Founded in 1868, the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen’s first pilot’s watch was introduced in 1936, designed for civilian aviation and known today as the “Mark IX.” The model was the beginning of a long line of exceptional tool watches, which over the decades were upgraded with better movements like the chronometer grade caliber 89, and with novel case materials like ceramic. In 2012, IWC added a new and distinctive complication, the world time function found on the reference 3262-01.

The new model, in a 45mm diameter stainless steel case, had the appearance of the famed Pilot’s watch, but the dial featured a counter rotating 24-hour chapter ring with outer rehaut with 24 world cities to indicate each time zone. Unlike other brands’ world time wristwatches, IWC’s complication featured a fixed world city ring with London at the 12 o’clock position with the user changing the time indication at the center through the crown.

The present limited edition Pilot Worldtimer, number 20, honors the famed Dutch DJ and record producer Tïesto (Tijs Michiel Verwest, born 1969), named “Greatest DJ of All Time” by Mix Magazine in 2011, and in 2013, “the best DJ of the last twenty years.” The wristwatch is highlighted by the engraved caseback reading “20 Years Tïesto 24/7.” Featuring the automatic caliber 30750, a modified ETA 2892, the wristwatch is the classic Pilot’s Worldtimer with white legible Arabic numerals except for the 12, three, six, and nine o’clock markers, the day and night indication, the date, and the world-time function. The watch is in excellent condition with almost no visible wear. Offered by the original owner, it is accompanied by its original warranty card dated December 2014, the information card confirming the limited production number of 20 timepieces, and the box.

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