====== IWC Pilot's Watch UTC ====== {{wst>image_r|IWC_Fliegeruhr_UTC_steel|IWC Fliegeruhr UTC with stainless steelarmband}} {{wst>image_r|IWC_Fliegeruhr_UTC_leder|IWC Fliegeruhr UTC with brownem buffalo leather strap}} [[Pilot's watch]] by [[IWC]] with [[UTC]] indication Back in the [[1930]] years [[IWC]] outfitted a watch type specifically for aviation. The abbreviation [[UTC]] stands for //Universal Time Coordinated//. For travelers who in quick succession change continents and time-zones or communicate around the globe, it offers a practical help to inform with their 24-hour indication window on the universal time, based on the globally binding [[GMT]] (Greenwich Mean Time), and the current time, even when trespassing the date limit. **Reference:** * IW325101 stainless steel with brown buffalo leather strap * IW325102 stainless steel with [[stainless steel]] bracelet * IW325103 [[platinum]] with blue crocodile leather strap **Movement:** * [[IWC 37526]] (base [[ETA 2892-A2]]) **Case:** * [[Stainless steel]] or [[platinum]], [[satin-finished]] * Ø 39.0 mm, height 13.5 mm * Soft-iron inner case for protection against [[antimagnetic|magnetic fields]] * Screw-in caseback in [[stainless steel]] or [[platinum]] * [[Sapphire crystal]] [[domed]], with [[anti-glare treatment]], withstands pressure drop * [[Screw-in crown]] * [[Waterproof]] to 6 atm **Dial:** * Black with [[luminous]] main indexes * [[Luminous]] hands **Functions:** * Hours, minutes, [[central seconds]], date * Hours hand adjustable in hour steps * 24-hours [[UTC]] indication with TZC (Time Zone Corrector) **Bracelet:** * Buffalo leather strap brown, optional stainless steel- or blue crocodile leather strap * [[Stainless steel]] [[folding clasp]] with IWC lettering on stainless steel bracelet or [[stainless steel]] [[tang-type buckle]] with IWC lettering on leather strap **Limitation:** * [[Platinum]] variant 500 pieces ===== Literature ===== *Die Fliegeruhren von IWC; Autoren [[Christian Pfeiffer-Belli]], [[Rüdiger Bucher]]; ISBN 3871880701 (engl. Version ISBN 387188068X ) *[[IWC-Uhren. Die "Schaffhauser" and ihre Geschichte]]; Autor [[Reinhard Meis]]; ISBN 3853782531 *IWC, International Watch Co. Schaffhausen, Engl. ed.; Autoren Hans-F. Tölke, Jürgen King; ISBN 3906500152 *Die Grande Complication von IWC; Autor Manfred Fritz von Edition Stemmle, Kilchb.; ISBN 3908162076 *Armbanduhren-Spezial IWC- Geschichte, Design, Technik; Autor Jörg M. Mehltretter; ISBN 3898800458 *IWC - Die Noblen aus der Schweiz. Handbuch für den Uhrensammler; Autor Jörg M. Mehltretter; ISBN 3898802272 *IWC, International Watch Co. Schaffhausen, Luxusausg. Engl. Ed.; Autoren Hans-F. Tölke, Jürgen King ISBN 3906500160 *Die Fliegeruhren von IWC. Deutsche Ausgabe - Version IWC; Autoren [[Rüdiger Bucher]], [[Christian Pfeiffer-Belli]]; ISBN 387188071X {{tag>Watch_models IWC_Pilot's_Watch_models}}