Following on from last week's look at the Top Gun collection, Andrew sets his sights on the heritage-inspired Spitfire collection. This year saw the Spitfire step up its status from an occasional silver-dialled offering to a fully formed collection in its own right. Gone are the silver dials of the past, replaced with either handsome black and steel, or a particularly warm bronze and olive green. The bronze alloy is not the bright bronze that you might expect, and already has a world-worn feel that plays well with the military-inspired olive green dial.* The other standout feature of this collection is the fact that it is powered completely by in-house movements. Some of them are quite cool, like the UTC and the Timezoner, whereas others are a little simpler — such as the regular automatic. We found ourselves drawn to two models in particular.* IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Spitfire* This well-sized 41mm chronograph epitomises everything that's great about a pilot's watch, in an exceptionally cool bronze case. The fact that it's rocking the in-house 69000 calibre only makes it sweeter.* IWC Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Spitfire We've saved the best (or at least the biggest) till last. This Big…

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