IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun 3880-01 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/iwc/ The IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun 3880-01 combines the look of the classic IWC Big Pilot watch with the practicality of the Pilot Chronograph and the allure of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School: “Top Gun.” The result is an all-ceramic luxury sports watch with authentic aviation heritage and Hollywood-inspired flair for style. “Top Gun” - the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School - needs no introduction to fans of luxury watches and high performance machinery. As the home of advanced aerial maneuvering combat instruction since 1969, "Top Gun" has become an icon of global popular culture and the dream of armchair aviators. With the IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun, part of that dream comes true. This 46mm aviation instrument is styled in the image of IWC's original 1940 "B-uhr" military aviation watch. All calibrations and hands jump from the matte black dial with legibility born of their no-nonsense "milspec" origins. Originally designed for fighter pilots, the "Big Pilot's" combination of broadsword hands and altimeter-style hour track continue to exemplify the form-follows function philosophy. The “Top-Gun” models represent a third pillar of IWC’s Pilots watches. “Big Pilot” models are direct tributes to the pioneering interwar and WWII references; “Pilot” models tend to draw their inspiration from the “Mark” series of IWC aviation watches that debuted after the war. Since 2007, the “Top Gun” series has represented a mor