This week, the Palexpo facility in Geneva, Switzerland, will become the center of the watch world for the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, or SIHH, a luxury watch show rivaled only by ...

When the single-seat Supermarine Spitfire fighter was at the peak of its operations during World War II, it had a maximum operating radius of some 450 miles. Today, from the aérodrome at the center of ...

On August 5th 2019, a Mk IX Spitfire, restored and stripped back to a striking bare metal finish, will take off from the Boultbee Flight Academy at Goodwood Aerodrome, the first step of a hugely ...

“Steve and Matt have been friends with the IWC family for some time,” says IWC CEO Chris Grainger-Herr. “When we heard about their idea to fly a Spitfire around the world, we were instantly captivated ...

Spitfire pilots often recounted that their experience in the cockpit went beyond flying: they felt as if they had merged with the aircraft, as if they were wearing an exoskeleton. Since 2003, IWC ...

Field watches aren’t just timepieces used by ground-based military, in a literal field. The genre also includes pilot’s watches with links to aviation. A great example of such a watch is the Pilot’s ...

Looking down at your timepiece during a movie isn’t usually a good sign, but if the watch you’re staring at happens to be IWC’s Spitfire Chronograph, you’d be forgiven. Launched as a tribute to IWC’s ...

What even is a field watch? Unlike most types of watch, this one cannot be easily and definitely described in a sentence, or with a set of specifications. Instead, it’s best to think of a field watch ...