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Guess I’m the dissenting voice...
...but my favorite is the 5009. I’ve owned 3 Big Pilots over the years. It really holds a special place in my heart, but I owned them at a time that I was buying and selling a lot because I wanted to experience as many watches as possible, and they were so easy to buy and sell at a fairly stable price that when something else came up that I wanted, the BP was always the most ‘liquid’.
Now my collecting has stabilized, I’m looking to pickup a 5009 as a keeper in the next few months. Maybe the 5002 was a little before my time as a collector, but my first ‘serious’ watch was a 3717 chrono so I was into IWC, and I remember thinking that the 5009 was this impossible grail (I was 25 and didn’t have the resources to get something like they), and it’s just always had that special place for me.
Is the IWC Big Pilot 5002-01 the standard by which all other Big Pilot versions are measured?
I agree with you
Yes, I see it as a standard. I didn't get it just because of this one...
That’s how I feel. I still have my 5002 after 15 years.
From the entire big pilot family
Right!
Their first attempt with the "Heritage" 48 and 55 was not very successful or popular
OK, I am waiting...
Nico's post above said it all...
Love the 5002
Guess I’m the dissenting voice...
