https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/iwc-pilots-watch-chronograph-iw377724-introducing

7750 at 43mm for $4950 on NATO... granted its leatherlined but really????

try and unsee that hour hand... It died on the MK 11 for a reason...

 

Why? One just wonders...

 

There, fixed it for you.

 

Agreed. Never liked that hour hand. Plus that faux patina just does not look good. Maybe it would be better in person, but still...

 

Yeah, gonna have to take a raincheck on that one. Now the 3717 I've always loved, mostly due to one of the nicest bracelets I've ever tried on:

Image borrowed from the interwebs:

 

FIFY

 

That is a great bracelet. Had one on my (long gone ) Spitfire Mark XV. First I sold the bracelet, then I sold the watch a couple years later. If the chips fall in my favor, I'll buy another one day.

 

Yikes, that hour hand is

I was passing near Schaffhausen in the fall and stopped in at the IWC museum (despite not being an IWC afficianado). They have a tremendous back catalogue from which to draw on, with the defining characteristic of their older models being simplicity.

The more they stray from simple, straightforward design (with things like the ‘wait, is it broken off’ hour hand above), the further I get from buying a modern one.

 

The only thing I like about it is the nato.

 

yeah...more the reason I'll never own one.

unless @77deluxe sells me a Portuguiser

 

Like this one?

 

Love this watch. They got so many things right here. I totally agree about the bracelet.

 

You seem kinda mean

.....

 

Well dang...it looks pretty good in my humble opinion...even with the blocked hour hand.

 

I kind of like the hour hand

 

My beef is even at 4,500 MSRP that’s expensive for a 7750 imho. This watch is online only at 4,950 online exclusive for at least 6 months, which means the regular version of this watch on bracelet already has better hands imho and a lower price before any discounts which are not hard to find.

Since it’s online only you will pay full price.

The Sinn 103 and it’s varients run $2250 for basically the exact same watch and you can hunt the bezel less variant 356 for less.

The identical Sinn 356 is under $1800

 

Ok...the price is a little steep but what's wrong with the watch itself?

You and I must get together for a cup of Tim Horton's! Long love "The Hour Hand".

And the pedestrian 7750 movement brilliantly modified and executed by Habring..

 

Still prefer my actual Mark XI any day of the week.

 

You know it, boss!

I like Tim Horton’s...much better than Starbucks.

 

Oh ya!

..and I must add mrs. Faz' Mk XII to the mix..