News A special edition from IWC Schaffhausen honours the skills of the Swiss aerobatic squadron. For fifty years, Patrouille Suisse pilots have acted as airborne ambassadors to Switzerland. Watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen, which has made Pilot’s Watches since 1936, dedicates the Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition «Patrouille Suisse» to the flying aces of the Swiss Air Force. The watch features a cockpit design with coloured highlights. The case back is decorated with an engraving of three jet fighters that allude to the Northrop F-5E Tiger II, in which Patrouille Suisse pilots fly tightly knit formations such as Eiger, Matterhorn, Delta or Shadow.
The Swiss Air Force’s professional pilots in their red-and-white jets perform loops, simultaneous rolls and tunnels at breathtaking speeds, sometimes just 60 metres above the ground. The Patrouille Suisse aerobatics squadron was established to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Swiss Air Force in 1964. The fascination of formation flying continues to draw hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts to air shows at home and abroad.
June 05, 2014
