SETTING THE PACE

Introduced before the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the IWC Pilot's Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is a turbocharged chronograph designed for high-octane performance. We take a closer look at the racing team's first official watch.

- SUFFIAN HAKIM

IWC PILOT'S WATCH PERFORMANCE CHRONOGRAPH 41 MERCEDES-AMG PETRONAS FORMULA PRICE + SPECS

Case 41.1mm Ceratanium case, water resistant up to 100m

Movement IWC-manufactured Calibre 69385, with power reserve of 46 hours

Price $11,900

AS PART OF ITS PARTNERSHIP with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, IWC has introduced the racing team's first official watches.

At last year's Las Vegas Grand Prix, the watchmaker unveiled the IWC Pilot's Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team and the IWC Pilot's Watch Performance Chronograph 41 AMG. Notably, Lewis Hamilton sported the former when he won the British Grand Prix on home soil, and again when he took to the podium for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Going by the team's performance for the second half of this year's season, the watch appears to be a harbinger of good luck.

Or perhaps it's the tachymeter.