Watch collectors won’t be able to resist the two striking new additions to IWC Schaffhausen’s Top Gun line.
Part of the premium brand’s expansive family of Pilot’s Watches, the first timepiece created under the Top Gun banner landed in 2007, and there have been several additions to the range over the years.
As to be expected from a range that takes design inspiration from requirements of elite jet pilots, and which was named after the US Navy’s famed Strike Fighter Tactics instructor programme, Top Gun watches are made from robust materials such as titanium, ceramic and Ceratanium — an innovation that combines the best attributes of the two.
Ceramic plays a starring role in the pair of newly-launched Top Gun chronographs: “Lake Tahoe” and “Woodland”. To create these covetable timepieces, IWC Schaffhausen had to engineer two completely new ceramic colours — a highly technical and demanding process.
“The white and green ceramic used for the cases illustrates the current evolution of Top Gun from a collection primarily focused on performance to a bold style statement and an expression of a distinct way of life,” says Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen.