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Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium

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Brand  :	IWC
Collection  :	Pilot's Watches
Model  :	Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium
Reference  :	IW371815
Complement :	Ceratanium® - Black Dial - Strap Rubber
On sale :	2019

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• Brand  :	IWC
  Collection  :	Pilot's Watches
  Model  :	Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium
  Reference  :	IW371815
  Complement :	Ceratanium® - Black Dial - Strap Rubber
  On sale :	2019
  List Price :	14 700 €
  Diameter :	44 mm
  Thickness :	16,8 mm
  Styles :	Sporty
  Types :	Self-winding
  Calibre :	79420
  Complication :	Hours Minutes Seconds Split-seconds hand for intermediate timing
  Case material :	Ceratanium®
  Case peculiarity :	Screw-in crown
  Water-resistance :	60 meters
  Dial color :	Black
  Display :	Black hands
  Glass :	Sapphire Arched edge External and internal anti-reflective treatment
  Strap material :	Rubber
  Strap color :	Black
  + More characteristics :	Movement Winding Automatic Power reserve 44 h Case Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure Dial Black Strap Black rubber

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• IWC INTRODUCES A NEW TOP GUN LINE WITH INNOVATIVE CASE MATERIALS

  Schaffhausen, 14th January 2019 – at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, IWC Schaffhausen will be unveiling a new TOP GUN line in the Pilot’s Watches collection. The Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium is the first pilot's watch from IWC with a Ceratanium® case. The material developed by IWC is as lightweight and robust as titanium and at the same time as hard and scratch-resistant as ceramic. IWC will also be presenting the first watch case made from sand-coloured ceramic. 

  The TOP GUN watches, which IWC has been producing since 2007, take their name from the U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program. This training programme provides the best Navy pilots with flying and tactical training. Naval aviation requires incredible skill. When manoeuvring in tight curves, for example, both the pilots and the aircraft are subjected to maximum acceleration forces. Spending months at a time on an aircraft carrier also takes its toll on personnel and material. The TOP GUN watches are therefore specially designed with robust materials, such as ceramic and titanium, to meet the specific requirements of elite jet pilots. The matte black ceramic case, for example, ensures that pilots are not distracted by sunlight reflecting off their watches during the flight. The hard and scratchresistant ceramic is perfectly suited to daily use in a confined aircraft cockpit and can also withstand extreme G-forces. Ceramic and titanium are also extremely corrosion-resistant and can withstand humid, salty sea air.

  "In the new TOP GUN line, we are using Ceratanium® for a pilot's watch for the first time. This material developed by IWC combines the excellent material properties of titanium and ceramic. This has enabled us to create a completely black design, without a coating, for all watch components such as push-buttons or pin buckles.
  With the first watch case made from sand-coloured ceramic, which perfectly matches the uniforms worn by pilots in the U.S. Navy, we are also demonstrating IWC's high level of material expertise," explains Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen.

  THE TOP GUN LINE COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING MODELS:

  The Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium (Ref. IW371815) is the first IWC Pilot's Watch made from Ceratanium®.

  - Ceratanium® case, black dial, black hands, black rubber strap

  Developed by IWC, Ceratanium® is a material that combines the advantages of titanium and ceramic in a groundbreaking new composition. The patented material is as lightweight and unbreakable as titanium and at the same time as hard and scratch-resistant as ceramic. It is also characterised by its excellent skin compatibility, its high degree of corrosion-resistance and its matte black colour.

  The base material for Ceratanium® is a special titanium alloy. The manufacturing process for this alloy involves multiple stages and is extremely complex, as the raw material must have an extremely high degree of purity. The blank is initially machined to give the various case components their final shape. This is followed by a furnace process. During this process, oxygen diffuses into the material, a phase transformation takes place and the surface of the metal becomes ceramic. With this special surface finishing, the material not only takes on the typical properties of ceramic such as extreme hardness and scratch resistance, but also develops its striking, matte black colour.

  In contrast to conventional coating procedures used today such as DLC, which can separate from the carrier or flake off, the ceramic surface of Ceratanium® adheres permanently to the material. As well as its optimum material properties, what characterises Ceratanium® is its matte black colour. It therefore also fufilled customers’ desire for a completely jet black watch at the start of the five-year development process. For the first time, Ceratanium® will be used for a pilot’s watch in the new TOP GUN collection and it will also be the first time IWC has used this material for an unlimited watch. In the Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium (Ref. IW371815), all case components, including the chronograph pushbuttons or the pin buckle, are made from Ceratanium®. This gives the watch a completely jet black design.

  The double chronograph has an integrated split-seconds hand mechanism for simultaneously measuring two short periods of time. It is powered by the 79420 calibre with self-winding and boasts a power reserve of 44 hours.