Big Pilot's Watch Edition "Le Petit Prince". Ref. 5009:
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the
eye." These words have assumed a meaning beyond their literal sense. And when
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry put them into the mouth of his little prince, he probably
knew already that we need only turn our hearts to the stars in all their brilliance to
recognize our dreams. Making them come true, however, calls for men with the
courage of a Saint-Exupéry. By becoming a professional pilot, he not only fulfilled
a boyhood dream but was also inspired by flying to write his literary masterpiece
and international bestseller, "The Little Prince". Reason enough for IWC to honour
his life's work with the Big Pilot's Watch Edition "Le Petit Prince". The watch has a
chapter ring recalling the elegantly reduced design of the cockpit instrumentation
in classic aircraft. An image of the little prince, whose imagination, sincerity and
openness took people's hearts by storm, is taken up as an engraving on the back
of the case. In the same way that Saint-Exupéry – pilot, poet, and pioneer – gifted
the world a stor y that tells of human strength and goodness, IWC gives us this
watch as a reminder to live out our dreams.
I WC . E N G I N E E R E D F O R M E N .
