IWC Big Pilot 43 Spitfire

In excellent condition, working perfectly and as a complete set, 2 quickfit IWC straps, 1 brown leather and 1 black rubber with 1 titanium deployant buckle. This comes with all documentation including receipt from Paul Sheeran 2024. Warranty has been extended until February 2032……..


Big Pilot’s Watch 43 Spitfire with a titanium case and black dial, also offered with a bronze case and green dial. Regardless of the color scheme, all of these Spitfires are inspired by historical military watches. IWC built many such watches for the British military, along with deck watches for the Royal Navy. The most famous of these is the aforementioned Mark 11, a navigation watch designed for Britain’s Royal Air Force. The Spitfire models in IWC’s current collection of Pilot’s Watches reflect precisely this chapter in the brand’s history and are accordingly named after the legendary British airplane that was flown by pilots of the Royal Air Force. More than 20,300 Spitfire aircraft were built between 1938 and 1948.

This airborne history explains why an engraving of the British-made fighter plane, which remained in service well into the 1950s, adorns the solid titanium back of the case of the new Big Pilot’s Watch 43 Spitfire. The threaded back seals the rear of the case, which is 43.6 mm in diameter and 14.6 mm in height, resists pressure to 10 bar and is made entirely of grade 5 titanium on its exterior, including the impossible-to-overlook conical threaded crown. Inside the titanium housing, a second case made of soft iron protects the movement of this watch from magnetic fields up to an intensity of 1,000 gauss. Further protection against magnetism is provided by the double back, the movementretaining ring and the dial, which has no window for a date display or other complication.