This is my first entry into a series I call “Things you don’t need but that you really want.”  Above is the brand new IWC Top Gun Mira­mar watch.  Named for the birth­place of mod­ern naval air war­fare where the best of the best go to get bet­ter, this anti-magnetic time­piece sports an advanced in-house fly­back chrono­graph move­ment within its high-tech, scratch-resistant zir­co­nium oxide case and stays strapped securely to your wrist dur­ing high-g maneu­vers with the aid of an olive drab tex­tile strap that evokes military-grade flight har­ness web­bing. Fur­ther rein­forc­ing the avi­a­tion theme is an altimeter-inspired open date win­dow.
 
Do you need such a high tech watch if you don’t spend your days doing acro­batic maneu­vers in the sky? No. Does it look bad ass? Yes, very much so. I can pic­ture myself loung­ing on the couch read­ing the news­pa­per and feel­ing very cool just wear­ing it. Almost like if I could be a fighter pilot any time I wanted to.
 
It’s a beau­ti­ful watch that should last a life­time. If you are one of the few among us that has the dis­cre­tionary income to buy this, I would highly rec­om­mend it. It will make a great heir­loom piece and look great on your arm while you’re still around. If you do buy it, please be sure to send me a pic­ture. I’d love to see it.
 

Enjoy the eye candy fel­las!
 

All the best