Introduction of IWC Pilot Le Petit Prince Chronograph Men's Watch Replica
Introduction of IWC Pilot Le Petit Prince Chronograph Men's Watch Replica
Necessity is often the forerunner of invention. Perhaps nowhere in the world of horology is this more evident than in pilot's watches. Pilot's watches need to be reliable, easy to read and luminous. Many other brands have shone in designing pilot's watches, the most famous of which are Zenith, Stowa, Laco and IWC. The watch we are talking about today is IWC Pilot Le Petit Prince Chronograph 377717 replica, which is a modern interpretation of the IWC Pilot's Chronograph.
Le Petit Prince
The Le Petit Prince aspect of the IWC Pilot watch copy is derived from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel, The Little Prince. Saint-Exupéry was a well known French author and aviator that disappeared on a reconnaissance mission in 1943. His work has received a lot of notoriety both before and after his death, but Le Petit Prince stood out. The children's book has been translated into 250 different languages and is one of the top-selling books in the world.
The Dial
The blue dial gives the IWC Pilot watch fake a more modern look. Because of this triple date display, the words IWC and Schaffhausen were made smaller and moved to the inside of the running seconds subdial at 9 o' clock. It makes the branding a lot less apparent and quite frankly I like the older branding location better. The red sideways triangle at 3 o' clock matches the red running seconds hand perfectly, adding a bit of color to the dial. The enlarged subdials fill out the dial better now, making it more proportional. Finally, the addition of arabic numerals to mark every 5 minute increments on the outer ring looks surprisingly good. All things considered, I think IWC did a great job redesigning a classic… which is never an easy task.
The Case & Crown
The entire case is brushed, except for the thin bezel around the crystal and the beveled edges on the case. Polished details like this really serve to make the watch sparkle on your wrist. With a lug to lug length of over 53mm, you might think the watch would wear exceptionally large, but really the angle of the lugs curve down dramatically making it very comfortable on my 7” wrist.
IWC Pilot Le Petit Prince Chronograph replica opted to use a 7mm screw-down serrated crown on their 3777 line. I've found it odd that with a screw-down crown the watch is only rated to 60m. I suspect that IWC is being conservative with that rating, but it’s not something I’ll push. This isn't a diver after all. All that being said, the crown is excellently sized and designed for its intended use.
The Movement
The automatic calibre 79320 chronograph movement inside is a modified Valjoux 7750 movement with a 44-hour power reserve. IWC Pilot Chronograph 377717 fake features a chronograph and day-date complication. In addition, an iron casing protects the movement from magnetism. Since I have owned the watch, time keeping has been spot on.
The Features
This IWC Pilot Chronograph watch features chronograph functions (seconds, minutes and hours), 44-hour power reserve, day display, triple date display, 60m water resistance, anti-magnetic case, screw-down crown and sapphire crystal. With double anti-reflective coating.
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