There are many good reasons that IWC is perceived as one of the greatest watch brands of all time. Here I have chosen our top ten favorite IWCs was a difficult task because there are so many good ones to pick from, but we ultimately ended up with these. We chose to focus on models… Read More »
Things could be worse: a sunny summer day, a speedy convertible and a cool IWC watch. The car is the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster. The watch is also an AMG, of sorts: the Ingenieur Automatic AMG Black Series Ceramic, introduced in 2013 in honor of IWC’s sponsorship of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team.… Read More »
How does it go again? Do I set my watch forward or back on my way to China? Is my business partner in Dubai awake or asleep? A world-time watch can answer all such questions. The pilots’-watch look of the IWC Pilot’s Watch Worldtimer conveys both the reason and need for this kind of timepiece.… Read More »
In the early days of underwater exploration, a watch was a crucial piece of gear, solely responsible for tracking two pieces of information that keep divers safe below the surface of the sea: time elapsed and depth reached. Today, digital dive computers have all but replaced dive watches, yet the watches remain popular thanks to… Read More »
IWC started focusing on the production of technically advanced watches built specifically for aviation at a very early stage, becoming a true pioneer in this field. Progress made in aviation and navigation had created a growing need for watches that offered maximum reliability under the toughest conditions. Ernst Jakob Homberger (1869–1955), IWC managing director during… Read More »
With the new IWC Aquatimer Automatic Edition “Expedition Jacques-Yves Cousteau”, the Schaffhausen-based manufacturer continues its series of special edition timepieces that honor the famous French scuba-diving pioneer. The Swiss watchmaker has a special relationship with Cousteau and it has been a partner of the Cousteau Society since 2003. Among other things, IWC contributed to the… Read More »
IWC’s Pilot’s Watch Worldtimer is intended for pilots, frequent flyers, and anyone who needs to keep track of the time in other parts of the world. The hour and minute hands show the local time, and as the owner passes through time zones, the time can be adjusted forward or backward in one hour increments… Read More »
At last SIHH 2014, IWC released a slew of new models in its revamped IWC Aquatimer collection of luxury divers’ watches . For fans of vintage watches — and vintage IWC watches, specifically — we highlight here five important IWC Aquatimers from the brand’s history. In 1967, IWC reacted to the growing popularity of amateur… Read More »
There are plenty of watch series that have gone through dramatic changes: the Omega Constellation, IWC Portugieser, TAG Heuer Carrera — I am sure there are even those who will adamantly argue that Rolex Datejusts and Submariners have strayed too far from their original concepts. In some cases, in fact, it is these dramatic changes… Read More »
Most of these are ultra-complicated watches, for collectors who either have the financial means to pay someone to go diving for them, or — on a more serious note — those who simply do not want to go for a swim while wearing a perpetual calendar from Patek or Lange (which is as understandable as… Read More »