{"product_id":"iwc-big-pilots-watch-annual-calendar-spitfire-as07250","title":"IWC Big Pilot's Watch Annual Calendar Spitfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe annual calendar is truly a technological marvel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhile it plays second fiddle to the perpetual calendar in the minds of most collectors, the reality is that the construction of this calendar mechanism — which generally requires adjusting only once per year, at the end of February — is equally challenging, and in some cases, requires even more components.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis particular annual calendar is special: Part of IWC’s Big Pilot collection, it’s first and foremost an aviator’s watch, but nonetheless incorporates a complex, in-house movement to display the time, day, date, and month. Pretty darn cool, if you ask us!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA Reference IW502702 dating to the 2020s, it’s housed in a 46mm stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, a signed ‘onion’ crown, and a polished bezel. It features a luminous sunburst grey dial with printed white \u003cem\u003eArabic\u003c\/em\u003e indices, a matching handset, month, day, and date apertures at 12:00, a sub-seconds dial at 9:00, and an 8-day power reserve indicator at 3:00.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by the automatic, in-house IWC Calibre 52850 visible via an exhibition caseback, it comes paired to a brown leather strap with a signed, stainless steel deployant clasp. What’s more, the watch is in excellent condition and includes its factory goodies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe know — your phone can give you all the information that this sophisticated IWC displays on its dial, and for much less financial outlay. But that’s not why you’re here on Analog\/Shift, is it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGet this one on your wrist and you’ll see what we mean!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IWC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39878622937175,"sku":"40970046","price":13950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS07250_40970046_IWC_BIGPILOT_SANNUALCALENDARSPITFIRE_IW502702-6.jpg?v=1659717453","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/iwc-big-pilots-watch-annual-calendar-spitfire-as07250","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}