IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII Edition “Antoine de Saint-Exupéry” Second « Antoine de Saint-Exupéry » model featuring a tobacco brown dial and a brown calfskin strap with decorative white stitching.

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  • June 12, 2017
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Earlier this month, we have showcased the new Pilot’s Watch Chronograph « Antoine de Saint Exupéry » (Ref. IW377713), the first of the two special editions developed by IWC Schaffhausen to honour the French pilot and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Today, we are going to show you the second special edition:  the  Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII Edition “Antoine de Saint Exupéry” (Ref. IW327003).

This now model also features a tobacco brown dial and a brown calfskin strap with decorative white stitching, as well as an engraving of a Lightning P-38 on the case back. It was in this particular model of aircraft that Saint-Exupéry took off on a reconnaissance flight from which he never returned.

Montre d’Aviateur Mark XVIII Édition « Antoine de Saint Exupéry »

Montre d’Aviateur Mark XVIII Édition « Antoine de Saint Exupéry » © IWC Schaffhausen

The watch comes in a 40mm stainless-steel case completed with a soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields. It has a screwed crown, and a convex sapphire glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure. Water resistant to 6 bars (60m), the watch houses the mechanical self-winding movement Calibre 35111, offering a 42-hour power reserve, the date at 3 o’clock and a central hacking second.

 

Montre d’Aviateur Mark XVIII Édition « Antoine de Saint Exupéry »

Special back engraving © IWC Schaffhausen

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