IWC’s new sand-colored Top Gun Edition Chrono was inspired by California’s Mojave Desert, where the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station – the US Navy’s largest single landholding – is located. The color of the 44.5 mm ceramic case, which matches the flying suits of the US Navy pilots, comes from a combination of zirconium oxide with other metallic oxides. Limited to 500 pieces, the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Edition Mojave Desert is powered by an IWC manufactured calibre with a 46 hour power reserve. Some of the features, like the soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields and glass crystal secured against displacement by a drop in air pressure, are the result of engineering to the specific requirements of military aviation.
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