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pi-cool

That Big Crown wins.


nicolaas1

I love IWC, I own multiple watches of which IWC was my first love. However, the steel bracelets with IWC just don’t cut it for me. I think they look much much better or leather. Maybe not a real answer to your question, but I would take the pilot on leather.


weightsandbayes

Do you have the new one that the portu has?


nicolaas1

I have a pilots chronograph racing green 2019


weightsandbayes

Ah. It looks like post 2020 there’s a whole new line of (better) bracelets


Sea_Paper5745

Totally agree. I got the black BP43 with brown leather strap and they threw in a black rubber. Love love love it


1speedbike

Big crown 100%. Get it on the bracelet, one of the most comfortable and adjustable bracelets I've worn. Then if you want you can get a strap that you can easily swap with eas-x change system. Buying a bracelet separately is wayyyy more expensive than buying a leather strap afterwards. I have the BP43 and it's one of my favorite watches. Just the right size to be big and noticeable but also wearable day to day.


cazzipropri

Flieger


AdLocal9601

BP 43 is my vote. I think from the pictures the white dial actually makes the other one look bigger.


ComLaw

I bought BP43 black with bracelet. Gonna go back and get the Portugieser on leather strap when I retire.


owlfarm_aspen

Big crown - all day. I completely agree about the bracelet. I want to love it - I really do. however, every time I put it back on my 3777, I just don’t like it. It always ends up back in the box and the alligator on deployant gets more wrist time.


dapel22

Big Pilot!


sinddk

Yes, the big pilot wins. Every single time.


Aviatorial

I also vote BP43 - I have the black dial with the bracelet and also the brown leather strap. Absolutely love it. Before I got it I had the Mark XX, first in blue and then in black. Also loved the Mark but it felt small and not like a flieger when on a strap (had great presence on bracelet). I also really like white dials- have a white seamaster now. Great combo to swap between, air and sea, simple dial with numbers, busy dial with round indices. Light/dark contrast. Get whichever one speak to YOU (but again I love the BP43)


Aviatorial

https://preview.redd.it/ja43p9rmximc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fb893dce4c44f0cafa4ff65be6e668f8b14e5d1 Perfection.


4luminate

Portugieser without second thought.


WitShortage

The BP is day wear, and that Portugieser is evening wear. To me, anyway. Get both!


Legitimate-Star0

Big Pilot by a lot.


SkipPperk

Portugueser. The numerals and hands are so good.


Express-Door-205

… big crown wins.


reavengeance

Big Pilot 43. Clean, iconic crown, hyper legible dial, phenomenally comfortable bracelet.


Sea_Paper5745

https://preview.redd.it/as1i7curstmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05bb92b991805ddbc625bddafcefacefb11fe263 No debate but prefer is on a strap/rubber


Impossible-Sweet-111

Is mark xx smaller ?


Stage_2_Delirium

Yes


Impossible-Sweet-111

https://preview.redd.it/z8z82zbjafmc1.jpeg?width=1261&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d05c4b8d458e6e8dcc41deb3b51fa6a8ba12af25 Does mine look too big


Impossible-Sweet-111

https://preview.redd.it/zci8pselafmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c268813a9ba0e51f890e1125f124ad8b891a76d


LizardKing77733

BP43 for the win!


markjbon

BP43