====== 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.


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**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]]
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