Five New takes on Classic Timepieces

Five New takes on Classic Timepieces

Icons are forever – but that does not mean they can’t benefit from the occasional update.
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Classic timepieces

IWC BIG PILOT’S WATCH

To enable more people to wear its Big Pilot’s Watch, IWC reduced the model, launched in 2002, from 46mm to 43mm. Interestingly, the redesigned references – in steel, with a black or blue dial – take their minimalist cues from a truly gargantuan ancestor: the 55mm Big Pilot’s Watch Calibre 52 TSC from 1940. While the smaller size means certain trade-offs, such as a reduced (but still solid) power reserve of 60 hours instead of seven days, we’re fans of the new, stripped-down aesthetic that does away with the previous date and power-reserve displays.

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