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Introducing The Final Piece Of IWC’s Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar Toto Wolff

by Mark Knight
written by Mark Knight

Oftentimes, it can be quite frustrating when a watchmaker unveils a new watch… Only for you to find that it’s been sold out. Nevertheless, I can somewhat forgive them if it’s being done for a good cause, however. That goes for this new IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar Toto Wolff. It was announced quietly by IWC and is built with a highly limited 100-unit production run.

Yet, you can’t buy them anymore. Or at least, there’s still technically one piece left. Numbered 50 out of 100, this is the last one that you can buy, which is to be auctioned by Bonhams. The proceeds will go to the Ignite charity. The latter was founded by 7-time F1 World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team to help build diversity in racing.

Bigger, Bolder, And More Green

But, what is this watch, anyway? Well, for all intents and purposes, it’s an evolution of IWC’s equally-cool Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Ceratanium. This means that this big-boy watch carries an impressive movement in the back. There’s a Pellaton winding system, that’s then paired with a mighty Kurt Klaus-developed perpetual calendar movement.

This makes for a pretty busy dial, featuring your typical hours, minutes, and small seconds. It then combines those with a power reserve indicator, and a perpetual calendar with a date, day, month, year, and a moonphase, as well! The only difference from the Top Gun watches is that sapphire crystal, skeletonized and transparent dial, as well as its bold Petronas green accents.

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New Zenith DEFY Extreme E Island X Prix 1

by Mark Knight
written by Mark Knight

Zenith’s DEFY series of watches remains to be one of the most high-tech timepieces that you can buy today. They’re well-known for their supremely accurate movements, plus their 1/100th of a second chronograph. The latter is certainly something that you don’t see every day. It’s fitting then that a timekeeping system as advanced as the DEFY is the workhorse behind Extreme E.

Currently, Extreme E is running in its second season, and they’re starting off with a bang on the rocky island of Sardinia. For those who don’t know, Extreme E is an all-electric rallying series. If you need some hints, just think of them as the Dakar, but with Mad Max-style EV Baja trucks. Since Zenith is the official timekeeper of Extreme E, celebrating the occasion is in good order.

All The Carbon Fibre You Ever Need

Inspired by the racing series that it now supports, Zenith’s new DEFY Extreme E Island X Prix 1 – a pretty complicated name, I know – is just as nerdy as the cars that partake in Extreme E. Its case is made from carbon fiber, including even the crown and chronograph pushers. Then, this is paired with titanium and orange accents, evoking the Sardinian landscape in mid-summer.

Underneath though, it’s still the same DEFY that we know and love. In a nutshell, it’s powered by the fastest automatic movement ever, beating at a speedy 5Hz. This is necessary, as you’ll find it hard to measure time at 1/100th of a second without a high-frequency caliber. If that’s not fast enough, consider that the chronograph runs on separate 50Hz escapement.

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