SIHH 2016: hands on review of the IWC Pilot's watch Mark XVIII
As usual every year, IWC had renewed a complete collection of its catalog during the last SIHH and in 2016 it has been the turn of the pilot's watches collection. IWC has not done a half job since it was an actual new squadron of watches that landed on th...
I applaud IWC's decision of sizing down.
As for winding efficiency, that's not a big problem for people who wear their watches in rotation.
The move back to the Mark XVI design was a wise decision
But I regret the too-center placement of date window, which seems to be due to a mismatch between movement and case. I still dream of IWC creating a Mark series WITHOUT any date. It would be killer, much like the GO navigator Rimowa edition.
Agreed!
This is exactly what I was thinking, and it is the deal-killer for me on both these watches and the JLC Master Control. Why isn\'t it possible to implement a wider date wheel that has the dates further out, so that the dates are in the right place? I regr...
