The large number of displays and complications underscores the replica watch’s outstanding qualities; admittedly, they do not run to the 79 instruments found in the Spitfire’s cockpit, but the Pilot’s Replica Watch is certainly not short of complications. The first function worthy of note is the one that occurs in the replica watch’s name: the digital display of the date and month in extra-large numerals. Digital displays are a long-standing tradition at IWC, because the Schaffhausen-based manufacturer integrated the Pallweber system into its first replica watches with digital hour and minute displays as early as 1885.


The Spitfire requires a complex mechanical powerhouse to move up to four digital display discs synchronously. It achieves this with a separate cache of energy known as the quick-action switch. Every night, when the date display moves forward, the sophisticated design taps off a little of the energy and stores it away. This extra power is then discharged at precisely the end of the month when the date and month discs advance, and at the end of the year when the leap year disc also needs to move on. Needless to say, the calendar’s sophisticated mechanism, programmed until1 March 2100, even takes the leap day of 29 February every 4 years in its stride. The perpetual calendar can be set easily using the crown. It will not require intervention until 2100, a year that breaks with the conventional 4-year cycle and will not be a leap year.

One of IWC’s most outstanding innovations in the field of timekeeping is undoubtedly the analogue display of stopped times between 1 minute and 12 hours: they are shown together on a single subdial at “12 o’clock”, where they can be read off just like the normal time of day. Stopped times up to 60 seconds are shown, as usual, by the central chronograph  hand.  Thanks  to  the  flyback  function,  the chronograph can be reset to zero without having to be stopped first. To turn this innovative replica watch-within-a-watch into reality, the designers integrated a double-pawl winding mechanism into the IWC-manufactured 89801 calibre. The movement consists of 474 components and builds up a power reserve of 68 hours.


The stainless-steel cases are machined meticulously by hand; the result is a vibrant interplay of shiny, silky matte and structured surfaces. The slate-coloured dial with its sun-pattern finish helps to give the replica watch its dynamic face. If the replica watch is tipped, thus changing the angle at which incident light strikes it, the light rays reflected by the polished surface move in a circular direction. The rotor takes the form of an elegant Spitfire silhouette, which reveals all its beauty through the sapphire-glass back.


Technical details
Model: Pilot’s Replica Watch Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Spitfire
Ref. IW379108

Functions
Perpetual calendar
Large double-digit displays for both the date and month
Leap year display
Stopwatch with hours, minutes and seconds
Hour and minute counters combined in a single totalizer at “12 o’clock”
Flyback function
Small hacking seconds

Movement
IWC-manufactured calibre 89801 Mechanical chronograph movement
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 51
Power reserve: 68 h
Winding: Automatic
Rotor in the shape of a Spitfire

Case, dial and strap
Stainless-steel case, slate-coloured dial, brown calfskin strap by Santoni, stainless-steel folding clasp
Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 6 bar
Diameter: 46 mm
Height:17.5 mm
Screw-in crown
Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure
See-through sapphire-glass back

IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII

Unveiled at SIHH 2016 haute horlogerie exhibition, the Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII pays tribute to replica watch legends like the Mark 11 of 1948 which had a decisive influence on the appearance of the new classic Pilot’s Replica Watches. The contemporary Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII has been launched as an entry-level model with a calfskin strap or stainless-steel bracelet.


In 1941, the Royal Air Force (RAF) realized that most of their attempts at pinpointing an aircraft’s position were imprecise. One reason was that the RAF had no observer’s replica watches, which offer the down-to-the-second accuracy necessary for navigating with a sextant: back then this was the most accurate form of navigation. Apart from this, cockpits were subject to strong magnetic fields and fluctuating temperatures, all of which had an influence on the replica watches. And finally, in the event of a rapid drop in pressure, the front glass of the replica watch was liable to pop out of the case.

After the war, therefore, the RAF approached replica IWC Schaffhausen with an order for the Navigators Wrist Replica Watch Mark 11. The Swiss company had already made a name for itself with the Special Pilot’s Replica Watch and Big Pilot’s Replica Watch. The new model was delivered in 1949, and it soon became clear that the Mark 11 had everything required of a high-accuracy observer’s replica watch. It was precise, robust, temperature-resistant, water-resistant and extremely easy to maintain. It was protected against magnetic fields by a soft-iron cage and had a screw-in glass that resisted sudden drops in pressure. Reduced purely and simply to the one function of showing the time for navigation purposes with absolute precision, it required no rotating bezel because by this time a fuel tank display was a standard feature in cockpit instrumentation. The designers even decided to forgo a chronograph because, at that time, activating an additional function would have had negative repercussions on the replica watch’s accuracy. Simplicity in essence, it is a design icon that has remained a model for pilot’s replica watches to the present day. It was produced for over 30 years, from 1948 to 1984, and subsequently reincarnated in many other forms. The Mark 11 is one of the most coveted top-quality collector’s items known.

In 2016, the time has come for IWC Schaffhausen to open up a new chapter, and with the Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII (Ref. IW327001/IW327002/IW327011), three new models in stainless steel are ready for take-off. Featuring either a black (Ref. IW327001/IW327011) or silver-plated (Ref. IW327002) dial, they have one thing in common: a reduction to essentials.


The contrasting dial and displays come very close to the ideal of the classic pilot’s replica watch – hardly surprising when you recall that the designers took their inspiration from the 1930s Junkers Ju 52 cockpit instruments, which have served as the model per se for classic pilot’s replica watches. The displays are round, generously sized and clearly arranged. It was from here that the cockpit was subsequently to evolve. And there is not one superfluous detail, for everything was designed to be clear and well ordered.


The Arabic figures, big and round, stand proudly in position, with just two exceptions: instead of a “12”, we see a white triangle with a single dot on either side for better legibility, and at “3 o’clock” a date window, as a concession to modernity. Engraved into the reverse side of the replica watch is a depiction of a Ju 52. Buyers have the choice of either a strap or bracelet.


Two models (Ref. IW327001/IW327002) are available with a stylish Santoni black calfskin strap, which is lined with orange leather on the inner surface. A third model (Ref. IW327011) is sold with an elegant stainless-steel bracelet. Two-tone textile straps, inspired by the historic Nato straps, are now also additionally available for all Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII models.


In addition, the Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII also features as a model in the “Le Petit Prince” and TOP GUN lines.

The Origin of the Name MARK 11
The Mark 11 owes its name to the fact that the RAF assigned the term “Mark” to all items of equipment. Although these items may have been sourced from different manufacturers, they all had the same dimensions and mounting points and were thus interchangeable. Strictly speaking, the correct form is “Mk. 11”, because shortly after the end of the Second World War, the RAF stopped using Roman numerals and went over to their Arabic counterparts.

Thanks to its superior ruggedness and precision, the Mark 11 saw off all the products from the competition within the space of a few months. More than 8,000 military standard Mark 11 replica watches were made in Schaffhausen over the years, and only taken out of service by the RAF from 1981 onwards.

Apart from these, around 1,500 examples were designed for civilian use, and the last of them delivered to retailers in 1984. 10 years later, the Mark XII was unveiled as a successor and revived the tradition of the Roman numerals that has been retained to this day.

Technical details
Model: Pilot’s Replica Watch Mark XVIII (Ref. IW327001/IW327002/IW327011)

Functions
Date display
Central hacking seconds

Movement
Calibre 30110 mechanical movement
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 21
Power reserve: 42 h
Winding: Automatic

Case, dial and strap
Ref. IW327001: Stainless-steel case, black dial, black calfskin strap by Santoni, stainless-steel pin buckle
Ref. IW327002: Stainless-steel case, silver-plated dial, black calfskin strap by Santoni, stainless-steel pin buckle
Ref. IW327011: Stainless-steel case, black dial, stainless-steel bracelet  with fine-adjustment clasp
Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 6 bar
Diameter: 40 mm
Height: 11 mm
Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields
Screw-in crown
Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure
Special back engraving