Pilot's Watch Spitfire Double Chronograph Antoine de Saint Exupery

In Context

At 44 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 17.1 mm it is very tall, and sits high off the wrist. 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. 44 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

IW3718-08 is one of 9 executions of the IW3718 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a brown dial and a stainless steel case. Beyond the time it carries a chronograph.

Rattrapante / Split Seconds movement with day and date window.

6 other watches in the library run the IWC 79420.

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Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Le Petit Prince

IW3718-07 · 44 mm

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Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Le Petit Prince Sothebys

IW371810 · 44 mm

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Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Stainless Steel / Black-Silver / Calf / Watches of Switzerland

IW3718-13 · 44 mm