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IWC Big Ingenieur Gold (IW5005-03)

The IWC Big Ingenieur Gold (IW5005-03) is awesome, I like this beautiful watch, really worthwhile...

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Review by Robert Swihart, From Lebanon Zouk

IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Edition Kurt Klaus Stainless Steel (IW3762-04)

This IWC watch is beautiful! I received it today and when I opened the box, WOW. It is so much prettier in person, the humming bird is adorable and to change the straps is so easy. The colors are gorgeous, and pop. I am so glad I bought this watch, Victoria has yet to dissapoint me with her watch.

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Review by Martini 1, From Australia Bibra Lake Dc

IWC Spitfire Ardoise Chronograph Dial Stainless Steel Men's Watch IW387804

Great website, the IWC watch as same as genuine one, thanks!

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Review by Deirdre A, From Deutschland Esterwegen

The IWC boutique at Bahnhofstrasse 61 is no longer the only one in Zurich - the Schaffhausen luxury watch manufacturer now has a second store in the city at Weinplatz 10. The new IWC boutique is located in the Haus zum Schwert opposite the Hotel Storchen at the famous Gemusebrucke. "We're happy about this opportunity to expand our presence in Switzerland's largest city and increase the visibility of our brand. In the future, even more watch lovers will have the chance to discover our mechanical timepieces. And they will do so in an exclusive environment with other luxury brands in one of Zurich's most beautiful shopping areas," says Linus Fuchs, IWC Managing Director Switzerland, explaining the reasons for the move. The boutique will operate as a joint venture with watch and jewellery specialists Zett Meyer. "We are pleased and proud that we can now write another chapter in our many years of cooperation with IWC", said Adrian Bindella, Managing Director of Zett Meyer.

IWC boutique at historic location
The latest IWC boutique is located at a site steeped in history. The Haus zum Schwert is first mentioned in records of 1406. It was for many years an inn and hostelry famous throughout Europe, whose celebrated guests include the composer Johannes Brahms and Germany's greatest literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The interior of the new store has been designed to adequately reflect the prestige of this special building: dark wood, glass and natural stone create elegant surroundings for the presentation of the luxury watches from Schaffhausen. The interior combines tradition with innovation, and with its clear design language echoes the engineering ethos that has made timepieces from Schaffhausen so much sought after the world over. The display comprises current models from all six watch families - the Pilot's Watches, Portugieser, Ingenieur, Aquatimer, Da Vinci and Portofino - but also includes limited-edition models that are available exclusively at IWC boutiques. During the run-up to the festive season, the store will have special window decorations designed to get passers-by into the pre-Christmas spirit.

IWC Boutique Zurich
Weinplatz 10
8001 Zurich
Tel. +41 (0)43 521 14 85

From the four nominated films, the jury picked two winners: "Und morgen seid ihr tot" ("Tomorrow You'll Be Dead") and "Europe, She Loves". The presentation took place at the IWC gala dinner held as part of the 11th Zurich Film Festival, to which the Swiss luxury watch manu-facturer had invited some 200 VIP guests from the worlds of film, media, art, politics and commerce.

The sponsorship award set up by the Association for the Promotion of Film in Switzerland (Verein zur Filmförderung in der Schweiz) is worth CHF 100,000 and is intended to give specifically designed support to promising film projects which are in the production or post-production stages. The two winning projects were also each pre- sented with an IWC watch - the Portuguese Automatic in stainless steel with a black dial and a special rotor engraving with "1st Filmmaker Award Zurich 2015" (Ref. IW500703).

For director Marc Forster, who was also a member of the jury, the Filmmaker Award represents a real milestone for the domestic film industry. "By specifically backing projects in the pre- or post-production stages, we are making an important contribution to the promotion and funding of films," he explained. The award was set up by the Association for the Promotion of Film in Switzerland, a non- profit organisation founded last December by Marc Forster, IWC CEO Georges Kern, the co-directors of the Zurich Film Festival Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri, and the CEO of Ringier, Marc Walder.

IWC took on responsibilities as a co-partner of the Zurich Film Festival for the second time. The Swiss luxury watch manufacturer had also set the stage for a very special highlight during the festival: under the heading IWC Schaffhausen Talks To", selected guests of the Zurich Summit had a chance to listen to in-depth conversations with two world stars of cinema, Marc Forster and Christoph Waltz.

At the end of August 2015, IWC unveiled its new Big Pilot's Watch Edition "Patrouille Suisse", which we presented a few days ago. This is the second aviator watch that the Schaffhausen-based manufacturer has dedicated to the Swiss aerobatics squadron, right in the slipstream of the Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition "Patrouille Suisse" released in 2011.

Pilot's Watch is the name of an IWC collection that dates back to interwar period, when pilots took pocket watches with them on their flights and only a lucky few could afford purpose-built wristwatches. IWC did aviators a great service in the 1930s by producing its "Special Pilot's Watch" that met their specific needs relating to flight conditions of the time, when they were often perched in a dark and unsteady cockpit. It featured an extremely legible dial with oversized and luminescent hands and numerals, a large winding crown that could be easily handled even with gloves, a rotating bezel with arrowhead index for keeping track of short times, a shock-protected balance-wheel bearing and a nonmagnetic escapement. The IWC Pilot's Watch collection was born.

RAF, Spitfire, Top Gun and…
In 1940, IWC introduced the Big Pilot's Watch 52 T.S.C., boasting a standout 55 mm diameter that remains a record for IWC. It innovated with its central hacking seconds device enabling pilots to synchronise their watches with to-the-second precision, along with an extra-long leather strap that meant it could be worn easily over the sleeve of a flight suit.

From 1949 onwards and for more than 30 years, Royal Air Force navigators and subsequently pilots flew with the famous Mark XI on their wrist. This relatively small 36 model was developed to the specifications of the RAF, which wanted a watch able to resist changes of pressure, variations in temperature and magnetic fields. Several other models were to follow as of 1993 with the Mark XII, the most recent example being the Mark XVII presented in 2012 and featuring a pure, classic dial that has earned it many admirers.
The chronograph function found its place in the collection in 1988 with the Pilot's Watch Chronograph. 2002 saw the birth of the new Big Pilot's Watch, inspired by the 1940s model, yet with a smaller 46 mm diameter, seven-day power reserve and Pellaton automatic winding

The Spitfire versions were introduced in 2003 and successively reinterpreted over the years in chronograph, double-chronograph or digital date and month perpetual calendar versions, including models equipped with in-house movements. Other timepieces bearing the legendary Top Gun name appeared in 2007 with the launch of a first chronograph. 2012 witnessed the big comeback of the Top Gun fleet with several new models, including a Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar, the ultimate in terms of horological complications suited to fighter pilots, and endowed with a powerful aesthetic built around its titanium and ceramic case.

… the Little Prince
While IWC is clearly passionate about the modern brand of high-performance aviation embodied by fighter plane squadrons with high-profile names, it also leverages the aeronautical field for humanitarian purposes, inspired by the iconic figure of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Partnering the Succession Antoine de Saint-Exupery - d'Agay society, IWC contributed to the creation of the Espace IWC-Saint-Exupery in the Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace in Le Bourget, near Paris. Since 2006, in its capacity as patron of the Fondation Saint-Exupery pour la Jeunesse, it has launched several commemorative series dedicated to the great writer and aviator. Each of them includes a one-of-a-kind platinum model auctioned on behalf of the Foundation.

The latest of these special series is the Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Edition "Le Petit Prince", a successful blend of technology and poetry in which the typical pilot's watch functions and characteristics - such as stop-hours, minutes and seconds devices, split-seconds to record intermediate times, a soft-iron inner case for antimagnetic protection and a sapphire crystal secured against drops in pressure - surround a jumping star weekday display appearing inside the faint line of its central circle.

A decidedly masculine timepiece (equivalent models for women being pretty thin on the ground!), the pilot's watch conveys the virile values of aviation pioneers and fighter pilots. Courage and heroism are still admired today, as confirmed by men's ongoing enthusiasm for IWC Pilot's Watches.

Six new Ralph Lauren Automotive timepieces are offered for 2015, using a combination of materials, including rare hardwoods, to emulate the richness and clarity of the Bugatti's dash. Following the presentation of the Automotive Chronograph and the RL Automotive Skeleton timepieces, we introduce today the RL Automotive watch model.

Two variations are offered for the RL Automotive timepiece. The black steel model features a stainless steel shot-blasted 45 mm case with black finish, and a smoky sapphire crystal caseback, while the steel bracelet model has a brushed and polished stainless steel 45 mm case and a clear sapphire crystal caseback. For both timepieces, the visible screws securing the bezel, and the sinuous but masculine lines of the case with its gracefully tapered lugs, reinforce the designer's vision of a timepiece expressing the essential spirit of the automotive world.

The RL Automotive timepiece is powered by the calibre RL98295, a hand-wound mechanical movement made for Ralph Lauren by IWC. The movement is decorated with vertical Côtes de Geneve.The dial is finished in a galvanic, matte black, with beige Super-LumiNova® for the hour and minute hands and RL logo. Like the RL Automotive Skeleton, the RL Automotive timepiece has a bezel made from rare amboyna burl, which has been hand-selected, cut and treated to give it an irresistible depth of color.

I have great trouble explaining Baselworld to anyone who's not been. Seriously - is it possible to understand even remotely the galactic scale and Faustian ambition of Hall 1.0 without actually seeing it?
And what of the transient decadence of the pavilions (the word 'stands' is now etymologically insufficient for some brands, I gather)? How do you justify the cost of these things against the time they're actually of any use?
Or the people - oh, so many extraordinary people. Drawn from all corners of the globe as if answering the Siren's call, they are a perfect study in the peculiar diversity of the luxury world.
And how exactly does one insert into this inadequate explanation the preponderance of pushchairs? Yes, pushchairs - incongruous, incorrigible and infuriating, they trundle into the path of whirling wordies with inevitable frequency. Do they not know we have hopelessly ambitious appointment schedules to keep?
 

There is, I have concluded, little a dull-eyed Baselworld graduate can do to convey its majesty and its madness.
By contrast, what I can allude to with considerably more lucidity is the nature of the wristwatch that accompanied me on my annual Baselworld pilgrimage this year.
Rather like the fellow at school who always wore non-regulation shoes, I went off message and travelled with one of my picks from this year's SIHH strapped to my ulna - the IWC Ingenieur Automatic (black dial, for the record).
I've liked this watch ever since I first laid eyes on it, and judging by the reactions I got as it peeked out from under my cuff at the fair, I'm far from alone. The consensus among those prepared to offer a view - which, given this profession attracts the firm of mind, was most - was that it was the standout piece in IWC's line-up this year.
There was a caveat to the appraisals, mind. Its superiority, so went the rationale, owed as much to the aesthetic paucity of the other nine pieces in the revamped Ingenieur line, as to its own excellence.
Which will be an uncomfortable sentiment for IWC. While I don't agree with it entirely - I had the black-dialled version of the Double Chronograph Titanium on my wrist for a few days earlier this year and found little wrong with it - I'm happy to argue the case that IWC tried to do too much with the Ingenieur reboot. It felt overthought and overwrought.
 

No little irony then, that the one thing they didn't do was make all the new pieces antimagnetic - that quality has been attributed only to the Automatic. Which was perplexing. The Ingenieur is one of the great antimagnetic watches of the last 60 years, but without its original trick it feels like a Land Rover without four-wheel drive. It stops making sense.
On top of that, it's a missed opportunity. Anti-magnetism is big this year and I'll happily nail my colours to the mast and say technical developments made in this area will prove to be the most significant over the course of this decade - just as the use of silicon was in the last. IWC could and should have shared in the antimagnetic spoils this year - and probably will further down the line - given it's a brand that rightly prides itself on its engineering creds.
But enough of that. Because what I really wanted to say is how good the Automatic is. As well as being antimagnetic, its proportions are nigh on perfect (on my wrists, an extra millimeter on the 40 would have been handy - but I'm nitpicking); its bracelet is a lesson in ergonomics and very simple to adjust; and because it's a faithful restyling of the late, great Gerald Genta's 1976 IWC Ingenieur SL, its kudos is guaranteed.
I'd suspected as much beforehand, but Baselworld confirmed it - the IWC Ingenieur Automatic is one of this year's standout watches.

A new tourbillon classic takes its place in the Portuguese family, with a hand-wound pocket watch movement - tradition in its purest form. The Portuguese Tourbillon Hand- Wound is an horological gem and a tribute to the founder of the company, F. A. Jones.
Beware of a b whirlwind approaching from 270 degrees West. This is not a weather alert, but the briefest possible description of the new Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound. Tourbillon translates as whirlwind. The escapement in the rotating carriage is also clearly visible on the dial at "9 o'clock", in nautical parlance at 270 degrees West. The Portuguese Tourbillon Hand- Wound follows in the wake of the limited-edition Portuguese Regulateur Tourbillon, itself dedicated to devotees of earlier observatory watches, with its hour display in a separate subdial.
The new Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound presents the familiar face of the Portuguese with its elegant feuille hands and a chapter ring in the railway-track style. Any appearance by the Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound always attracts attention: initially, it projects only a little from beneath the cuff of the wearer's shirt. Yet it is unmistakeably a Portuguese, a refined icon, with the sweeping signature of the American founder of the company, F. A. Jones, on the dial. The flying minute tourbillon only emerges with the final third of the dial and reveals its affiliation to the horological nobility. The tourbillon has always been perceived as a statement of expertise and exquisite horological taste. One simply never tires of marvelling at this precision mechanical performance.
The allusion to continuing tradition is also embodied in the watchmaking technology of the Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound. The mechanical IWC-manufactured 98900-calibre movement can be observed through the seethrough sapphire-glass back. It lies at the top of a long ancestral line of famous pocket watch movements from the Schaffhausen manufacturer and is ideally suited for large wristwatches with hand winding. The first Portuguese watches dating from the late 1930s were already equipped with pocket watch movements. Based on the 98000-calibre family that has been built and nurtured since the 1920s, it now combines tradition with the latest watchmaking advances. The finely decorated nickel-silver three-quarter bridge evokes the design principle of the earliest Jones calibres. Its visual counterpart is the bridge for the minute tourbillon provided with a gold medallion (Probus Scafusia). The balance frequency of this drive mechanism has been increased from 18,000 to 28,800 beats per hour. The index-free balance thus oscillates four times per second as it rotates in its cage. Precision adjustment is carried out via four adjusting screws. The higher frequency in conjunction with the modern escapement system assures excellent accuracy.
The Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound, with a chunky crown used to supply a power reserve of 54 hours, is housed in a case with a diameter of 43.1 millimetres and a height of only 11 millimetres. Extraordinary things come in small numbers, however: this horological gem in 18 carat red gold is limited to 500 pieces.

IWC-manufactured pocket watch movement with hand winding and nickel-silver threequarter bridge, flying minute tourbillon with 47 parts; limited edition of 500 pieces
Calibre : 98900
Beats : 28,800/h /4 Hz
Jewels : 21
Power reserve : 54 h
Winding : hand-wound
Tourbillon weight : 0.689 g
Materials :   

watch in 18 ct red gold with a black dial and a black alligator leather strap, folding clasp in 18 ct red gold
Glass : sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Back : see-through sapphire-glass back
Water-resistant : 3 bar
Diameter : 43.1mm
Height : 11mm