====== IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVII ======
The **Mark XVII** is a [[pilot's watch]] produced by [[IWC]] from [[2012]] through [[2016]].

===== Overview =====
The legendary [[IWC Mark XI]] aviator's watch was a "cult watch". Produced from [[1948]] until the early eighties, the Mark XI was never available to the public. Sensing an opportunity in the 1990s, IWC introduced a civilian version in [[1993]], the [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XII|Mark XII]]. Over the following decades, IWC produced the [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XV|Mark XV]], larger [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVI|Mark XVI]], and this **Mark XVII**.

The most notable feature of the Mark XVII, apart from the larger 41 mm case, is the "triple date" window, which was said to resemble a cockpit [[altimeter]]. After the clean and balanced [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVI|Mark XVI]], however, this feature tended to clutter the dial and proved quite controversial. The following [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVIII|Mark XVIII]] returned to a cleaner look reminiscent of the preceding models.

A **Le Petit Prince** version of the Mark XVII has a blue sunburst dial and applied numerals.

The successor, [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVIII|Mark XVIII]] was introduced in [[2016]] with a 40 mm case and simple date window.


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**References:**
  * IW3265-01 Steel case and leather strap
  * IW3265-04 Steel case and bracelet
  * IW3265-06 "Le Petit Prince" steel case and leather strap, blue dial

**Movement: **
  * [[Automatic winding]] calibre [[IWC 30110]]

**Case: **
  * [[Stainless steel]], [[satinated]]
  * Ø 41 mm
  * Screw-down caseback in [[stainless steel]]

**Dial:**
  * Black with [[luminous]] indexes (triangle at 12 o'clock)
  * White numerals at 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11
  * Steel hours and minutes hand, coated with [[luminous color]]
  * White seconds hand

**Functions: **
  * Hours, minutes, [[central seconds]] with [[hacking seconds]]
  * Large date window at 3 00

**Bracelet: **
  * Metal bracelet or leather strap

**Production: **
  * Production [[2012]] - [[2016]]
  * Predecessor [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVI]]
  * Successor [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVIII]], [[IWC Pilot's Watch Spitfire]]
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