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Yes, after thinking about my collection, I had 6 dressier pieces and only 3 sports watches, which is a bit out of sync with my day to day lifestyle. I also had 5 light dials and 4 dark dials. So when I was looking at rectangular/square/tonneau shaped watches, I was looking to further diversify by adding a new shape and brand. As I looked at each watch under consideration, I had some small issues with each.
This watch, did not introduce a new shape or brand. It did however add another sports watch option, another dark dial , new genre of sports watch as an aviator and a new complication in the Flyback. My collection of 10 watches is listed below:
Sports Watches:
Blancpain Leman Ultra Slim Grand Date (black)
IWC Aquatimer 2000 (white)
IWC Spitfire Chronograph (ardoise)
Officine Panerai Luminor Marina (black)
Casual to Dress Watches:
Breguet Classique 5177 (white)
Chronoswiss Chronoscope (black)
Chronoswiss Regulateur 24 (white)
Glashutte Original Panomatic Lunar (white)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Reserve de Marche (silver)
Jaquet Droz Hommage Londres 1774 Chronograph GMT
I am looking forward to seeing what comes out at SIHH and Baselworld next year. Who knows, 2013 may be a year of consolidation or addition (TBD).
Bob
New Addition: IWC Spitfire Chronograph (IW387804)
Hi, I wanted to share my new arrival with fellow Purists. It is an IWC Spitfire Chronograph (IW387804). I had really been avoiding most of IWCs recent efforts due to their large size (many recent pilot watches were 46 mm). This one however, was only 43 m...
What a close to the year!
Congratulations! This to stay the decision on the choice of a different shape? ;-) Richard
Yes
Yes, after thinking about my collection, I had 6 dressier pieces and only 3 sports watches, which is a bit out of sync with my day to day lifestyle. I also had 5 light dials and 4 dark dials. So when I was looking at rectangular/square/tonneau shaped watc...
Congrats
That is a great pick up - perfect size and will suit nearly every wearing situation. -- Sancerre
Congrats for this addition!
This Chronograph has a superb dial. Thanks for your comprehensive presentation of the watch! Fx
Very interesting watch ...
I didn't knew that now the Spitfire is powered by an in house movement. Thanks for sharing and congratulations for this beautiful piece. Cheers, Nilo
Neither did I
I had been so disenchanted with IWC recently because of the large size of their watches, that it slipped by me. They are using the 89000 series of chronograph calibres in Chronographs in the Aquatimer, Ingenieur, Pilot and Portuguese lines now in select r...
Great points ...
IWC only needs to get rid of the gigantic watches and I will be in. Cheers Nilo
Indeed!
Dress Options in the 38-40 mm range and more sports options in the 40-42 mm range would be most welcome! They need calibres to support these sizes. Currently, the 5000 auto series is 38.2 mm (large), the 8000 auto series is only 30 mm but is quite thick a...
Agreed on the desirability . . .
. . . of an updated cal 89, Bob. IWC had a reputation for dress watches once upon a time, and it wouldn't hurt to revive it.
Very nice
I really like the look of the dial, and the fact that they haven't chopped off the numerals like on the older Spitfires. Thanks for the review. Cazalea