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+====== IWC Pilot's Watch Mark IX ======
+The **Spezialuhr für Flieger** (retroactively named **Mark IX**) is a [[pilot's watch]] produced by [[IWC]] from [[1936]] through [[1944]].
+===== Overview =====
+In [[1936]], IWC developed a "Spezialuhr für Flieger" (Special Watch for Pilots), with a large 36 mm case, black dial with luminescent numerals, and a rotating bezel. This watch was retroactively and unofficially named "Mark IX" to differentiate it from its successor, the famous [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark X|Mark X]] created according to British Ministry of Defense specifications after World War II.
+The Mark IX was a novel "flieger", designed to be simple to read, with little superfluous decoration. The matte black dial features large luminous numerals inside the marked [[chapter ring]]. Wide [[cathedral]] [[hand]]s are used, with luminous material to be visible in the dark.
+The Mark IX uses a hand-winding movement, [[IWC 83|IWC's Cal. 83]].
+The [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark X|Mark X]] was introduced in [[1944]] according to British Ministry of Defense specifications.
+<WRAP ud ud_mod>
+**Movement: **
+  * [[Manual winding]] calibre [[IWC 83]]
+**Case: **
+  * [[Stainless steel]], [[satinated]]
+  * Ø 36 mm
+  * Screw-down caseback in [[stainless steel]]
+**Dial:**
+  * Black with [[luminous]] numerals
+  * Steel hours and minutes hand, coated with [[luminous color]]
+  * White seconds hand
+**Functions: **
+  * Hours, minutes, [[small seconds]]
+**Bracelet: **
+  * Leather strap
+**Production: **
+  * Production [[1936]] - [[1944]]
+  * Successor [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark X]]
+</WRAP>
+{{tag>Watch_models IWC_models IWC_Pilot's_Watch_models Pilot's_Watches}}