IWC Pilot’s Watch Saint Exupery 2012 (Ref 387805)

For 2012 IWC is again issuing a watch in tribute of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a French author and avid aviator. This year is the sixth IWC Pilot’s watch to commemorate Saint-Exupery — the watch, Ref 387805, is cased in red gold and produced in a limited edition of 500 copies. The flyback chronograph has a beautiful tobacco-colored dial with sunburst pattern on it. I also like how the chronograph hours and minutes are nicely contained in concentric subdials at the top of the dial. The back of the watch is decorated with a special engraving representing the last plane of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the Lightning P-38. July 31, 1944. Also, it appears that IWC is individually numbering each piece — hopefully this is a broader decision by the brand to move away from the “One of XXX” format that we have seen recently on recent limited edition models from the brand (and as I have been highly critical of). Bottom line: a gorgeous watch!

IWC Pilot’s Watch Saint Exupery 2012 (Ref 387805)

43mm rose gold case (15mm thick), automatic mechanical IWC manufacture caliber 89361, tobacco-colored dial and calfskin strap

goju1

IWC must be reading your blog!
I see that this watch is 1/500 and not “one of a limited edition of 500″ (or however they were doing it).
[One of the stupid aspects of their 'laziness' was that it meant that buyers did no have a unique watch anymore]
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  @goju1:disqus Thanks for the comment Goju. I will, of course, take full credit that my persistent criticism of IWC’s “One of XXX” approach has led them to change their ways ;-) But I suppose I am probably not the only one who let them know what a bad and lazy approach this was/is.
  Cheers
  Kyle
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