IWC Pilot's Watch UTC Antoine De Saint Exupery White Gold ref IW3261-02

IWC · Pilot

Pilot's Watch UTC Antoine De Saint Exupery White Gold

IW3261-02
White GoldBrownAutomatic44mm60m

Retail price 15,700 (2012)

Case

Diameter

44.00 mm

Height

12.90 mm

Lug Width

21.00 mm

Material

White Gold

Glass

Sapphire

Caseback

Closed

Water Resistance

60.00 m

Dial

Color

Brown

Indexes

Arabic Numerals

Hands

Losange

Finish

Sunburst

Shape

Round

Other

Limited Edition

250 pieces

Gender

M

Production

2008–2010

Movement Specs

Caliber

30710

IWC in-house

Caliber Brand

IWC

Type

Automatic

Perpetual rotor

Power Reserve

42 h

1.8 days

Frequency

28800 bph

8.0 Hz

Jewels

21

Complications

Date, Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Additional 24 Hour Hand (adjustable)

About the Movement

Automatic movement with 24h display. Preceded by the 37526 movement.

About the Family

IWC's Pilot family encompasses the brand's broader range of aviation-inspired watches, from the accessible Mark series to the Spitfire and Top Gun lines. The lineage begins with the 1936 Special Pilot's Watch, one of the first purpose-built pilot's instruments with an antimagnetic movement and rotating bezel. The Mark XI, produced for the Royal Air Force from 1948, established the template that every subsequent IWC pilot's watch has followed: high legibility, antimagnetic protection, soft iron inner case, and a design language that prioritises clarity above decoration. The family demonstrates IWC's range — from entry-level automatics to complicated chronographs — united by the Schaffhausen manufacture's engineering heritage.

About this reference

The ref. IW3261-02 Pilot's Watch UTC has a white gold case and a brown dial. It was is a limited edition of 250 pieces.