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you are right Will as far as each country having their own set of laws pertaining to copyrights and patent infringement...but this particular dial design is claimed to have been 1st introduced by IWC in 1940:
The Big Pilot's Watch:
The Big Pilot's Watch: Supplied to the German Luftwaffe in 1940 in an edition of 1,000 watches. With a case diameter of 55mm, a height of 16.5mm and a weight of 183g, it was the most imposing IWC wristwatch ever built.
I see... Well, the only thing they may have "invented" is the top 12 marker desing with the triangle and points because for the rest they got nothing to claim... So that's little.
And since 90% of those dials are made in Asia even they get mounted in other countries, IWC is fighting with fists agaisnt the wind for a "Hairy triangle splitting a pair of balls"...
Thanks for the comment Oscar!