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Thread: IWC at SIHH - Spitfire Perpetual looks stunning! Yes or No??

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    Question IWC at SIHH - Spitfire Perpetual looks stunning! Yes or No??

    I reviewed more or less all the new watches released by Richemont at SIHH. Just saw this one on Linkedin, the umpteenth BP Perpetual released by IWC, but pretty cool as the case is bronze and ages beautifully (IWC posted a photo on IG):



    Reading through the article there's a picture where the dial looks smoked green rather than just green. Stunning:

    https://www.horbiter.com/en/iwc-big-...onze-iw503601/

    Price is 30k+. Would you buy this one or a used ceramic version at 20k?

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    Max €10k, and even at that level probably no.

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    Nope not for me.

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    I want to like it I really do.
    But the green and bronze combined with a dial that busy,it’s a no from me.

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    Nope, not for me either.


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    The oversized 'Perpetual Calendar' script that probably goes round in circles would drive me mad. Why did they feel the need to do that?

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    I really really want to like it. At first sight I loved it. Yet the more I see it the more I notice details is I don’t like. So an unfortunate no for me.


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    It’s a no from me. The green and bronze is a well tried combo but the top quadrant of the dial looks a mess to my eyes?

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    No.

    I love the simple, handsome elegance of their '90s designs, but that's almost calculated inelegance. Quite jarring. The bronze / green colour scheme, the busy dial, the clash of lume shades. Like rough grit sandpaper to the eyeballs.

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    It's a Nah from me I'm afraid! Are IWC begining to lose the plot?

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    Bronze case, green dial, red accents, white hands, yellow lume...that combination of colours hasn't ever worked anywhere.

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    Not one I really like.

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    No.

    I don't mind the bronze / green combo, but the dial is way too busy & I can't stand the huge great crown on any of the big pilot models.
    Andy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealywheelie View Post
    It's a Nah from me I'm afraid! Are IWC begining to lose the plot?
    They lost it some years ago, IMO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealywheelie View Post
    It's a Nah from me I'm afraid! Are IWC begining to lose the plot?
    They're beginning to lose the "Pilot"!

    To me the hands look absurd and almost like joke hands and so for me it's a no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skyman View Post
    Max €10k, and even at that level probably no.
    ??? Perpetual for 10k???
    That has not happened since 20 years

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    Unreadable dial.

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    Too big,too busy,too expensive......

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