Big Pilot 43 Tourbillon Le Petit Prince Armor Gold

In Context

At 43 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 14.5 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 80 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

IW3295-02 is one of 2 executions of the IW3295 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a blue sunburst dial and a armor gold case. It was a limited edition. Introduced in 2023. Beyond the time it carries a tourbillon.

Self-winding movement with tourbillon and 80 hour power reserve. Total of 197 parts including 25 jewels.

2 other watches in the library run the IWC 82905.

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Big Pilot 43 Tourbillon Le Petit Prince Platinum

IW3295-01 · 43 mm

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Big Pilot's Watch 43 Tourbillon Markus Bühler

IW3299-01 · 43 mm