MilitadoML26
Homage to the IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 3741
about$105
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Militado ML26 is a homage to the IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 3741, with a 36.5 mm case, 0.5 mm larger. It uses a mecha-quartz movement and is water resistant to 100 m. It costs about $105 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference 3741. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | ML26 | Pilot's Chronograph 3741 (3741) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 36.5 mm | 36 mm | +0.5 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 45.5 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 11.85 mm | ≈ 10.4 mm | +1.45 mm |
| Lug width | Not published | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 100 m | Not published | |
| Movement | Mecha-quartz, VK63 | Mecha-quartz, 631 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | Not published | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, aR coating (the limited-edition options have a bubble K1 crystal instead) | Sapphire | |
| Bezel | Not published | Not published | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel, fully brushed | Stainless steel | |
| Lume | Super C3 green or Super BGW9 blue on dial, hands and markers | Luminous quadrant hour markers and hands | |
| Bracelet | Nylon strap | Not published | |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
- ≈ Pilot's Chronograph 3741, Thickness: median of 3 agreeing independent measurements (10.2–10.5 mm); the maker does not publish it.
The original
IWC
Pilot's Chronograph 3741
Reference 3741, vintage reference: 36 mm steel mecha-quartz chronograph (iw3741)
- Case
- 36 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- Not published
- Thickness
- ≈ 10.4 mm
- Water resistance
- Not published
- Movement
- Mecha-quartz, 631
- List price
- Not published
Why it scores as it does
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Lug-to-lug is neither published nor measured for one of the two watches, so there is not enough data to score.
Proportions— / 30
- Case diameter10 / 120.5 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness3.1 / 61.4 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures— / 40
- Large luminous quadrant hour markers5 / 10Large lume-filled Arabic numerals at every hour with a triangle at 12 and bar markers at 3, 6 and 9, rather than only large quadrant markers.
- Chronograph registers at 3 and 9 ringed in white9 / 9Two registers at the 9 and 3 positions, each with a thin white outline ring on the black dial, in the official images.
- Small running seconds at 6 with minimal markings and no outline2.5 / 5A small seconds register at 6, but with 60/40/20 numerals and tick marks around it rather than minimal markings.
- Date window at 4:300 / 7No date window on any ML26 dial in the official images.
- Crown and pushers large for the case size5 / 5Crown and two pushers look large for a 36.5 mm case in the official images.
- Slim brushed 36 mm case with 18 mm lugs2 / 4Fully brushed 36.5 mm steel case (the brand lists 11.86 mm thick including the crystal); the brand lists a 20 mm strap width where the original has 18 mm lugs.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications4 / 8Chronograph with a mecha-quartz movement, as on the original, but without the date.
- Bezel action2 / 4Fixed case top; the original record lists no bezel data to compare.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4316L steel case, as on the original.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Sapphire with AR coating and no date window; the original record gives sapphire but no cyclops information, and has a date.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Compact 36.5 mm case
- Sapphire crystal with an AR coating on the standard versions
- Mecha-quartz chronograph with three registers
- Screw-down crown and caseback, 100 m
- BGW9 lume lasted through the night, per one reviewer
Less good
- No date window, where the original has one
- Limited-edition options are out of stock
- Only one review of this model was read (the limited-edition version with a mineral crystal)
- Bezel looks thick around the dial, per one reviewer; supplied NATO strap slightly short for a thin wrist
Versions and colours
- Black dial, white hands (BGW9 lume), sapphireIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $139
- Black dial, aged-cream hands (C3 lume), sapphireIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $139
- Limited edition, white hands, K1 crystalIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $105
- Limited edition, aged-cream hands, K1 crystalIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $105
Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.