When thinking about how to choose my favorite complicated watch of 2023, I tried to divorce myself from notions of what I should pick and stick to a watch to which I had a true visceral reaction. And while my choice may not be a link new complication link or design link but rather a new colorway of sorts, I'm sticking with it. And that would be the IWC White Ceramic Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar. For the past few years, my colleagues and I have been enamored with the Mojave QP Big Pilot iteration.
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This double-marked Movado Zenith watch produced in 1970 houses the in-house Zenith Caliber 2572PC automatic. link Both Movado and Zenith brands belonged link to the same holding company (the Movado-Zenith-Mondia group) when link this watch was manufactured. After the 1969 merger between Mondia, Zenith, and Movado, Zenith frequently used Movado movements (notably Caliber 405 and 408) and Movado used Zenith movements, most significantly the El Primero (Zenith Caliber 3019).
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In many ways, the Big Pilot is modern IWC. The 46mm Big Pilot of link yore was very much tied to the early 2000s, and IWC held onto that image perhaps longer than it needed to. But when the brand finally did produce the model in 43mm link with a clean, link uncluttered dial, it came in for a silky smooth landing.
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