With the IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “C.03”, we’ve sought to create a watch that distills our favorite IWC era and model – the late 1990s and IW3706, the first Pilot’s Chronograph. In the words of co-founder Gabe Reilly: “ The “C.03” is our love letter to IWC. Produced between 19, the 3706 is a symbolic product for IWC fans marking the era before the brand abandoned no-nonsense tool watches with outsourced movements to produce upmarket luxury tool watches with in-house movements. The inspiration for the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition C.03 came from Collective co-founder Gabe Reilly while visiting the IWC Manufacture in Schaffhausen, where he spotted his favourite IWC, the Fliegerchronograph 3706. utilitarian spirit of the fliegerchronograph
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There are currently two different series for members to choose from: the Collective Series, which involves an annual collaboration with a favourite watch brand, and the Portfolio Series, which commissions hyper-exclusive watches from independent watchmakers like J. Founded in 2018 by marketing and brand strategy executives Asher Rapkin and Gabe Reilly, who have worked with Facebook, Apple, and Google, the mission of Collective is to create “ collaborative watches for a community of enthusiasts”. The collaboration with IWC also celebrates the expansion of the collector’s group to London where it hopes to attract more enthusiasts.Ĭollective is the first organised club of watch enthusiasts based in Silicon Valley, California. For its third collaboration watch, Collective Horology has reached out to IWC Schaffhausen to create the exclusive 125-piece Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition C.03 ref. Pioneer Centre Seconds C.02 with a rotating 12-hour bezel to track two time zones. Known as Collective, the club’s first collaboration was a Zenith El Primero Chronomaster C.01 revisited in silver and white to echo the design language of modern technology products, followed by an H. To cater to their passion, a club of watch enthusiasts based in Silicon Valley appeared on the scene in 2018. There are plenty of affluent techies out there who have been seduced by the beauty of good old mechanical watches. This watch is equipped with IWC self-made 69385 self-winding movement, the movement adopts the latest technology of the brand Manufakturzentrum watch factory, contains 33 jewels, 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz), equipped with column wheel mechanism and black customization Nickel-plated oscillating weight can provide 46 hours of power reserve.Not everything in Silicon Valley revolves around high-tech consumer electronics. It is worth mentioning that the week at 3 o'clock is indicated in German, a tribute to the Swiss-German tradition of IWC. The rhodium-plated hands and hour markers are coated with white Super-LumiNova fluorescent material, ensuring excellent reading even in dark environments.
At 6, 9 and 12 o'clock, there are small seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute cumulative counters respectively. The dial adopts a single color of matte black, combined with white scales and markings, with sharp contrast and clear and easy to read. The whole watch is waterproof to 100 meters. The mirror assembly is stable and can withstand sudden drops in air pressure. The case is made of stainless steel, polished and brushed alternately, equipped with a screw-in crown, as well as a sapphire crystal and case back. This watch has a diameter of 41 mm and a thickness of 14.50 mm. This is also the third collaborative limited timepiece released by Collective Horology after Zenith El Primero Chronomaster C.01 and Henry Moser Pioneer Centre Seconds C.02.
Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC and Collective Horology, the Collective Horology of Silicon Valley, launched the "C.03" watch (model: IW388105) based on the popular 41mm pilot chronograph watch.
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