SIHH 2008: IWC Vintage Portofino Hand-Wound Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE -- The Portofino of 1984: The most elegant but also the most unassuming family of watches from IWC, the Portofino - the classic example of understatement - has decidedly stylish origins. Collectors know this: it is the Reference 5251 watch, which was still produced until the end of the 1990s, always in small quantities. It was impossible to....

SIHH 2008: IWC Novelties Ingenieur Automatic Edition Climate Action Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE -- IWC Ingenieur Automatic Edition "Climate Action" A carbon-neutral watch, made for a cause that benefits everyone - this is the IWC Ingenieur Automatic Edition "Climate Action". It is the symbol of a world that can be saved. Provided many people pull their weight. The campaign by environmentally aware management also helps. And IWC plays its....

SIHH 2008: IWC Portuguese Hand Wound Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE -- The Portuguese of 1939 is a true watch legend that stylistically comes as close as possible to the perfect ideal of a good watch design. As the first "wristwatch" it established the large size worn on the wrist that is very popular today. It was also the first to break the taboo of wearing a complete pocket-watch movement on one's arm. It....

SIHH 2008: IWC Vintage Pilots Watch Hand-Wound Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE -- Pilot's Watch Hand-Wound The first IWC Pilot's Watch of 1936 starts things off. As the first special watch for the still young, grueling form of transport it already had almost all the important features on board: for example a black dial with strong, luminescent hands and numerals that was the model for the development of the classical....

SIHH 2008: Panerai Ferrari Granturismo 8 Days Chrono Monopulsante GMT Watch, FER 00020
Apr 10, 2008
The Panerai-Ferrari Granturismo 8 Days Chrono Monopulsante watch (Ref FER 00020) features a 45mm cushion shaped case, whose contours are refined by numerous contrasts between brushed and polished surfaces. The black dial, which features a tachymeter scale and red accents, displays a chronograph 30-minute counter, a power reserve scale, and an AM/PM....

SIHH 2008: IWC Vintage Ingenieur Automatic Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE --The IWC Ingenieur Automatic of 1955: No watch has defined the "technical" profile of IWC quite like the Ingenieur, which was introduced in 1955 and which was the first watch to feature the IWC automatic movement developed by Albert Pellaton. With its pawl-winding system and the spring-mounted rotor, it has remained a benchmark for watch....

BaselWorld 2008: IWC Vintage Aquatimer Automatic
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE -- The IWC Aquatimer Automatic of 1967: When IWC first took the plunge with its diver's watches, only a few pioneers such as Jacques-Yves Cousteau or Hans Hass had discovered the beauty but also the vulnerability of the underwater world. But they helped to arouse people's enthusiasm for these lost paradises. For case makers in particular,....

SIHH 2008: IWC Vintage Da Vinci Automatic Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE -- The IWC Da Vinci Automatic of 1969: Some people see in it a design challenge, whilst others regard it as the ultimate expression of the avant-garde. The first watch from IWC to be named after the Renaissance genius proved to be a sensation at its premiere appearance at the trade fair in Basel, and in terms of its movement technology at any....

Basel 2008: Dior Christal Blue Sapphire Limited Edition Watch
Apr 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE --Never has time mattered so much...Would you know if the clock struck midnight? You would if you werethe modern day Cinderella wearing the new "Dazzling".At the stroke of midnightthis Cinderella was totally in control:she knew the time and midnight was dazzling;midnight was mesmerizing and midnightwas when the fun was only just....

BASEL 2008: Raymond Weil Nabucco Cuore Caldo Split-Seconds Chronograph Watch
Apr 10, 2008
A prestigious complication joins the popular Raymond Weil Nabucco watch collection for 2008.  The Nabucco Cuore Caldo Split-Seconds Chronograph watch features the complex rattrapante chronograph function, which enables the timing of two independent time intervals.  It also offers a power reserve indicator that shows the status of the mainspring's....