
IWC Pilot's Chronograph 'AMG'
There is perhaps no more versatile complication than the chronograph. From race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek khrónos (“time”) and gráphō (“to write”), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours. And what better use for a chronograph than within the confines of a pilot’s watch? IWC makes some of the finest pilot’s watches in the world, with a history stretching back to the early decades of the 20th century. This particular timepiece, a Reference IW377903, is a twist on the tried and true pilot’s watch formula produced in collaboration with Mercedes Benz's in-house tuning division: AMG. It features a 43mm titanium case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, pump pushers, and a faceted bezel. Inside, it houses a sporty, luminous carbon fiber dial with printed gre