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Title: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: ninja on September 22, 2013, 11:12:37 AM
Phone cam scans of an IWC BP  IWC Big Antoine de Saint Exupery, limited run of 250 pieces in tobacco dial and white gold case
Appropriately sized for my big wrist

(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/IWC%20BP/88BF130B-05E0-4924-8D3A-DCE9F5ADEC60-3293-0000033BE5D1AC9F_zpsd32bcbaa.jpg)

(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/IWC%20BP/b0ad611c-259f-4200-b4de-ebab77b36d21_zpsc185e6dc.jpg)

Together with another classic....
(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/IWC%20BP/9AB68E15-DE48-46B8-AB9E-0153D56D31F6-3293-0000033DF106EE22_zpsb790ef94.jpg)

The mandatory wristshot
(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/IWC%20BP/37D04A29-E315-4E36-B82E-03D8600F3CB2-3240-000003314342BD07_zps0af93b51.jpg)
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: bezelnut on September 22, 2013, 01:33:20 PM
Very cool!  :thumbsup:

Nice watch, congrats and wear in good health.

I find the replacement of number 9 at nine o'clock with A. is a bit uneasy to the eye at first, need to look at it for a while to get used to it. But that's just me.
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: fireken on September 22, 2013, 09:34:13 PM
Nice & congrats...

Mind sharing why there is A at 9 o'clock? Seem odd.. At that location
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: ninja on September 23, 2013, 06:42:05 AM
Thank you

The "A" at 9 o'clock position represents the first letter in Antoine de Saint Exupery

(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/11exupery-inline1-500_zps8800f3ee.jpg)

From Wikepedia:
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry is a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator
He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working airmail routes in Europe, Africa and South America. At the outbreak of war, he joined the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air), flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940. After being demobilised from the French Air Force, he travelled to the United States to persuade its government to enter the war against Nazi Germany. Following a 27-month hiatus in North America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, he joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa, although he was far past the maximum age for such pilots and in declining health. He disappeared over the Mediterranean on his last assigned reconnaissance mission in July 1944, and is believed to have died at that time.


Really depends on how one may look at the "A" replacing the number "9"
Some consider it a dial design flaw while some consider it a unique signature that separates it from the other IWC BPs
In my opinion, this will be a perfect watch for those whose names(first name or last name) starts with an "A". (Arnold, Allen, Anthony,...etc.)
Unfortunately my name does not start with an "A" :laugh:
But that's alright, I actually got this piece for it's mesmerizing tobacco dial and precious metal

It's also stands as a big brother to my trusty old "Big Ingy"
 (http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/iwc%20inge/L1000087.jpg)
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: TheHobbit on September 23, 2013, 04:16:03 PM
Nice. Congrats. Seen the watch in real life. Pictures does not do it credit. Wear it with good health.
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: ninja on September 23, 2013, 04:22:21 PM
Thank you sir
The only downside I can say of this watch is the humongous crown that hurts my hand whenever I hyperextended my wrist :(

But other than that, I love it.
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: takashi78 on September 23, 2013, 04:35:09 PM
This size really fits you nicely.
A further wristshoot maybe?
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: tonykpk on September 23, 2013, 05:00:21 PM
It's really a nice watch , congrats. Try wearing it on your right wrist. Regards tony
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: ninja on September 23, 2013, 06:41:47 PM
Quote from: takashi78 on September 23, 2013, 04:35:09 PM
This size really fits you nicely.
A further wristshoot maybe?

here you go...

(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/IWC%20BP/63111E37-619B-4D6B-8EED-896E6552ED6B-3293-0000033CB15543B2_zpse699975e.jpg)

(http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/bogie_photo/IWC%20BP/1A110A49-1BD8-43C1-BF05-3034FA2D475F-3240-0000033120E79FB7_zps490c70bf.jpg)
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: ninja on September 23, 2013, 06:52:43 PM
Quote from: tonykpk on September 23, 2013, 05:00:21 PM
It's really a nice watch , congrats. Try wearing it on your right wrist. Regards tony

I wish it was that simple but I am right handed and work a lot with it
The watch can sustain quite a beating if i transfer it to the right

Thanks for the suggestion though
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: dennis.T on October 03, 2013, 10:31:27 PM
Nice.. I believe is much more heavier than 5004?
Title: Re: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Antoine de Saint Exupery
Post by: ninja on October 04, 2013, 12:24:15 PM
Quote from: dennis.T on October 03, 2013, 10:31:27 PM
Nice.. I believe is much more heavier than 5004?

Yes quite it's hefty
Considerably heavier than a 5004