Kimi Antonelli’s IWC Watch Collection: A Closer Look at the Timepieces of F1’s Rising Star
Formula 1 thrives on precision, engineering, and performance. For Kimi Antonelli, the same principles extend beyond the race track, and onto his wrist as well. The young Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team driver is also part of the IWC Scha ffhausen family, and it's a natural fit: two worlds, both built on technical expertise and precision. From the Pilot's Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team Edition to the aviation-inspired Le Petit Prince and TOP GUN chronograph, these luxury sport watches are evidence of the interest that's shaped IWC for decades now: engineering, functionality, and technical materials. carry the same engineering-led character that's defined the Swiss watchmaking industry for generations.
IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 Le Petit Prince
The IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 Le Petit Prince connects the brand's aviation heritage to a timeless story: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's beloved tale. The 41 mm case is made of white ceramic and features a deep blue sunray-finished dial. The titanium case back carries an engraving of the Little Prince, a quiet nod to Saint-Exupéry's story. Inside, IWC's 69381 calibre drives the mechanical chronograph, which has a 46-hour power reserve, balancing the technical rigour that a chronograph demands with the more poetic spirit of the Le Petit Prince collection.
IWC Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team
The Pilot's Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team Edition is a tribute to IWC Schaffhausen's long-standing partnership with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team. It features team-inspired details alongside the Mark XX's clean, functional design. The case measures 40 mm, and the dial features the signature Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS colour accents. The essentials of the Pilot's Watch remain untouched at its core: legibility, functionality, and purposefulness that borders on austere. Antonelli's own history with this exact edition reinforces how naturally it belongs as a racing watch among his IWC timepieces.
IWC Ingenieur Automatic 35
The IWC Ingenieur Automatic 35 takes the IWC watches’ signature integrated bracelet and brings it to a 35 mm case, compact but no less assertive. Stainless steel, sculpted lines, the bracelet flowing straight out of the case: the result feels thoroughly contemporary, even as it stays faithful to everything the Ingenieur name has stood for. With the small proportions and serious construction, it's a natural fit for any story built around performance-driven watchmaking.
IWC Mark XX Le Petit Prince
The restraint of the Mark XX meets the poetic narrative of the Le Petit Prince collection in the IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Le Petit Prince. With a stainless steel case and a deep blue sunray dial, there's a quieter detail waiting, a discreet tribute to the Saint-Exupéry's character, tucked into the case back. The practicality is unmistakably Pilot's Watch. The practicality of the Pilot's Watch line is still adopted, but with a touch of the distinct personality of Le Petit Prince alongside it.
IWC Chronograph Top Gun
IWC's aviation heritage runs deep, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the Pilot's Watch Chronograph TOP GUN, a watch built as much on advanced materials as on history. Ceramic construction, a dial legible at a glance, and chronograph functionality that never feels ornamental: every element here answers to purpose, not decoration. The TOP GUN collection of luxury watches is where IWC's appetite for lightweight, durable materials shows most clearly, a fairly direct expression of the brand's broader obsession with technical watchmaking. That's the thread that ties it back to the bigger story of IWC watches and motorsport.
Precision On and Off the Racetrack
Kimi Antonelli's watches collection is not based around one idea; it's a study in the different directions technical watchmaking can be approached. The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team Edition sits alongside pieces from the Pilot's Watch and Ingenieur lines, and each one interprets precision, functionality, and design in its own way.
For collectors, the pull of these F1 watches goes well beyond the Formula 1 tie-in itself. The appeal lies in IWC's aviation heritage, its technical depth, and a design language that's stayed recognisably its own, the same qualities that have defined the history of luxury Swiss watches.
Art Of Time carries a curated selection of IWC luxury watches for men. They are the watchpieces that have become part of Antonelli's story, on the racetrack and off it.