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It's a step in the right direction but still off
The Spitfire collection is supposed to be the "British" collection in that they should have design codes from British watches, namely the Mark 11.
As you can see these new Spitfire watches still have hands derived from the German B-Uhr watches and the triangle at 12 o'clock still has a dot on each side of it. This is yet another German (Luftwaffe) design. The Mark 11, 12, and XV all had only a simple triangle at 12 (the Mark 12 and XV being IWC's own homage of the issued Mark 11).
It's like IWC took a Spitfire fighter and replaced the wings with those from a Bf-109 and took the RAF roundel on the side of the fuselage and painted a Luftwaffe cross over it.
With regard to "new" IWC spitfire simple 3 hander...
I guess a new "in-house" movement with 72 hour PR is good, 39mm case is nice... 6 bar WR should be 10 bar imho too... But again, is the Kern factor still lingering? Why is there not a no-date version? (and yes, without a dead or ghost crown position... a ...
It's a step in the right direction but still off
The Spitfire collection is supposed to be the "British" collection in that they should have design codes from British watches, namely the Mark 11. As you can see these new Spitfire watches still have hands derived from the German B-Uhr watches and the tri...
That is true...
That is very much true. The design is very German and the numerals are very much unlike the historical Spitfire watches IWC made in the 1940s for the British Royal Air Force which generally had INDICES rather than numerals! Good point!
The dial of the new Spitfire 3-hander with date
is actually very close to the IWC Mark 11 except for that d@mn Luftwaffe triangle. You have to recall that the Mark 11 spec did not come out from the British MoD until after the war in 1948. So historically, IWC did not create these watches Mark 11s for S...
Totally agree! 👍🏻
I like the new Chronograph, but the rest - well, we need to wait another year... 🤷🏼♂️😂
Something is just off for me regarding the new spitfire mark series
It actually made me desire the normal mark black dial even more, rather than less
I don't think there's been a decent iteration of the Mark series since the Mark XV
It's been all downhill since IMO. IWC seems very confused about what they want the Mark series to be. The size has bounced around between 38mm and 40mm over the last several iterations, they just don't seem to be able to get the date design or placement r...
Hi Logan, there have been a few special editions of the ref 3253 that may suit your wishes, this one in 1000 pcs :
picture credit C24 there was also one for the Asian market without the Spitfire text but that is very rare with 88 pcs. ...
Some good points!
Agreed, 10 bar water resistance is better than 6. But remember, it's a pilots watch, not a watch that is intended to see a lot of water. No date version? That would be nice wouldn't it? And yes, it'd be a disaster if the non-date version had a ghost crown...
