The countdown to the Beginning of EURO 2012, the UEFA European Football Championship, in Poland and Ukraine has begun.
As a part of its arrangement with the German Football Association (DFB), Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen is launching a special edition — for the next time. This signifies a hat-trick for the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition DFB from the run-up to EURO 2012, where it will be the”OFFICIAL WATCH OF THE GERMAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM”. By the way,”special” edition also signifies restricted: only 250 will be made.
“German football has forged ahead recently,” says Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen. “The team are not just fresh, dynamic and smart in their own tactics. They love the beautiful game. It is a source of complete pride to me that the German Football Association (DFB) and IWC watch Schaffhausen have renewed their partnership.” While the DFB team were working flat out on preparations for the last tournament in Poland and Ukraine, the Schaffhausen watch manufacturer has just unveiled the third edition of the”OFFICIAL WATCH OF THE GERMAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM”. The restricted Big Pilot’s Watch Edition DFB will accompany Germany’s finest footballers in their endeavor to lift the EURO 2012 decoration. This was followed by the Large Ingenieur Chronograph Edition DFB, which was selected for the World Cup in South Africa. And today, with all the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition DFB, IWC Schaffhausen remains yet another very masculine timepiece.
When tech and tactics meet
Under federal coach Joachim Löw, the German national team have worked hard to achieve the confidence needed to cement their claim to success. The Big Pilot’s Watch Edition DFB is an acknowledgement of the inner power. With its dimensions of 46 millimetres, it is a power package that combines effortless excellence with accuracy, robustness and dependability. The huge IWC manufactured 51011 calibre integrates all the best features of a self-winding watch. The highly effective Pellaton winding system, 7-day power book, date display and Breguet spring of the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition DFB demonstrate that greatness isn’t only a question of size.
As a result of the light-coloured, rhodium-plated dial with a sun-pattern complete, the small seconds at”9 o’clock” and the power reserve display at”3 o’clock”, the watch radiates stability and a sudden simplicity. Both attributes which are highly prized by federal trainer Joachim Löw, a prominent advocate of the gorgeous game. “The center qualities of modern football are all control of the easy skills and the capacity to think quicker than your opponents,” he explains. Play low, score high: that is the German team’s doctrine. However, at EURO 2012, they will be up against tough competition. Their opening game against Portugal on 9June is followed by a game against the Netherlands on 13 June, and the next encounter on 17 June against Denmark will draw the German group’s team point to a close.
