IWC Pilots Watch Automatic 41 TOP GUN Lake Tahoe

The Pilot’s Watch Automatic 41 TOP GUN Lake Tahoe features a 41-millimetre case made of striking white ceramic. The ceramic colour Lake Tahoe is inspired by the winter landscape around Lake Tahoe, a mountainous area frequently used as a training ground by aviators from the nearby Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program (SFTI) The distinctive and subdued white shade has established itself as one of IWC Schaffhausen’s most emblematic ceramic colours. White ceramic is manufactured in a complex process by mixing zirconium oxide with other metallic oxides in a precisely defined mixing ratio. These powders are shaped into a preform called “green body”, which is machined closer to the final geometry. Afterward, the case is subjected to a heat treatment in an oven.