Although it all started in 1936 with the IWC “Special Watch For Pilots”, the most recognisable watch in this field is the 1940 Big Pilot’s Watch Calibre 52 T.S.C. As such, the Schaffhausen-based company developed numerous watches destined for pilots and aircraft crew members. Like many manufactures in the late 1930s and early 1940s, IWC had to participate in War effort strategies for most forces in Europe. The history of the IWC Big Pilotīefore we even move to modern references of the Big Pilot’s watch, we have to look back at IWC’s history. Now that I had the chance to have one of these 43mm watches in the office for a review, it’s time to tell you what I, as a Big Pilot fan, think about this new watch. There was more than just a new watch to it, but also something to do with the actual name of the watch. Thus, when IWC introduced earlier this year the new, smaller, downsized, ‘streamlined’ Big Pilot’s Watch 43, it came to me as serious news. Having said that, you’ve probably guessed that I love the IWC Big Pilot… I’m in the fortunate position that I can also say that I own a Big Pilot ref. It is, at least to me, a watch that has defined the brand’s collection for years, a proper statement watch that is, and remains after close to 20 years of production, one of the best known modern watches. The Big Pilot… If you think about an emblematic, unmistakable watch by IWC, you hardly can do better than this.
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