IWC Pilot's Spitfire UTC Watch, round steel case (39mm diameter, 12.5mm thickness) with screw-down crown, soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields up to 80,000 A/m, steel bracelet, silver dial with luminous hands and raised Arabic numerals, hour hand adjustable in 1-hour steps (TZC = Time Zone Corrector), 24-hour display (UTC = Universal Time Coordinated), central hacking seconds hand, date display at 3 o'clock, 23 jewel Caliber 30710 self-winding mechanical movement with 42 hour power reserve, convex scratch-resistant sapphire crystal secured against displacement by drop in air pressure, water resistant to 60 meters.
Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is an international time standard that is identical with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In an increasingly globalized world, it provides a time constant. It is immensely important to pilots and travellers who change continents and time zones in rapid succession, or for business people who communicate with associates all over the world. In the late 1990s, especially for them, IWC began making a reliable wristwatch with two time zones: the Pilot?s Watch UTC with its 24-hour display. On the Spitfire UTC, local time is shown on the dial. This can be advanced or moved back in one-hour steps, even beyond the date. Home time is displayed in a 24-hour display window.
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