IWC Pilot Chronograph Collectors Watch "CF3"

More about Pilot Chronograph Collectors Watch "CF3"

This is a stainless steel IWC Pilot Spitfire Chronograph, IW387808. It has a brown calfskin strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle and a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. It has a solid screwed-down case back, a screwed-down winding crown, and round chronograph pushbuttons on the case at 2 and 4 o'clock. The 43mm diameter solid three-body case, downturned lugs, and angled thin bezel are polished/brushed. There is a date aperture window at 3 o'clock, and an inner soft iron case for protection from magnetic fields. The matte black dial has applied vintage style cream colored luminescent steel Arabic numeral hour and faceted baton index markers, with luminous steel Feuille hands, a center chronograph hand, and an outer minute/seconds track. It has a subsidiary 60-second dial with a and a 60-minute dial at 12 o'clock for the chronograph. It's water resistant to 60 meters/ 200 feet, and it has a 68-hour power reserve at full wind. The 15.5mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. The mechanical automatic self-winding IWC caliber 89365 movement is rhodium-plated, with fausses cotes embellishment. It's constructed with 35 jewels, and a shock absorber mechanism. It includes a straight-line lever escapement, a monometallic balance that's adjusted for heat, cold, and 5 positions, a self-compensating flat balance spring, and a small seconds hacking mechanism.

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