IWC’s brand new Fliegerchronograph “Tribute to 3705,” released last week, is an homage to a very singular watch from the Flieger (or Pilot) line with a suitably tool-y name.

Looking back, it’s fair to say IWC’s 1990s piece was a rare aesthetic success during a decade when Swiss watchmaking was still nursing wounds inflicted by the quartz crisis of the 1970s and 1980s.

Aptly named the Big Pilot’s Watch 43 Tourbillon Markus Bühler Re-Edition, the new timepiece is limited to 51 examples and is integrated with a turbine design over its flying minute tourbillon.

Back in 1994, black ceramic watches were still a novelty. So when IWC released a special version of their Fliegerchronograph in the stealthy material, it actually didn’t sell particularly well; in ...

And IWC hasn’t looked back since. Besides building even more technically advanced chronographs, the brand also expanded its capabilities in the field of material experimentation. The fascinating ...

There’s no collection more synonymous with IWC Schaffhausen than the much-loved Pilot’s Watch, which has even deeper roots than the Ingenieur, stretching all the way back to the 1930s. Some of ...