IWC Watches
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All IWC Watches
(56114) IWC Aquatimer Chronograph IW376710, 3767-10, 376710, stainless steel case on a matching stainless steel bracelet, automatic movement with a 44-hour power reserve, chronograph, blue dial with luminous hands and hour indicators, day and date at 3 o'clock, small seconds at 9 o'clock, unidirectional rotating bezel made of white and blue PVD-steel with super luminova, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 120m. Diameter: 44mm, Th...
(50603) IWC 389008 Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "Blue Angels" IW389008 389008, black ceramic case on a blue and yellow textile strap on a titanium foldover buckle, automatic in-house IWC caliber 69380 movement, blue dial with luminous hour markers at the quarter hours and white Arabic numerals, 12-hour chronograph with flyback function, small seconds at 9 'clock, date at 3 o'clock, diameter: 44.5mm, thickness: 15.7mm, sapphire...
(55632) IWC Portugieser Rattrapante Chronograph Milano Boutique Edition IW371222, Limited to 150 examples worldwide, stainless steel case on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, manual wind, split-second chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, blue dial, applied rose gold Arabic numerals, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm. Diameter: 40.7mm, Thickness: 12.8mm. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2019.
(55586) IWC Portuguese Chronograph, IW371446, 3714-46, 371446, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, automatic movement, silver dial with applied blue numerals, chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm. Diameter: 40mm, Thickness: 13mm. Like New.
(56133) IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic IW390302, 390302, stainless steel case on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, automatic IWC caliber 89361 movement with a 68-hour power reserve, flyback chronograph, white dial with applied blue Arabic numbers, date at 3 o'clock, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant to 3 bar. Diameter: 42mm, Thickness: 14.3mm. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2017.
(55262) IWC Vintage Collection Pilots Watch IW325401, 3254-01, 325401, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, manual wind IWC caliber 98295 movement, small seconds at 6 o'clock, black dial with luminous hands and Arabic numeral hour markers, 46-hour power reserve, bi-directional rotating bezel, sapphire crystal, display back, diameter: 44mm, thickness: 12mm, water resistant. Like New with IWC travel case.
(55911) IWC Ingenieur Automatic 3289-02, IW328902, 328902, stainless steel on a stainless steel bracelet, automatic IWC Calibre 32111 movement, 120-hour power reserve, white dial with stick markers, central hacking seconds, luminescent hands and hour indicators, screw-down crown, water resistant to 120 meters, sapphire crystal. Diameter: 40mm, Thickness: 10.7mm. Like New with IWC box and undated papers.
(56180) IWC Pilot's Watch Spitfire Chronograph IW387902, bronze case on a leather/fabric strap with a matching bronze tang buckle, automatic caliber 69380 movement, green dial with white Arabic numerals, luminescent hands, day/date window at 3 o'clock, seconds at 6 o'clock, hours at 9 o'clock and minutes at 12 , sapphire crystal. Diameter: 41mm, Thickness: 15.3mm. Excellent Condition with IWC box and papers dated 2019.
(55991) IWC TOP GUN Pilot Chronograph Woodland Edition, IW389106, 3891-06, 389106, green ceramic case with a titanium caseback on a green rubber and textile strap with a tang buckle, automatic IWC caliber 69380 movement, 46-hour power reserve, day/date, chronograph, green dial with luminous hands and Arabic numerals, small seconds at 6 o'clock, water resistant to 60 meters, sapphire crystal. Diameter: 44.5 mm, Thickness: 15.7 mm. L...
(56240) IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41mm IW388102, 3881, stainless steel on a matching stainless steel bracelet with a deployant clasp, automatic in-house IWC caliber 69385 movement, 68-hour power reserve, blue dial with white Arabic numeral hour markers, date, day, 12-hour chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, anti-reflective sapphire crystal, water resistant to 100 meters. Diameter: 41mm, Thickness: 14.5mm. Like New with IWC...
(56241) IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41mm IW388103, stainless steel on a stainless steel bracelet with a deployant clasp, automatic in-house IWC caliber 89361 movement, 68-hour power reserve, green dial with white Arabic numeral hour markers, date, day, 12-hour chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, anti-reflective sapphire crystal, water resistant to 100 meters. Diameter: 41mm, Thickness: 14.5mm. Like New with IWC box and paper...
(55581) IWC Mark XX IW328204, 3282-04, 328204, brushed stainless steel on IWC multi-link EasX-CHANGE stainless steel bracelet with a folding deployant clasp, automatic IWC caliber 32111 movement, date, centered sweep seconds hand, blue dial with luminescent Arabic numbers and hands, sapphire crystal, screw-in crown, 72-hour power reserve, solid IWC Pilot's Watch caseback, water-resistant to 10 bar. Diameter: 40mm, Thickness: 10.8mm...
(55601) IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team Watch IW388108, titanium case on a rubber "EasX-Change" strap with a matching titanium tang buckle, automatic IWC 69385 Caliber movement, black dial with teal Arabic numerals, day and date windows at 3 o'clock, small seconds at 6 o'clock, chronograph, luminescent hands and indices, size: 41mm, thickness: 14.5mm, antireflective sapphire crystal, water resis...
(56024) IWC Mark XVI IW325517, 325516, 325517, limited edition of 350 pieces for the Japanese market, stainless steel case on a strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, automatic IWC caliber 30110 movement, date window at 3 o'clock, scratch resistant sapphire crystal, black dial with luminous Arabic numerals and cathedral hands, water resistant to 60 meters/180ft. Diameter: 39mm, Thickness: 11mm. Like New with IWC box and papers d...
(55344) IWC 3716 Portugieser Chronograph, IW371615, 3716-15, 371615, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, new in-house automatic movement, green dial with applied Arabic numeral hour markers, chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm, diameter: 41mm, thickness: 13mm. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2023.
(54594) IWC 3756 GST Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, 375615, IW375615, 3756-15, stainless steel on a stainless steel bracelet, automatic, Kurt Klaus perpetual calendar caliber, day, date, month, moon phase, four digit year indicator, all calendar functions are set/advanced using the crown only, chronograph, silver dial with applied silver indexes, luminous hands, water resistant to 120 meters, sapphire crystal, diameter: 43mm, thic...
(54801) IWC Portugieser 7 Day IW500104, limited edition of 500 pieces, platinum on a strap with a platinum deployant buckle, automatic, date, small seconds, 7-day power reserve, silver dial with applied Arabic numerals, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant. Like New with IWC box, service papers dated February of 2023, and original warranty papers dated 2004.
(55244) IWC Mark XX IW328208, 3282-08, 328208, brushed stainless steel on IWC multi-link EasX-CHANGE stainless steel bracelet with a folding deployant clasp, automatic IWC caliber 32111 movement, date, centered sweep seconds hand, white dial with luminous Arabic numerals and hands, sapphire crystal, screw-down crown, 72-hour power reserve, diameter: 40mm, thickness: 10.8mm, water-resistant to 10 bar. Like New with IWC box and paper...
(55832) IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun "Lake Tahoe" IW389105, 389105, white ceramic case on a matching rubber strap with a stainless steel folding deployant buckle, automatic in-house IWC caliber 69380 movement, black dial with luminous hour markers at the quarter hours and Arabic numerals, 12-hour chronograph, small seconds at 9 o'clock, day and date at 3 o'clock, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant to 60 meters...
(54776) IWC 5002 Big Pilot, 5002-01, IW500201, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, service crown, automatic movement, 7 days power reserve, black dial with luminescent hands, hour indicators/Arabic numerals, power reserve indicator at 3, date at 6, centered sweep seconds hand, diameter: 46mm, thickness: 16mm, sapphire crystal, water resistant. Excellent condition.
(54406) IWC Pilots Chronograph Edition Antoine de Saint Exupery IW387806, 3878-06, stainless steel case on a leather strap with an stainless steel deployant buckle, brown sunburst dial with silver sub-dials, automatic movement, 68-hour power reserve, date, chronograph, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 60 meters, diameter: 43mm, thickness: 15.5mm. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2013.
(55774) IWC Portuguese Chronograph, IW371491, 3714-91, 371491, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, automatic movement, blue dial with applied Arabic numeral hour markers, 30-minute chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm. Diameter: 40mm, Thickness: 13mm. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2019
(55751) IWC Pilot Chronograph IW377710, 3777-10, 377710, stainless steel on a stainless steel bracelet, automatic movement, 44-hour power reserve, date, day, chronograph, small seconds, anti-reflective sapphire crystal, water resistant to 60 meters, diameter: 43mm, thickness: 15mm. Like New.
(55805) IWC Portuguese 7 Day Automatic IW500109, 5001, 500109, 5001-09, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless deployant buckle, automatic movement, date, small seconds, 7-day power reserve, black dial with applied silver Arabic numerals and steel hands, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant. Diameter: 42mm, Thickness: 14mm. Like New with IWC box and undated papers.
(55804) IWC Big Pilot 43 IW329303, IW 329303, stainless steel case on a strap with a matching stainless deployant buckle, automatic IWC Caliber 82100 movement, 60-hour power reserve, blue dial with Arabic numeral hour markers, luminous hands, central sweep seconds hand, large diamond-shaped screw-down crown, domed sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant to 100 meters. Diameter: 43mm, Thickness: 13.6mm. Like New with IWC box...
(55148) IWC TOP GUN Pilots Chronograph Woodland Edition, IW389106, 3891-06, 389106, green ceramic case with a titanium caseback on a green rubber and textile strap with a tang buckle, automatic IWC caliber 69380 movement, 46-hour power reserve, day/date, chronograph, green dial with luminous hands and Arabic numerals, small seconds at 6 o'clock, diameter: 44.5 mm, thickness: 15.7 mm, water resistant to 60 meters, sapphire crystal. ...
(53864) IWC Portuguese 7 Day Automatic IW500114, 5001-14, 500114, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless deployant buckle, automatic movement, date at 6 o'clock, small seconds at 9 o'clock, 7-day power reserve, silver dial with applied rose gold Arabic numerals, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant, diameter: 42mm, thickness: 14mm. Like New with IWC travel pouch.
(48979) IWC 5002 Big Pilot First Series, 5002-01, IW500201, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, automatic movement, 7-day power reserve with indicator at 3 o'clock, black dial with luminescent hands and Arabic hour indices, white gold framed date at 6, centered sweep seconds hand, diameter: 46mm, thickness: 16mm, sapphire crystal, water resistant. Like New with IWC box and papers.
(55032) IWC Portuguese Hand Wound Eight Days "75th Anniversary", IW510202, IW 5102-02, 5102, Limited Edition of 750 pieces, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, manual wind 8-Day IWC caliber 59215 movement, date and small seconds at 6 o'clock, black dial with applied Arabic numeral hour markers, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant, diameter: 43mm, thickness: 12mm. Like New with IWC box and pape...
(55114) IWC Pilot Chronograph "Flieger Chronograph" IW3706, IW370603, IW 3706-03, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel buckle, automatic movement, date, day, chronograph, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 60 meters, diameter: 39mm, thickness: 14.8mm. Excellent Condition with IWC box and papers dated 1998.
(55189) IWC Big Pilot Heritage IW501004, 5010-04, 501004, brushed titanium on a strap with a titanium deployant buckle, automatic movement, 7-day power reserve, power reserve indicator at 3 o'clock, date at 6 o'clock, centered sweep seconds, black dial with luminous hands and hour indicators, diameter: 46mm, thickness: 16mm, sapphire crystal, water resistant. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2021.
(54905) IWC Novecento Perpetual Calendar 3546, 18k yellow gold on a strap with a matching yellow gold tang buckle, automatic movement, perpetual calendar, white dial with day at 12 o'clock, date at 6 o'clock, month at 9, two-digit year indication between 10 and 11 o'clock, moonphase, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm, size: 26mm x 33mm, thickness: 8.7mm. Excellent Condition with IWC pouch and service papers from March of ...
(55391) IWC Novecento Perpetual Calendar 3545, platinum case on a strap with a platinum tang buckle, automatic movement, day at 12 o'clock, date at 6 o'clock, month at 9 o'clock, 2-digit year indicator between 10 and 11 o'clock, moonphase at 3, white enamel dial, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm, size: 26mm x 33mm, thickness: 8.7mm. Excellent Condition with IWC box and archive certificate dated 1992.
(55750) IWC Spitfire Chronograph 3717, IW371702, 3717-02, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, automatic chronograph movement, silver "spitfire" dial, day and date windows at 3 o'clock, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 60 meters. Diameter: 42mm, Thickness: 14.7mm. Like New with IWC box, warranty card, and service documents from 2017.
(55869) IWC Portuguese Regulator IW54301 Wempe Edition, 18k white gold case on a strap with a white gold tang buckle, manual wind caliber 98245 movement, silver dial with applied Arabic numerals, small seconds at 6 o'clock, sub-dial for hours at 12 o'clock, diameter: 43mm, thickness: 12mm, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 30 meters, 46-hour power reserve, display back. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2006.
(53915) IWC 3752 Da Vinci Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, IW375201, 3752-01, 3752 01, released in 1999 and limited to only 200 pieces in yellow gold, 18k yellow gold case on a strap with a yellow gold tang buckle, manual wind IWC caliber 76061 movement, silver dial with applied hour markers and luminous dots, perpetual calendar display with day, date, month, moonphase, and 4 digit year, 12-hour chronograph, acrylic cryst...
(54803) IWC 3894 Pilot's Watch 41 Chronograph Top Gun Edition IW389401, 389401, black ceramic case on a matching rubber strap with a titanium buckle, automatic in-house IWC caliber 69380 movement, black dial with luminous indices at the quarter hours and Arabic numerals, 12-hour chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, day and date at 3 o'clock, size: 41.9 mm, thickness: 15.5mm, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 100 meters. Exce...
(54955) IWC 371602 Portuguese Chronograph 150th Anniversary, IW371602, 3716-02, Limited Edition of 2000 pieces, stainless steel on a strap with a stainless steel deployant buckle, in-house automatic movement, lacquered silver dial with blue numerals, chronograph, small seconds at 6 o'clock, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 3 atm, display back, diameter: 40mm, thickness: 13mm. Like New with IWC box and papers dated 2018.
IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Automatic SS / SS
IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph Blue Angels Edition
IWC Portuguese Chronograph Rattrapante SS Milano Boutique LIMITED
IWC Portuguese Chronograph SS Silver Dial / Blue Numerals
IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic SS
IWC Pilots Watch Vintage Collection Manual SS
IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 NEW MODEL Silver Dial
IWC Pilot's Watch Spitfire Chronograph Automatic Bronze / Green Dial
IWC Pilots Chronograph IW389106 Top Gun Woodland Edition
IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph 41mm SS Blue Dial
IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41mm SS Green Dial
IWC Mark XX SS Bracelet Blue Dial
IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph "Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team"
IWC Mark XVI LE for Japan Black Dial SS
IWC Portugieser Chronograph SS Green Dial 2023
IWC GST Perpetual Calendar Chronograph SS Silver Dial
IWC Portugieser 7 Day Platinum Ltd. Edition
IWC Mark XX SS Bracelet White Dial
IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun Lake Tahoe
IWC Big Pilot 5002 SS 7-Day 1st edition
IWC Pilots Chronograph Edition Antoine de Saint Exupery Steel
IWC Portuguese Chronograph SS Blue Dial
IWC Pilot Chronograph IW377710 SS Black Dial / Bracelet
IWC Portuguese 7 Day Automatic SS Black Dial
IWC Big Pilot 43mm Blue Dial
IWC Pilots Chronograph IW389106 Top Gun Woodland Edition
IWC Portuguese 7 Day Automatic SS Silver Dial Rose Numerals
IWC Big Pilot 5002 SS 7 Day FIRST SERIES
IWC Portuguese Hand Wound Eight Days SS / Black Dial 75th Anniversary
IWC Pilot Chronograph SS Black Dial Full set
IWC Big Pilot Heritage Titanium
IWC Novecento Perpetual Calendar 18K Yellow Gold
IWC Novecento Perpetual Calendar Platinum
IWC Pilot Spitfire Chronograph SS Silver Dial 42MM
IWC Portuguese Regulator Wempe Edition WG
IWC Da Vinci Tourbillon 3752 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph 18k YG LIMITED
IWC Pilot Watch IW389401 Chronograph 41 Top Gun 2023
IWC Portuguese Chronograph SS Lacquered Dial 150th Anniversary Limited
History of IWC Watches
Guide to IWC Watches
IWC manufactures about 130,000 pieces each year. This makes it the number two brand by volume within Richemont’s timepiece portfolio, second only to Cartier who produces about 450,000-500,000 watches per year. In recent years IWC has begun to focus on the development of in-house movements and has also started to reduce the diameter of some of it’s cases. A prime example of this new focus is the recently released, all-new 43mm Big Pilot powered by the in-house caliber 82100 movement.
IWC, along with A. Lange & Sohne, Vacheron Constantin, Panerai, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre and others, is owned by the Swiss luxury conglomerate Richemont. Richemont, LVMH and the Swatch Group are the largest luxury groups owning most of the world’s premier watch brands except for Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet.
IWC is short for International Watch Company. While the brand is now firmly rooted in Switzerland and a major force in the Swiss watch industry, the brand was in fact founded by an American engineer and watchmaker, Florentine Ariosto Jones, in 1868. Jones had moved to Switzerland to explore new opportunities and to find lower cost labor compared to the high wages paid in America at the time.
The ‘Laureus Sport for Good’ program was established in 2000 by Daimler and the Richemont Group with the goal of advancing social change and providing opportunities to disadvantaged children using the power of sports. Since 2006, IWC has supported the program by launching a special limited-edition timepiece each year with a distinctive blue dial and a special engraving on the case back. A portion of the sales of these models goes directly to the Laureus foundation.
History of IWC
International Watch Company (IWC) Schaffhausen
Amazingly, the history of International Watch Company (IWC) Schaffhausen, one of the premier Swiss watchmakers, began right here in Boston over 140 years ago.
Florentine Ariosto Jones was a 27 year-old watchmaker and engineer, as well as the manager of the E. Howard Watch and Clock Company in Boston, one of the leading American watchmakers. Young Ariosto had an amazing entrepreneurial vision – to utilize the incomparable craftsmanship of the Swiss horologists combined with cutting-edge technology to produce the finest quality of watches for Americans. His idea was to transform the small Swiss workshops that had been extant since the 17th century, into a modern factory with a centralized production method.
To Jones' dismay, most of the Swiss professionals looked askance at the idea – reticent to move their industry into the then modern 19th century. But then he was introduced to Heinrich Moser, an industrialist from Schaffhausen, the center of one of the oldest clock-making areas on the Rhine, where the local monastery had produced the earliest clock on record in 1409 for the church of St. John. Schaffhausen is a picturesque town from the middle ages in far Northern Switzerland, in a canton named the same. It's across the river from Germany. There are official records of a clockmakers guild in Schaffhausen since 1583, and it was also home to the famed Habrecht family of horologists, who built one of history's most outstanding astronomical clocks for the Strasbourg cathedral. Nevertheless, it was Jones's plan to manufacture relatively large numbers of high-quality watches in-house to precisely the same tolerances, which enabled timepieces that were made in the town of Schaffhausen to become famous all over the world.
The current IWC, owned by Richemont Corporation since 2000, produces some of the most beautiful, complicated, and ultra-functional watches in the world. Their craftsmanship, technology, and incredible designs put them in an exalted group of watchmakers. The irony stands that despite Florentine Jones' very modern American vision of mass manufacture, IWC continues to produce precision watches with old-world Swiss craftsmanship, with several models more affordable than other equitable brands.
A History of IWC Schauffhausen
The Nineteenth Century
27 year- old Florentine Ariosto Jones from Boston, Massachusetts (1841-1916), founded IWC in Schaffhausen in 1868. His vision was to make superior quality pocket watches for the marketplace in the United States. After seven years of early successes, Jones built a new manufactory on the banks of the River Rhine in 1875, which employed 196 people. Five years later, in 1880, Jones sold IWC to Johannes Rauschenbach-Vogel (1815-1881), an industrial engine manufacturer in Schaffhausen. A year later, Rauschenbach-Vogel died, and IWC was passed down to his son, Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk (1856-1905), who proved to be an innovator. In 1885, IWC introduced the Pallweber system, the first timepieces with digital minute and hour displays.
In 1887 they produced the Magique timepiece, with a cabriolet case and a 24-hour indicator that functioned as both an open-face and a hunter. In 1899 they debuted one of the first wristwatches, with the diminutive, 64 calibre ladies' pocket watch movement in a lovely case attached by lugs to a leather band. The 63 calibre movement was also used for additional watches.
The Twentieth Century
Big Pilot's Watch 52 T.S.C.
Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk's daughter, Marie (1882-1955), married the pioneering psychiatrist C. G. Jung in 1903, while her sister, Bertha Margaretha (1869-1955), wed industrialist Ernst Jakob Homberger (1869-1955) that same year. Both sons-in-law were presented with their wives' interests in the company as dowries, and in 1905, when Johannes Rauschenbach passed away, Homberger represented the family, taking the reins of IWC and beginning an era that lasted until 1944. IWC designed their first movements for wristwatches in 1915. The 75 calibre movement had no seconds, but the 76 caliber included a small seconds display. In 1929, Ernest Jakob Homberger bought out the holdings of Carl Jung, becoming the sole owner of the company. IWC produced a rectangular shaped movement, the 87 calibre, to run their elegant new tonneau watches in 1931. In 1936 they launched the Special Pilot's Watch, with an arrowhead index on a rotating bezel that indicated the takeoff times. In 1940, with World War II beginning in Europe and Asia, aviators bought the IWC Big Pilot's Watch 52 T.S.C. with an essential central seconds hand.
Albert Pellaton, Calibre 89 and Pilot's Watch Mark 11
In 1944 IWC created their W.W.W. wristwatch for the British Army. Standing for "Watch, Wrist, Waterproof," The three W's were engraved on the backs of the cases along with the royal arrowhead insignia. That year, engineer Albert Pellaton (born in 1898) became the technical director at the company. Pellaton's first watch design, the 89 calibre, was introduced in 1946. It was extremely accurate and contained a central seconds hand. The Pilot's Watch Mark 11 debuted in 1948, also utilizing the 89 calibre movement. It had a soft-iron inner case that provided extremely efficient anti-magnetic protection for scientists, pilots, and technicians. The 85 calibre movement was introduced in 1950 – Albert Pellaton's first automatic wound mechanisms – with his innovative Pawl-winding system instead of the traditional reciprocal gears.
Big Pilot's Watch 52 T.S.C.
Ernest Jakob Homberger's son, Hans Ernest, took over IWC in 1955; his era lasted over two decades and he was the last private owner of the company. The first Ingenieur (ref 1832) automatic winding watch also debuted that year. 1959 saw the introduction of IWC's first automatic movement for women – the 44 calibre. In 1967 the company began their successful line of professional diving watches with the Aquatimer, which was water-resistant to an extremely deep 20 bar. In addition, the company's elegant Yacht Club Automatic was premiered at the Basel watch show. IWC developed their revolutionary Beta 21 quartz movement in 1969; it ran at an incredibly high frequency of 8192 hertz. Their first Beta 21 watch was the Da Vinci. In 1976 they debuted their updated Ingenieur SL. In 1977 the complicated 9721 calibre was unveiled – their first pocket watch with moon phase and calendar displays, with some that were skeletonized.
In 1978, the company, in co-operation with automobile designer F.A. Porsche, created the first wristwatch with a built-in compass. Also that year, German instrument manufacturer VDO Adolf Schindling AG acquired IWC, owning it until the turn of the 21st century. In 1980, F.A. Porsche also designed the world's first titanium-case chronograph for IWC; the watchmaker engineered its process for machining the high-tech metal by consulting with technology specialist Aérospatiale. The exceptionally durable Ocean 2000 diver's watch was launched in 1982, made of titanium and pressure-resistant to 200 atmospheres. IWC introduced the Da Vinci in 1985, the first chronograph with a crown-set perpetual calendar programmed for 500 years and a four-digit year display. The company started utilizing scratch-resistant zirconium oxide as a case material in 1986; it was a virtually unbreakable ceramic alloy. In 1987, IWC debuted their Novecento (ref 3545), meaning "20th century" in Italian, a rectangular, automatic, water-resistant watch that included a perpetual calendar complication.
Grande Complication, Portuguese Chronograph Rattrapante, Portuguese Minute Repeater and GST Deep One
In 1990, after 7 years in the making, the company took a quantum leap in precision horology with their Grande Complication (ref 3770) chronograph wristwatch that included a minute repeater, moon phase display, and perpetual calendar. In 1993, IWC's ultimate creation, Il Destriero Scafusia ("The Warhorse of Schaffhausen") was produced for their 125th anniversary. It was the world's most complicated wristwatch made in an edition of only 125 examples that included split seconds, a tourbillon, a minute repeater, and a perpetual calendar. Also manufactured in a special edition of 125 was their large caliber, high precision Portuguese watch. The Pilot's Watch Mark XII (ref 3241) was introduced in 1994, the new incarnation of the now legendary Mark 11. In 1995, to celebrate the decade anniversary of their automatic Da Vinci, IWC made it a split seconds chronograph (ref 3751). That same year they debuted their amazing Portuguese Chronograph-Rattrapante (ref 3712), a large caliber chronograph also with a split seconds hand, as well as their new Portuguese Minute Repeater (ref 5240). The company's new GST sports watch (ref 3536) collection was introduced in 1997, and in 1998, they unveiled the Pilot's Watch UTC (ref 3251) (Universal Time Coordinated) that had a twenty-four hour display and an hour hand that could be adjusted in one-hour steps. To cap off the century, the GST Deep One (ref 3527) diving watch that included a precision depth gauge debuted in 1999.
The Twenty-first Century
5000 Calibre, Portuguese Perpetual and Calendar Portuguese Automatic
The new century and new millennium began the Richemont era at IWC, the current owners of the company. The year 2000 brought their extra large 5000 calibre watch that ran non-stop for 7 days and featured a power reserve indicator as well as a Pellaton automatic winding mechanism. The in house movement was designed for their large wristwatches as huge, 40 mm. cases became internationally popular. Günter Blümlein (1943-2001), the IWC Chairman of the Board of Directors, died in 2001. He had made an enormous impact on the company's contemporary development. The company renewed its tradition of the Big Pilot's Watch (ref 5002) in 2002, introducing a new version with automatic winding, a 7-day power reserve and display, and date indicator, which stirred tremendous excitement at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva. In 2003, the Portuguese Perpetual Calendar (ref 5021) with its exclusive hemispherical moon phase display was unveiled, along with their new Spitfire collection of pilot's watches that commemorated the WWII British fighter plane. The company relaunched their Aquatimer line in 2004, while at the same time they expanded the Portuguese family with the additions of the Portuguese Automatic (ref 5001), the Portuguese Minute Repeater Squelette (ref 5241), and the exquisite Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère (ref 5042). That same year also saw new additions to the Portofino and Da Vinci collections.
Pilots Watch Chronograph (ref 3706)
There were ten IWC unveilings in the banner year of 2005, including new models for the Da Vinci and Portuguese lines. In addition, they brought back the Ingenieur watch in three new versions. The new East Annex of the company's manufactory in Schaffhausen was also officially opened. In 2006, IWC introduced five modified selections of pilot's watch, including the Updated Big Pilot's Watch (ref 5004) and the Pilot's Watch Chronograph (ref 3706). The models of the Spitfire line, such as the Spitfire Chronograph (ref 3717) were also reworked into a larger size. 2007 marked the debut of the beautiful tonneau-shaped Da Vinci collection; the chronograph was given a completely new in-house manufactured movement. They also unveiled the Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus (ref 3762), named for the engineer who invented the first calendar upon his golden jubilee with the company. Other new models included the Big Ingenieur 7 Day Automatic (ref 5005) and the Spitfire Double Chronograph (ref 3712). That summer, the new watch museum opened in Schaffhausen, in the old factory that had been elegantly remodeled with modern, beautifully illuminated exhibits, including a striking multimedia presentation showing the history of the company.
2008 was the 140th anniversary of IWC. An exclusive vintage collection was introduced honoring the founders of its six watch families, and the new West Annex constructed for the watchmakers was completed and initiated. A new generation of Aquatimer diving watches was presented in 2009, as well as their well-publicized premier of the spectacular Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (ref 3761) with its large-numeral digital display for the month and date. Several new models of the Portuguese collection were introduced in 2010; the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde (ref 5044) included the flying Tourbillon with a retrograde date display. The Grande Complication (ref 3774) debuted in a new Portuguese case, as did the new, sporty Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph (ref 3902). Also unveiled was the innovative Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic (ref 3766) with its case fashioned from a rugged, high-tech titanium and ceramic alloy with a fantastic three-dimensional chapter ring that seems to levitate above the dial.
Grande Complication (ref 3774)
Pilots Watch World Timer (ref 3262)
In 2011, the company unveiled its reworked its elegant Portofino watch line with classical Italian styling. The Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days (ref 5101) included a new in-house manufactured 59210 calibre movement. The Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium (iw 3765) had a titanium case, split seconds hand, and durable rubber strap. That August, IWC presented the most ultra-exclusive and complex watch to ever hail from Schaffhausen – the Portuguese Sidèrale Scafusia (ref 5041). It was introduced at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Cerro Paranal, Chile, and included their patented constant-force tourbillon and some other formidable complications such as individually calculated astronomical displays. Each example was unique and created specifically to order.
2012 saw the introduction of five, exciting TOP GUN (ref 3789) watches. The TOP GUN Miramar (ref 3880) line had a distinctive, military design in their long tradition of manufacturing deck watches. The elegant Spitfire collection was enhanced with the luxurious Spitfire Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month, and the Classics collection with its aeronautic cockpit-style look, unveiled its Pilot's Watch World Timer (ref 3262) in the UTC Pilot's family.
TOP GUN (ref 3789)
Currently manufactured IWC wristwatch collections
There are currently six lines in the IWC collection. Each is distinct and beautifully crafted:
Ingenieur
The Ingenieur family of 11 self-winding watches premiered in 1955 and has a classic five-lug Gerald Genta oyster-style case. An Automatic (ref. 3227). movement with a simple three hand design and date window at 3 o'clock is made in stainless steel with an inner iron case that is anti-magnetic, with a matching stainless bracelet There are several chronographs, including the Double Chronograph Titanium (ref. 3865, 3765), the Chronograph Silberpfeil with a flyback function (ref. 3785), and the dynamic Chronograph Racer with stopwatch and flyback (ref. 3785). Two ultra-high tech Ingenieur designs are the Automatic AMG Black Series Ceramic (ref. 3225), and the limited edition Automatic Carbon Performance (ref. 3224). The Dual Time Titanium indicates two local times (ref. 3264), and two complicated Ingenieur models include the Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (ref. 3792), and the elegant Constant Force Tourbillon (ref. 5900) with a platinum and ceramic case. Also noteworthy is the Automatic Mission Earth (ref. 3236), built for extreme sports with a built-in shock absorber system and anti-magnetic resistance to fields up to 80,000 Ampere/meters.
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Portuguese
The round case design Portuguese family, initiated in 1939 by IWC to honor Portugal's great seafaring explorers like Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Bartolomeu Dias, has 14 elegant models that reference the tradition of nautical instruments with contemporary designs and movements. There is a formidable range of complications. The classic Portuguese Automatic (ref. 5001) has a power reserve and date display in 18K red or white gold, and stainless steel. The Portuguese Hand-Wound (ref. 5454) is for purists, a simple watch with a separate seconds dial that's available in stainless and 18K red gold There are five chronographs in either stainless or red gold, each accurate to ¼ of a second. These include the Portuguese Chronograph (ref. 3714), the elegant Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph (ref. 3902) with flyback function and rugged rubber strap, the Portuguese Grande Complication (ref. 3774) with a minute repeater and perpetual calendar in an edition of 100 , the Portuguese Chronograph Classic (ref. 3904) with hour and minute totalizer and flyback function, and the stainless Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph Edition "Laureus Sport for Good Foundation", (ref. 3902) with a portion of the proceeds going to the Laureus Foundation for disadvantaged children.The magnificent, platinum, 18K red or white gold Portuguese Siderale Scafusia (ref. 5041) is hand-wound with IWC's first constant-force tourbillon, a perpetual calendar, and a customized celestial chart on the verso of the case that does the astronomical calculations customized to the owner's location. The stainless Portuguese Automatic Edition "Tribeca Film Festival 2013" (ref. 5001) is a special edition of 100 examples with small seconds and power reserve dials in a claret-red color and a slate dial. The Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound (ref. 5454) comes with a flying minute tourbillon at 9 o'clock, in white or red gold. The Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde (ref. 5044) is a limited edition of 250 examples in platinum, and 500 watches in 18K red gold, with power reserve and retrograde date displays, and the tourbillon at 12 o'clock. The Portuguese Grande Complication (ref. 3774) is extraordinary, with a perpetual calendar programmed to the year 2499, a perpetual moon phase display, a minute repeater, and a chronograph in red gold or platinum. The Portuguese Minute Repeater (ref. 5449) has a slider that causes the strike train to chime the time in hours, quarter hours, and minutes – available in 500 examples in platinum, and another 500 in red gold. The Portuguese Perpetual Calendar (ref. 5023) in platinum (250 pieces), red, or white gold, has a perpetual calendar with displays for the day, month, date, and year in four digits, a power reserve indicator, and a perpetual moon phase.
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Da Vinci
These four, tonneau-shaped, smaller watches celebrate Leonardo Da Vinci and the spirit of technical innovation. The Da Vinci Automatic (ref. 4523) in rose gold or stainless steel has time and a date window at 3 o'clock. The sophisticated self-winding Da Vinci Chronograph (ref. 3764) contains a stopwatch function with minutes, hours, and seconds, date display, flyback, and hour and minute counters in a single totalizer at 12 o'clock. It's available in 500 pieces made of platinum, red and white gold, and two models in stainless steel. The Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (ref. 3761) in rose gold has large double window displays for the date and month, a perpetual calendar with crown activated rapid advance, a leap year display, a stopwatch function with minutes, hours, and seconds, and a flyback function. The Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus (ref. 3762), named after the IWC designer and inventor who was with the company for 50 years, comes in red gold or stainless steel, with perpetual calendar with crown-activated rapid advance, four digit year display, perpetual moon phase, day, date, and month indicators, and a full stopwatch function with hours, minutes, and seconds. There is an elegant, engraved portrait of Klaus on the verso.
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Portofino
There are three models of Portofino's, named after the center of the Italian-international jet set. These beautiful round-case watches include the classic Portofino Automatic (ref. 3565) with hours, minutes, seconds, and date display, in 18K red gold or stainless steel with the ultra-comfortable Milanese mesh bracelet. The self-winding Portofino Chronograph (ref. 3910) in four variations of stainless steel has a chronograph with full stopwatch functions, and a small hacking seconds display, with leather band or the Milanese mesh bracelet. The Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days (ref. 5101) in red gold or stainless steel includes a power reserve display and small hacking seconds indicator.
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Aquatimer
These five marine watches are among the finest and most rugged in the world. The self-winding Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Galapagos Islands (ref. 3767) with stainless steel case and matte-black rubber coating and bracelet, contains a date and day display, a full stopwatch function, small hacking seconds indicator, and external rotating timing bezel. The Aquatimer Chronograph (ref. 3767) is offered in four stainless steel variations, with rubber or matching steel bracelet. It includes a date and day display, full stopwatch function, small hacking seconds, and luminescent elements on the hands, dial, and external rotating timing bezel. The Aquatimer Automatic 2000 (ref. 3568) for deep diving is pressure resistant to a depth of 200 atmospheres, and includes a date display and central hacking seconds, with the luminescent elements on hands, dial, and the external rotating timing bezel, in four variations of stainless steel with matching steel or rubber bracelet. The elegant, self-winding Aquatimer Chronograph (ref. 3769) in 18K red gold and distinctive black face and black rubber strap has a stopwatch function, hour and minute counters combined in a single totalizer at 12 o'clock, flyback function, and small hacking seconds. The Aquatimer Deep Two (ref. 3547) is available in stainless steel with matching bracelet or rubber strap. It has a date display, central hacking seconds, a mechanical depth gauge with split indicator showing maximum depth to 50 meters, and the luminescent elements and rotating bezel.
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Pilot's Watches
IWC expanded this historical collection to 15 models in 2012. The self-winding Pilot's Watch Chronograph (ref. 3777), with its cockpit-instrument style, is made in stainless steel with either a matching bracelet or leather band. It has a date and day display, small hacking seconds, a full stopwatch function with hours, minutes, and seconds, and a soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields. The simple, large numeral Pilot's Watch Mark XVII (ref. 3265) is also made in stainless, with metal bracelet or leather band, date display, soft-iron anti-magnetic case, and hacking seconds. The Spitfire Chronograph (ref. 3878) arrives in two stainless models and one in 18K red gold. It contains a date display, full stopwatch function, flyback mechanism, and small hacking seconds. The Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar (ref. 3880) in a special ceramic and titanium case has the vintage anthracite dial with British Army olive strap, and gold luminescent elements. It has a date display, full stopwatch and flyback function, small hacking seconds, and the anti-magnetic soft-iron case. The Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun (ref. 3880), the homage to the U.S. Navy's Top Gun fighter school, also arrives in the high-tech ceramic and titanium case and black, soft strap. It includes a date display, full stopwatch and flyback functions, small hacking seconds, and soft-iron anti-magnetic inner case. The Pilot's Watch Worldtimer (ref. 3262) in stainless with a black alligator strap, has a date display, central hacking seconds, a 24-hour world timer function, 24 time zone circumnavigating rail, and anti-magnet soft-iron inner case. The classic Big Pilot's Watch (ref. 5009) is 46 mm in diameter, in stainless with a riveted black alligator strap, date and power reserve displays, central hacking seconds, a Glucydur® beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment, and anti-magnetic inner case. The extraordinary Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph (ref. 3778) in stainless steel with black, riveted alligator strap includes date and day displays, small hacking seconds, full stopwatch function, split-seconds hand for intermediate timing, and an anti-magnetic inner case. The Big Pilot's Watch Top gun Miramar (ref. 5019) is ceramic and titanium, with the vintage anthracite dial and military green textile strap. It contains date and power reserve displays, central hacking seconds, and the Glucydur® beryllium alloy balance. The 48 mm. Big Pilot's Watch Top Gun (ref. 5019) in ceramic and titanium with black soft strap has a date display, power reserve indicator, central hacking seconds, Glucydur® beryllium alloy balance, and secured sapphire glass that resists high air pressure for jet fighters. The equally huge Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun (ref. 5029) is also ceramic and titanium, with a power reserve display, a perpetual calendar with displays for the date, day, and month, a perpetual moon phase display, and double moon phase indicators for both hemispheres. The Pilot's Watches for Father and Son set consists of a full size Big Pilot's Watch, and a matching, smaller case Pilot's Watch Mark XVI (ref. 5009/3255). The magnificent Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (ref. 3878), an homage to the great aviator, poet, and pioneer, comes in limited edition18K red gold or stainless steel, with brown calfskin straps and distinctive chocolate dial. It has a date display full stopwatch function, combined hour and minute totalizer, flyback function, small hacking seconds, and crystal secured against drops in air pressure. The special 250-watch edition Big Pilot's Watch Edition Muhammad Ali (ref. 5004) is a tribute to the great fighter's 70th birthday. It comes in stainless steel with a black alligator leather strap with red calfskin lining, hour markers and hands. It has a date and power reserve display, central hacking seconds, and the Glucydur® beryllium alloy balance. The elegant Spitfire Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (ref. 3791) in 18K red gold and brown alligator strap has full stopwatch function, combined hour and minute totalizer, flyback function, perpetual calendar, small hacking seconds, a leap year display, and large double-digit displays for both the date and month.
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