Schaffhausen IWC TOP GUN Naval Air Forces Miramar watches series design is inspired by military designs and IWC extensive experience in creating a precision watch. This watch’s gray ceramic case shows a metallic luster, and equipped the beige pointer and minute circle, and the green fabric strap.
During 1969 to1996, the United States Navy fighter defense schools located in Miramar base in California is the official site of the Top Gun flight training. Flight enthusiasts from around the world regard this town on the distance of 30 km north to the San Diego as the birthplace of the elite Top Gun Naval Air Force.
The experienced Top Gun Naval Air Force pilots will enhance emotion, team and sense of tradition through barbecue and veterans gatherings and other activities if have opportunity. And the thing could evoke a number of elite pilots resonance is the famous hand-made G1 flight jacket. Signs of wear on the jacket represent the numerous arduous tasks of pilots, carrying the emotions; and the different repairs witness their flying career, for example, pilots fighter type, clubs and societies have been attended, aircraft carrier have been boarded, as well as successful completion of training courses. The Top Gun symbol is the highest honor. Flight jackets are always treated as classic and endless design, has been affecting the fashion trends.
IWC Pilot’s watch’s minute circle brings new surprises. Its digital outer bezel and red inner bezel indicate the minutes and hours. The special design comes from the precise wrist watch in the 1930s to 1940s, separating the minute outer bezel and hour inner bezel and becoming the classic tradition of IWC pilot watch in the later. In order to determine the astronomical position of the long flight, precision watch on the minutes and seconds should be as legible as possible. The exact time is very important for pilots, which is evident from the effort it takes to adjust the time. Before taking off, the navigator will adjust their Observatory chronograph watch through precise calculagraph in preparation center. This setting read time from the central seconds hand pendulum through the wireless time signal. After boarding, the navigator will convey the accurate time to e captain who wear the chronograph.
Through the new TOP GUN Naval Air Forces Miramar watch, Schaffhausen IWC lets its watch fans appreciate the long history style design of pilot watch as well as enjoy the advanced technology of the 21st century.
