{"id":39991,"date":"2022-05-05T20:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T18:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/?p=39991"},"modified":"2022-05-08T09:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T07:57:35","slug":"the-iwc-pilots-watch-chronograph-41-edition-mercedes-amg-petronas-formula-one-team-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/the-iwc-pilots-watch-chronograph-41-edition-mercedes-amg-petronas-formula-one-team-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The IWC Pilot\u2019s Watch Chronograph 41 Edition Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took a few years for IWC<\/strong> and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team<\/strong> to bring the curtain off their first-ever F1 team watch, but there we have it. Here is the new IWC Pilot\u2019s Watch Chronograph 41 Edition Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team<\/strong> (the full name is this long), the team\u2019s official timepiece to debut during the Miami Grand Prix<\/strong> and become standard equipment to race track staff and engineers along with the team\u2019s drivers Hamilton<\/strong> and Russell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The new product aims to strengthen IWC<\/strong>\u2018s foothold in F1<\/strong> following similar partnerships, like Bell & Ross<\/strong> themed timepieces carrying the official Alpine<\/strong> livery and using the first-ever Miami GP<\/strong> as a venue. Finally, the Pilot\u2019s Watch Chronograph<\/strong> is IWC<\/strong>\u2018s racing choice par excellence, standing as the flagship model for motorsport competition which makes sense since speed is synonymous with the Chrono complication. In brief, we\u2019ve spotted plenty of Pilot\u2019s watches<\/strong> in and out of the paddock so far, including Toto Wolff<\/strong>\u2018s experimental Shock Absorber XPL<\/strong> or the old-gen Ingenieur<\/strong> collection in the past, but a Chronograph is up to the task more than anything else.<\/p>\n

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Is it just marketing or what? It is undoubtedly very close to ordinary co-branding, yet IWC<\/strong> has relentlessly worked to turn an aviation-conceived timepiece into a racing machine.<\/p>\n

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After launching the Pilot\u2019s Watch Chronograph Edition AMG<\/strong>, the Chronograph 41 Edition Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team<\/strong> adopts the grade 5 titanium<\/strong> theme, whose lightness and mechanical resistance are familiar to any sportscars engineered in Affalterbach and for F1 racing. However, unlike the AMG<\/strong> model, the new one is thinner at 14,6 mm<\/strong> and smaller at 41 mm<\/strong> across instead.<\/p>\n

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While the 41 mils case size is top-notch, the Chrono\u2019s thickness makes the watch a bit hefty, despite the sandblasted titanium alloy shaving off unwanted weight while boosting comfort, as exemplified by the brand\u2019s new releases during Watches and Wonders<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The IWC Pilot\u2019s Watch Chronograph 41 Edition Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team<\/strong> is a stand-out piece: the matte black dial contrasts with green Petronas<\/strong> filled numerals, and it intensely glows in the dark. The watch comes with a subtle, sporty canvas-effect calfskin strap with contrasting green stitching or a replacement green rubber strap on a pin buckle you can swap via a quick-change mechanism. You\u2019ll then turn it into a summer-ready 100-meter water-resistant all-rounder.<\/p>\n

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The titanium case back houses a flat sapphire glass, revealing the IWC calibre 69385<\/strong>, a column-wheel movement capable of 46 hours of power reserve<\/strong> when fully wound. A double inscription confirms it is a celebratory model and adds that \u201cold school\u201d<\/em> co-branding detail which proves not so intrusive as photos might suggest. The new IWC Pilot\u2019s Watch Chronograph 41 Edition Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team<\/strong> costs 8,450 Euros<\/strong>, more than its standard 41 mm<\/strong> sibling, but offers titanium as a plus. You\u2019ll love it if you\u2019re an F1 fan, and you can count on a rubber replacement strap to turn it into a two-face product: as sober as it gets with the calfskin strap or a sporty show-off timepiece whose attitude is all but aviation.<\/p>\n

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