Ron_W
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Hi Logan, there have been a few special editions of the ref 3253 that may suit your wishes, this one in 1000 pcs :
Jan 15, 2019,04:05 AM
picture credit C24
there was also one for the Asian market without the Spitfire text but that is very rare with 88 pcs.
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With regard to "new" IWC spitfire simple 3 hander...
By: remarque : January 14th, 2019-18:24
I guess a new "in-house" movement with 72 hour PR is good, 39mm case is nice... 6 bar WR should be 10 bar imho too... But again, is the Kern factor still lingering? Why is there not a no-date version? (and yes, without a dead or ghost crown position... a ...
It's a step in the right direction but still off
By: reintitan : January 14th, 2019-18:57
The Spitfire collection is supposed to be the "British" collection in that they should have design codes from British watches, namely the Mark 11. As you can see these new Spitfire watches still have hands derived from the German B-Uhr watches and the tri...
That is true...
By: patrick_y : January 14th, 2019-21:35
That is very much true. The design is very German and the numerals are very much unlike the historical Spitfire watches IWC made in the 1940s for the British Royal Air Force which generally had INDICES rather than numerals! Good point!
The dial of the new Spitfire 3-hander with date
By: reintitan : January 14th, 2019-22:09
is actually very close to the IWC Mark 11 except for that d@mn Luftwaffe triangle. You have to recall that the Mark 11 spec did not come out from the British MoD until after the war in 1948. So historically, IWC did not create these watches Mark 11s for S...
Totally agree! ππ»
By: MCG (Markus) : January 15th, 2019-10:47
I like the new Chronograph, but the rest - well, we need to wait another year... π€·πΌββοΈπ
Some good points!
By: patrick_y : January 14th, 2019-21:34
Agreed, 10 bar water resistance is better than 6. But remember, it's a pilots watch, not a watch that is intended to see a lot of water. No date version? That would be nice wouldn't it? And yes, it'd be a disaster if the non-date version had a ghost crown...