Wednesday, June 4, 2008

IWC Spitfire Mark XV

Spitfire Mark XV or Fliegeruhr Mark XV is an automatic winding mechanical using the IWC caliber 37524. It is shock resistant and antimagnetic according to the NICHS 91-10 standards. The functions include hour, minute, second and date.

It has a brushed 3-piece case that comes in stainless steel. The diameter is 38mm and thickness is 9mm. It uses an additional ductile iron inside of the curved case for magnetic field deviation with very thick sapphire crystal and is depressurization-resistant to 6atm (60m).

The opalin, soleil brushed dial comes with grained hour ring with luminescent Arabic numerals and baton markers in rhodium-plated brass. The saphhire crystal is convexed and has anti-reflective coating on both sides.

In addition, it includes black printed minute track with five-minute graduation. This is accompanied by luminescent lozenge hands also in rhodium-plated brass. The date display is positioned at 3.

It comes with screwed down crown and screw on back. There are black or brown leather straps as well as matching metal bracelet.

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