2,996 Discussions and CommentsMember since April 2, 2011Hong Kong,
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your Spitfire: cheaper, less power reserve, not-inhouse-movement.
besides that, everything else is the same (without going into too much details / distinguishing points) !
I love all of my pilots with Valjoux 7750 (or its predecessors/successors)...
and am considering the steel version of this St Expuery edition 2012 - although not a 'Spitfire per se' - with cal 89361 (because I don't have a pilot's watch/case containing this movement':
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch. all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
86 Discussions and CommentsMember since Oct. 12, 2012Torquay,
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Sorry Shing, so the 89365 is the cheaper version of movement, although in-house and being sold at higher premium? I'm lost.. verticle clutch, sliding pinion and all.. just happy to see the time on an IWC
2,996 Discussions and CommentsMember since April 2, 2011Hong Kong,
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WatchJunkie Wrote:Sorry Shing, so the 89365 is the cheaper version of movement, although in-house and being sold at higher premium? I'm lost.. verticle clutch, sliding pinion and all.. just happy to see the time on an IWC
**nice collection of Chrono's though
No WJ, the Valjoux 7750 is a cheaper (though still a robust and a work-horse) movement than the inhouse 89365 - the former being manufactured (and sold ebauche) by the largest manufacturer of watch movements in the world - plenty discussion in this forum in prior posts. The inhouse cal 89365 is sold at a higher premium.
If it doesn't make a difference to you - and then take the 'inhouse movement or not' component out of your procuring decision making - and choose the one you love, or love the one you have chosen :)
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch. all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
86 Discussions and CommentsMember since Oct. 12, 2012Torquay,
Australia
Shing, thanx, that is what I gathered. My interest was more in the 'developments' noted in this thread (esp to the Chrono-fnx) and thus the realtime comparison to the function and behaviour of my current watch. Are those pilot straps a standard option?
2,996 Discussions and CommentsMember since April 2, 2011Hong Kong,
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functionality wise I don't think u will notice any difference - I am not talking about the time-keeping here, but more the smoothness of the chrono trigger etc.
the straps in my pics are custom-built, so not OEM.
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch. all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
190 Discussions and CommentsMember since June 16, 2001
TiloH Wrote:The 89365 is inhouse, it has a flyback mechanism, the "watch in watch" feature wich is showing hours and minutes in the same dial like a second watch. Unfortunately the new Spitfire Pilot's chrono doesn't have that hour counting hand. And it has 68 hours power reserve instead of 44 in the 7750. But the 7750 had the day of week display that the 8936x doesn't feature. That display I liked a lot.
I hope IWC will finally produce a day-date version of the 89365 and drop it into a blue dial stainless steel Aquatimer case... I'll go for it ASAP...
In normal language what does this mean for my Spitfire?
Last edited: 25 April, 2013 - 11:45
besides that, everything else is the same (without going into too much details / distinguishing points) !
I love all of my pilots with Valjoux 7750 (or its predecessors/successors)...
and am considering the steel version of this St Expuery edition 2012 - although not a 'Spitfire per se' - with cal 89361 (because I don't have a pilot's watch/case containing this movement':
http://www.iwc.com/en/collection/pilots/pilots-watch-chronograph-edition-antoine-de-saint-/
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com
time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.
all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
Last edited: 8 December, 2012 - 16:07
**nice collection of Chrono's though
Last edited: 25 April, 2013 - 11:45
No WJ, the Valjoux 7750 is a cheaper (though still a robust and a work-horse) movement than the inhouse 89365 - the former being manufactured (and sold ebauche) by the largest manufacturer of watch movements in the world - plenty discussion in this forum in prior posts. The inhouse cal 89365 is sold at a higher premium.
If it doesn't make a difference to you - and then take the 'inhouse movement or not' component out of your procuring decision making - and choose the one you love, or love the one you have chosen :)
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com
time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.
all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
Last edited: 8 December, 2012 - 16:07
Are those pilot straps a standard option?
Last edited: 25 April, 2013 - 11:45
the straps in my pics are custom-built, so not OEM.
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com
time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.
all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
Last edited: 8 December, 2012 - 16:07
I hope IWC will finally produce a day-date version of the 89365 and drop it into a blue dial stainless steel Aquatimer case... I'll go for it ASAP...