IWC Watch
Sep 07, 2005
IWC was founded in Schaffhausen Switzerland in 1868. IWC manufactures seven watch collections: The Aquatimer, the DaVinci, the Grande Complication, the Ingenieur, the Pilot’s Watch, the Portofino, and the Portguese. The Aquatimer 2000 model has a Titanium case with a rubber bracelet. Both models have an internally rotating bezel. The IWC Aquatimer Chrono....

Watch Collectors, Car Collectors…..is it the same person?
Dec 20, 2007
Seems as if somebody thinks so. With increasingly popularity, watch manufacturers have partnered with luxury car companies, car race organizers, and professional race car drivers to leverage the synergies of their product mix and to better reach what they believe to be the same potential customer. Looking at the general increase in luxury goods consumption....

The “Whose Who” wearing your watch
Oct 03, 2005
In case you were wondering what the celebs having been wearing on their wrists recently. Here are some of the most recent sightings….. 1. Harrison Ford: Breitling Aerospace 2. Jerry Seinfeld: Every Breitling imaginable 3. Brad Pitt: Breitling 4. Orlando Bloom: IWC Big Pilot 5. Arnold Swarzenegge: Audemars Piguet (usually the T3)6. Ben Affleck : Harry....

IWC Aquatimer Watch
Oct 18, 2005
IWC’s Aquatimer is a dive watch that any serious diver or timepiece collector would be proud to own. IWC first manufactured the Aquatimer in the 1970’s for the famous ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. IWC reintroduced the Aquatimer in 2004. There are five versions of the Aquatimer: The Automatic, Automatic 2000, Chrono-Automatic, Split Minute Chronograph, and....

IWC Portuguese Watch
Oct 18, 2005
IWC first manufactured the Portuguese watch in the early 1930’s. Two businessmen from Portugal inspired IWC’s watchmakers in Schaffhausen to design the Portuguese wrist watch. The Portuguese was reintroduced in 1993 as a limited edition. Over the next twelve years IWC introduced six more versions. The Portuguese collection now consists of the....

IWC Ingenieur Watch
Nov 22, 2005
IWC first introduced the Ingenieur Watch fifty years ago in 1955. The Ingenieur was based on a movement designed by an IWC engineer named Albert Pellaton. IWC intended for the Ingenieur to be a more conservative version of their Mark XI Pilot’s Watch. The original design of the Ingenieur was elegant and understated. The Ingenieur Watch had a unique design....

IWC Pilot Watch
Nov 22, 2005
Ask any watch collector which Swiss Manufacturer is best know for designing Pilot’s watches and they will answer IWC. Since the early 1930’s IWC, based in Schaffhausen Switzerland, has been producing the world’s finest and most durable Pilot’s Watches. IWC first produced the Big Pilot’s watch in 1936 and then quickly expanded the Pilot’s Watch line to....

IWC Big Pilot Watch
Nov 22, 2005
The IWC Big Pilot watch is perhaps the ultimate mans sport watch on the market today. In fact to call it a sports watch is an injustice since the Big Pilot Watch is truly a Pilots Watch. IWC first developed a Pilot’s watch in the 1930’s, launching the initial model in 1936. Early aviation pioneers all faced the same problem when it came to measuring the....

Swiss Chronometers and COSC
Sep 11, 2007
The C.O.S.C. and chronometer certification: what is it, and what does it mean?  A chronometer is a watch whose movement has passed specific tests verifying it’s timekeeping precision.  The chronometer testing is open to any manufacturers who wish to submit movements for testing; it is administered in several different locations in Switzerland, two....

All About Swiss Watch Manufactures and Swiss Watch Movements
Aug 21, 2007
There are a variety of fine watches produced today by a multitude of companies, both old and young.  Part of the appeal of luxury mechanical watchmaking is in the complexity and fine details of the ticking mechanisms which make these marvels work.  Within the specialized market that luxury watches represent, few terms raise the pulse of the....