Cost Of Entry: IWC Watches

After a long hiatus, our Cost of Entry series is back with a look at the IWC Mark XVIII Just having celebrated their 150th Anniversary, IWC has produced some of the best pilot watches that are priced modestly compared to their more elaborate in-house "Big Pilot" watches that go well into the five-figures 2016 presented us with not only the most affordable IWC watch but one that does what the brand is best at: pilot watches.

There are a few watches from the brand that can generally be put in the same price category as the roughly $3,950 IWC Mark XVIII The dressy Portofino Automatic is the closest in price but the two are very far from each other in design and style The late-stage Mark XII had gotten over-designed with an obnoxious altimeter style date window, and IWC deserves credit for understanding that a lot buyers wanted the old, tried and true pilot watch look which would mean restraint.

Pilot watches can be outrageously sized, and I'm fairly certain IWC also released a 55mm wide "Heritage" Big Pilot watch in 2016 There is no shortage of options for those looking for a pilot watch like the IWC Mark XVIII and even more once you start to factor in models that are chronographs SAME PRICE AS IWC MARK XVIII.

The Bremont Solo watch is named so because it's alluding to the first flight a pilot flies solo. . Source