Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "JU-AIR"

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Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "JU-AIR" - IWC
IWC Schaffhausen and JU-AIR: jointly conquering the skies for 20 years.

For years now, IWC Schaffhausen and the Swiss airline JU-AIR have cultivated a parternship based on a mutual admiration of the Junkers JU-52 aircraft. In the year 2000, started out on a circumnavigation of the globe to publicize a new IWC Pilot's Watch. Time, then, to acknowledge JU-AIR's outstanding work. In honour of the airline established to keep the vintage aircraft aloft, the IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "JU-AIR", strictly limited to 500 watches, is ready to take off. 

The stainless-steel tribute to the JU-AIR has the cockpit instrument look of a classic Pilot's Watch. The dial of the Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "JU-AIR" is rhodium plated, with appliqués and both hands picked out in white luminescent material. The result is excellent legibility even under the most demanding conditions. The central chronograph hand shows recorded times in seconds, while the hand on the subdial at "12 o'clock" shows the number of elapsed minutes. The watch has a flyback function, so whenever the reset push-botton is pushed, the stopwatch hand returns to zero and immediatly starts another timing sequence. The small red seconds hand at "6 o'clock" indicates that the watch is running normally. The Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "JU-AIR" is fitted with the IWC manufactured 89365 calibre, which has a 68-hour power reserve and features a stopwatch to time minutes and seconds. A striking red triangle, by now a typical design feature of IWC's Pilot's Watches and inspired by the signal-red elements on an aircraft's instrument panel, indicates the date.

 

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In the year 2000, a JU-AIR JU-52 took off in the name of IWC Schaffhausen to circle the globe and created a sensation. For IWC, it was a spectacular way of launching the new Pilot's Watch Mark XV in Asian markets. The venture drew the attention of journalists, film crews, watch lovers and aircraft enthusiasts worldwide, and was a major TV event in Asia.

To this day, the JU-52 has remained synonymous with reliability, safety and quality workmanship, leaving its mark on civil aviation like few other aircraft.

As an ecologically and socially responsible company, IWC is committed to sustainable production, supports institutions around the globe in their work with children and young people, and maintains partnerships with organizations dedicated to climate and environmental protection.

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