9 Discussions and CommentsMember since July 17, 2010Sydney,
Australiawww.flammable.com.au
Great shots everyone!
Evan,
While looking at the Big Pilot watches, I noticed yours sitting on the 'IWC Pilot's Watches' book and I am wondering if you recommend the book.
I have recently purchased the Classic Pilot Chrono Ref 3717 and I was wondering if it gets a fair mention and pics in the book.
I have also just bought the mammoth new book 'IWC Schaffhausen: Engineering Time Since 1868' which I will be posting pics and review soon, however in the book my model gets a three line mention and no pics even though the book is 600 pages.
If anyone else can comment please do.
Thx Vicioussid
Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche
627 Discussions and CommentsMember since Jan. 20, 2008
Hello Tomas,
First of all congrats on you 371701. It's a really nice watch with a very robust movement. A classic which I'm sure you will enjoy for many years.
The pilot's watch book is not very technical and makes for an easy & pleasant reading. It covers mostly historical aspects of the pilot's watch family, why they were made, what problem they tried to solve, what were some technical challenges, why some features were important, etc, etc. It covers some of the earlier models and there is of course reference and pictures to contemporary editions, but not very extensive. I think there are 2-3 pictures of the 3717. Overall this is a nice book if learning some of the history of pilot watches is of interest.
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Evan,
While looking at the Big Pilot watches, I noticed yours sitting on the 'IWC Pilot's Watches' book and I am wondering if you recommend the book.
I have recently purchased the Classic Pilot Chrono Ref 3717 and I was wondering if it gets a fair mention and pics in the book.
I have also just bought the mammoth new book 'IWC Schaffhausen: Engineering Time Since 1868' which I will be posting pics and review soon, however in the book my model gets a three line mention and no pics even though the book is 600 pages.
If anyone else can comment please do.
Thx Vicioussid
Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche
First of all congrats on you 371701. It's a really nice watch with a very robust movement. A classic which I'm sure you will enjoy for many years.
The pilot's watch book is not very technical and makes for an easy & pleasant reading. It covers mostly historical aspects of the pilot's watch family, why they were made, what problem they tried to solve, what were some technical challenges, why some features were important, etc, etc. It covers some of the earlier models and there is of course reference and pictures to contemporary editions, but not very extensive. I think there are 2-3 pictures of the 3717.
Overall this is a nice book if learning some of the history of pilot watches is of interest.
Hope this was helpful.
Cheers,
Evan
evan_nanos at yahoo.com
b.bunnik at zonnet.nl
Last edited: 4 June, 2013 - 20:45
Regards from Hamburg
Arne
Last edited: 12 January, 2013 - 09:56
Best regards,
Jim
"We are the other people, we are the other people...you're the other people too!"
Frank Zappa
Last edited: 13 March, 2012 - 15:03