IWC IWC - IW5004-09 Big Pilot Rose Gold / Black / Rabat

Big Pilot Rose Gold / Black / Rabat

REF. IW5004-09

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Widely produced

Case

MaterialRose Gold

Diameter46.2 mm

Lug width22 mm

ShapeRound

CrystalSapphire

Case backClosed

Water resistance60 m

Dial

ColourBlack

IndexesArabic Numerals Hands: Alpha

HandsAlpha

Movement

Caliber51111

Typeautomatic

Reserve168 h

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In Context

At 46.2 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 15.8 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 60 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 168 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

IW5004-09 is one of 31 executions of the IW5004 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a black dial and a rose gold case. It was a limited edition.

The IW5004 family

IW5004-09 is one of 31 variants sharing the IW5004 base reference — same watch underneath, different dial, bezel, or bracelet execution. Browse the others:

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Black · Stainless Steel

IW5004-01 · 46.2 mm

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Grey · White Gold

IW5004-02 · 46.2 mm

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Silver · Red Gold

IW5004-06 · 46.2 mm

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Green · Stainless Steel

IW5004-07 · 46.2 mm

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Black · Red Gold

IW5004-08 · 46.2 mm

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Black · Titanium

IW5004-10 · 46.2 mm

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Black · Titanium

IW5004-11 · 46.2 mm

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Black · Stainless Steel

IW5004-12 · 46.2 mm

+ 22 more variants in this family.

Inside: Caliber 51111

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A seven-day movement wound by IWC's Pellaton system, in which a cam on the rotor rocks a pair of pawls so that motion in either direction feeds the barrel. The 168-hour reserve comes from a single oversized barrel rather than two, and the slow 3 Hz beat is what lets one barrel run that long. Compared with the 51011 it gains a balance bridge in place of a balance cock — anchored at both ends, so the balance staff stays truer under shock.

35 other watches in the library run the IWC 51111.