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Curious what members think. What factory do you think is making the best Big Pilot 43 rep right now. I'm looking to get one, but I'm hearing there aren't any great ones out there. Curious if anyone has any direct experience with any versions.

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I don't think any factories have made the 43mm version yet...

 

I only see the 46mm versions from ZF--being the best one atm

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BadApple
On 01/11/2022 at 22:34, BlameTony said:

Curious what members think. What factory do you think is making the best Big Pilot 43 rep right now. I'm looking to get one, but I'm hearing there aren't any great ones out there. Curious if anyone has any direct experience with any versions.

Big Pilot is 46mm. 

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GenTLe
On 01/11/2022 at 23:34, BlameTony said:

Curious what members think. What factory do you think is making the best Big Pilot 43 rep right now. I'm looking to get one, but I'm hearing there aren't any great ones out there. Curious if anyone has any direct experience with any versions.

The 43mm ones are not yet repped, by now.

11 hours ago, BadApple said:

Big Pilot is 46mm. 

There's also the 43mm from a couple of years, blue and black dial, on strap or bracelet:

https://www.iwc.com/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw329304-big-pilots-watch-43.html

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BlameTony
On 06/11/2022 at 02:52, BadApple said:

Big Pilot is 46mm. 

Big Pilot 43 has been available for a while now. 

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donkacper
Big Pilot 43 has been available for a while now. 


Even though IWC insists on calling it “big pilot” for me the real Big Pilot will always be 46mm. I must admit I don’t understand their decision to reduce it to 43 and still keep the name.


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Peter4103

I think a 43mm watch isn’t a big pilot. It just isn’t a big watch, but a normal size watch. They could Better have called it Pilot. ;-)

As far as best manufacturer goes, it really depends on the functions, sometimes ZF is the best, but for more complex movements AZF is better with certain models. So there isn’t a one size fits all answer I fear.

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Teetertank

The 43mm big pilot actually measures closer to 44mm (43.8mm) not that it makes it "big".

I think I've only seen ZF big pilot 43. Interested if there are other options available. 

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Teetertank

Any feedback on 43mm pilots out there? 

Especially the ceramic version...

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