When IWC opened up its new boutique in Amsterdam recently, we'd the opportunity to acquire some hands-promptly using the new IWC Pilot Watch Chronograph Edition ¡®Le Petit Prince¡¯. This latest edition from the replica iwc pilots chrono watches includes a striking blue dial and it is the 3rd edition to aid the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, in the commitment against illiteracy.
This past year IWC introduced two other ¡®Le Petit Prince¡¯ models: a Big Pilot¡¯s Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition ¡®Le Petit Prince¡¯ and also the Pilot¡¯s Watch Mark XVII Edition ¡®Le Petit Prince¡¯. Both featured an identical blue dial, which appears to become IWC¡¯s trademark for that charitable organisation models similar to the Portuguese Chronograph Classic Laureus Edition which was introduced some week ago. The brand new Pilot Chronograph Edition ¡®Le Petit Prince¡¯ is really a boutique edition, meaning it¡¯s only accessible within the IWC boutiques.
Whether it¡¯s a disagreement to get one or otherwise, these charitable organisation models usually maintain their value far better then your normal models, around the second hands market. A distinctive version in platinum from the Big Pilot¡¯s Watch Perpetual Calendar ¡°Le Petit Prince¡± was sold meant for the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Foundation, for 173,000 Swiss Francs!
I do not know should you ever browse the book Le Petit Prince, or converted The Little Prince - should you haven¡¯t, please your favor and browse it - but it wasn't merely a great book to see, it had been also something to think about. Antoine de Saint-Exupery¡¯s book has turned into a classic and it is read around the globe, in lots of languages. Antione de Saint-Exupery was not just a author, but additionally an airplane pilot as well as an adventurer. Since 2006, IWC includes a partnership with Saint-Exupery¡¯s beneficiaries as well as their charity, the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation.
This version is comparable, from a technical perspective, towards the normal iwc pilots chrono replica watches which features calibre 79320 - an altered Valjoux 7750 - and is available in a 43mm round stainless steel case. Different may be the ¡®midnight blue¡¯ dial, with large applied hour markers at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o¡¯clock. The Arabic numbers and also the hands are full of Super-LumiNova for superb legibility at nighttime.