There is perhaps no more versatile complication than the .
From race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek khrónos (“time”) and gráphō (“to write”), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours.
And what better use for a chronograph than within the confines of a pilot’s watch? IWC makes some of the finest pilot’s watches in the world, with a history stretching back to the early decades of the 20th century.
This particular watch, a Pilot’s Chronograph Reference IW388110, was released in the middle of 2023 and represents the first precious metal model in the current collection. It features a 41mm 5N 18k rose gold case with a green dial, pump pushers, a signed screw-down crown, sapphire crystal, IWC's Calibre 69385 automatic-winding chronograph movement with a day and date complication, and a green rubber strap equipped with a signed rose gold pin buckle and IWC’s EasX-CHANGE system.
In near-mint condition throughout and shipping with its complete set of factory collateral, this Pilot’s Chronograph follows in the footsteps of its utilitarian siblings dressed in , and , while wearing a decidedly luxurious rose gold and green outfit!