Two legends together: the bestseller french author Antoine de Saint Exupéri and the best automatic watch manufacturer. A limited, stunningly beautiful special edition of the IWC Pilot’s Chronograph commemorates the French author and aviation pioneer Antoine de Saint Exupéry. On July 31, 1944, the Major took off in a Lockheed P38 Lightning from a US airbase on Corsica on a reconnaissance flight over his occupied homeland of France.
He would never return.
Legend have since become woven around the author and aviation pioneer, who is revered as a national hero in France. More than 75 years after the publication of his novel „Night Flight“ IWC has chosen the publication date, 1931, as the occasion for a special edition of its new mechanical Pilot’s Chronograph.
Limited to exactly 1,931 watches of the Special Edition Antoine de Saint Exupéry will be produced. With a tobacco-colored dial, special protection against magnetic fields, an automatic winding system, aggregate time recording up to twelve hours, and a case-back engraving that portrays the flying hero. The special edition will be produced in stainless steel 18 ct. rose gold and in 18 ct. white gold (50 ex.). IWC have a shop in Beverly Hills, near Rodeo Drive shops, 9490C Brighton Way, located near Cartier Watches. Mark