Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (IW388801)

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• Ceratanium case
• Automatic, self-winding
• Diameter: 43mm
• Black dial
• Ceratanium link bracelet
• 2-year IWC warranty extendable to 8-years with registration

Highlights: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (ref. IW388801) features a case, pushers, crown and bracelet made of Ceratanium®. This IWC-developed material combines the lightness and structural integrity of titanium with a hardness and scratch-resistance similar to ceramic. The bezel is made of polished black ceramic and features a tachymeter scale. The perpetual calendar displays the date and the month with the help of large golden discs at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock. This particular display type takes inspiration from IWC’s emblematic Pallweber pocket watches from the 1880s, which showed the hours and minutes in a digital format using single digits instead of using hands. The perpetual calendar recognizes the different lengths of the months and adds a leap day every four years at the end of February. Despite the complexity with five discs, the calendar can be advanced easily via the crown. Powering this watch is the IWC-manufactured 89802 calibre with 474 individual components. The movement also drives a chronograph function, which displays the stopped hours and minutes combined in a totalizer at 12 o’clock. A highly efficient double-pawl winding system builds up a power reserve of 68-hours in the mainspring. This engineered and highly complex movement can be observed through the tinted sapphire glass case back.