IWC · Big Pilot
Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar Orange
Retail price €22,100 (2012)
Case
Diameter
46.20 mm
Height
15.80 mm
Material
Stainless Steel
Glass
Sapphire
Caseback
Closed
Water Resistance
60.00 m
Dial
Color
Black
Indexes
Arabic Numerals
Shape
Round
Other
Limited Edition
250 pieces
Gender
M
Production
2010–2011
Movement Specs
Caliber
51614
IWC in-house
Caliber Brand
IWC
Type
Automatic
Perpetual rotor
Power Reserve
168 h
7 days
Frequency
21600 bph
6.0 Hz
Jewels
62
Complications
Date, Day, Month, Perpetual Calendar, Year Indicator, Hours, Minutes, Small Seconds, Power Reserve Indicator, Moonphase
About the Movement
Self-winding movement with 7-day power reserve and perpetual calendar programmed until 2499. The 50611 was used from 2003 to approximately 2005. The 51612 was used from 2005 to approximately 2007. The 51614 was used from 2007 onwards.
About the Family
The Big Pilot traces its lineage directly to IWC's massive 55mm observation watches produced for the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War — instruments designed to be strapped over flight suits and read at a glance in unpressurised cockpits. The modern Big Pilot, introduced in 2002 with the landmark reference 5002, translates that oversized, high-legibility design into a 46mm wristwatch with a seven-day power reserve. The conical crown, designed to be operated with gloved hands, and the clean dial with Arabic numerals and triangle-at-twelve marker are direct references to the military originals. The Big Pilot is IWC's most uncompromising pilot's watch — function before everything.
About this reference
Limited edition of 250 pieces with orange numerals and hands.