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.
