IWC Big Pilot Watch Perpetual Calendar 2010 "Orange" Limited Edition Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/iwc The IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition (ref. 5026-18) is a 1-of-250 limited edition designed in equal deference to heritage and high horology. Its 46mm stainless steel case and “instrument” dial calibrations evoke IWC’s glorious history of pilot’s watches, but the exuberant orange highlights and sophisticated perpetual calendar automatic movement speak to a modern luxury sensibility With its outrageous combination of an IWC Big Pilot case in 46mm stainless steel, a perpetual calendar, and day-glow orange highlights, this 2010 limited edition “Big Pilot” boasts the credentials to stand tall in a “ready room” - or rec room - near you A perpetual calendar on an IWC Big Pilot makes perfect sense to a collector who “wants it all” in a qualitative sense but finds sold gold and gems too pretentious for his taste. Vibrant color is the emerging alternative to hackneyed “bling” and “nouveau riche”-chic. Observers who attended SIHH and Baselworld in 2015 know that expressive colors represent the cutting edge of contemporary style innovation, and the IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar LTD. 2010 was a watch ahead of its time. Modern luxury segues seamlessly into the post-modern, and if Andy Warhol wore an oversized perpetual calendar pilot’s watch, this IWC Big Pilot would be his first choice. A traditional IWC Big Pilot dial with instrument-inspired calibrations charts the progress of civil time. The departure from tradition is I