IWC Big Pilot's Watch Decoded: WWII Cockpit To Icon | MR PORTER

It started life strapped over a flight jacket in 1940. Eight decades later, the IWC BIG PILOT'S WATCH is still one of the most instantly recognisable timepieces a man can wear — and a textbook case in designing something so right you never really need to change it. In this first episode of our About Time series, we tell the story of IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN's Big Pilot: the original Nazi-era navigator's watch, the collecting craze it sparked, and the modern-day bestseller that keeps the legend alive on far gentler wrists. Shop IWC Schaffhausen on MR PORTER: https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/mens/designer/iwc-schaffhausen Discover more watch stories on MR PORTER: https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/mens/watches Subscribe to MR PORTER on YouTube for more style, watches, food and culture: https://www.youtube.com/user/MRPORTER Connect with MR PORTER: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrporter The Journal: https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/journal