IWC Marks Mercedes-Benz’ 140th Year With a Limited-Edition Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar
Fitted with the brand’s revolutionary ProSet module that allows calendar adjustments both forward and backward via the crown.
Summary
IWC marks Mercedes‑Benz’s 140th anniversary with a limited Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar ProSet, restricted to 140 pieces.
Powered by Calibre 82665, the watch features a forward/backward crown‑set calendar, gold accents and a historic 1926 logo caseback.
IWC has unveiled the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar ProSet 140 Years Mercedes‑Benz edition, a limited timepiece created to celebrate the German automaker’s 140th anniversary. The release deepens a rich partnership that began with Mercedes-AMG in 2004 and expanded to the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team in 2013. Capped at a fittingly limited run of just 140 pieces, the commemorative timepiece pays homage to both brands’ shared dedication to engineering, high performance and pioneering design.
Housed in a brushed and polished 42mm stainless steel case measuring 14mm in thickness, the watch pairs a matte black dial with solid gold appliqués and gold-plated hands. The layout features four subdials displaying the date, day, month, and a four-digit year, along with IWC’s signature Double Moon® phase display at 12 o’clock, which requires a one-day correction only once every 1,040 years.
Flipped over, the sapphire-glass case back reveals the historic 1926 logo that marked the initial merger between Daimler Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie., combining the iconic three-pointed star with Benz’s classic laurel wreath. The piece comes fitted on a black rubber strap equipped with IWC’s tool-free EasX-CHANGE® system.
At the heart of the timepiece is the IWC-manufactured 82665 caliber, which introduces the brand’s groundbreaking Perpetual Calendar ProSet module. Protected by four patents, this revolutionary gear-driven mechanism allows the perpetual calendar to be adjusted both forward and backward using a single position of the crown — eliminating the need for extra pushers or complicated setting menus. Crafted using microscopic LIGA lithography technology, the movement also features a silicon hairspring, a nickel-phosphorus escapement, and a ceramic-reinforced Pellaton automatic winding system that delivers a 60-hour power reserve.
The Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar ProSet 140 Years Mercedes‑Benz edition is now available for inquiry via IWC’s official website and boutiques.
