Is IWC Pilot Chronograph a good watch?

Is IWC Pilot Chronograph a good watch?

Overall product quality, along with fit and finishing, is really good. The 41mm-wide steel case is carefully polished in the classic flieger watch shape that IWC renders so well. The case also has a lug-to-lug distance of 50mm and is 14.5mm-thick.

Why do pilots use chronograph watches?

The Flyback Chronograph A Flyback Chronograph is a pilot’s necessity because it saves time while recording several different timings in a row. The flyback chronographs, like the one on our classic Avigator watch, return to zero and restart instantly with a single button.

What’s the difference between IWC Pilot’s watch chronograph?

Let’s also distinguish between the IWC Pilot’s Watch collection and the Big Pilot’s Watch collection. In addition to the latter being larger and containing an in-house IWC movement, it is also much more expensive. The IWC Big Pilot’s Watch on a strap costs more than two and half times the price of the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph.

When did the IWC Pilot Chronograph 3777 refresh?

Many of the classic watch models and themes we like are evolving slowly in the “Rolex Way,” meaning slight improvements over time as opposed to major shifts and spurts of design creativity. This is a good framework for understanding the current generation IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph reference 3777 family of watches refreshed back in 2016.

What do you need to know about the IWC pilot?

In some ways, the IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph attempts to be an “elegant average” of what the brand feels you might expect to see in a pilot watch with a chronograph. It’s a blend of design themes and styles done together in a way that is balanced, logical, and steeped in actual history.

Where is the triple date display on the IWC?

According to IWC, the triple date display “leans on the altimeter found in a cockpit”… a bit of a stretch there if you ask me. And because of this triple date display, the words IWC and Schaffhausen were made smaller and moved to the inside of the running seconds subdial at 9 o’ clock.