When IWC purchased the rights to watchmaker Vogard’s intellectual property in November 2014 – production of a watch utilizing the newly acquired world time bezel patent was all but guaranteed. We even speculated, at the time, that the watchmakers in Schaffhausen might somehow use their own Aquatimer dive bezel technology in combination with the patent…

This is an International Watch Co dress watch from 1960, featuring an elegant 36 mm diameter 18K pink gold case with unique “shark fin” lugs. The ivory colored dial is slightly curved and has applied pink gold Arabic numerals at 12, 3, 6, 9 – with two baton hour indices in between each numeral. The…

Originally launched in the 1950s, and then redesigned by the late Gérald Génta in 1976, the Ingenieur is one of the most classic IWC timepieces. At SIHH 2013 — which begins January 21st — IWC Schaffhausen will launch a redesigned Ingenieur collection. The Ingenieur Automatic (shown) is the only model that has been previewed so…

Unlike the “other” annual watch show (and by that, we mean Baselworld), SIHH is an exclusive professional trade show, put on primarily by the Richemont Group, whose brands include some of the best names in watchmaking such as IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, A. Lange & Söhne, Vacheron Constantin, and Cartier. The show itself is quite a…

Fullscreen The Ingenieur is undeniably one of IWC Schaffhausen’s most iconic designs. And so, without a major redesign in a number of years, it came as no surprise to us earlier this year when they launched multiple new versions at SIHH. In fact, the collection was their main focus for this year. And of all…

This year at SIHH, IWC debuted a completely redesigned Aquatimer collection. The Aquatimer is the brand’s dive watch line that originally dates back to 1967. In addition to meeting all of the ISO 6425 dive watch requirements, two features which set the 2014 Aquatimers apart from other dive watches, are its new patented bracelet quick-change…

House of Cards star Kevin Spacey presented at tonight’s 86th Academy Awards wearing a midnight blue Burberry tuxedo and a limited edition IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph with coordinating dark blue dial. The IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph comes in a 45.4 mm x 14.5 mm stainless steel case on a rubber strap. It is…

IWC Big Pilot’s (Ref. 5009), Randolph Aviator Sunglasses (HGU-4/P) IWC Pilot’s lounge at 535 Madison Avenue in NYC Randolph Aviators flanked by IWC Pilot’s watches Aviation display at IWC Madison Avenue Pilot’s Lounge IWC Big Pilot’s Perpetual Calendar Top Gun (Ref. 502902) Fighter Pilot helmet on display at IWC Pilot’s Lounge Randolph Aviators and IWC…

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Portugieser collection, IWC has created two timepieces that take inspiration from the original Portugieser (Ref. 325) from the 1930s. “All design elements of the historic Portugieser have been carefully adopted with the only extra being the date display underneath the small second,” according to IWC. The Portugieser Hand-Wound…

First IWC Pilot’s watch. Calibre 53, no official reference (1896) IWC Big Pilot’s Watch 1940. Calibre 52 T.S.C., Ref. IW436 (1940) IWC “Special Watch For Pilots.” Calibre 83, Ref. IW436 (1936) IWC Pilot’s Wristwatch Mark 11 with Nato Strap Calibre 89, no official reference – historical timepiece (1948) IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Ceramic. Calibre 7922,…

Sequential One S110 Skull The Sequential One – S110 Skull, is a 10-piece limited series available in four versions: all-black, green accents, yellow accents, or aluminum color accents. The skull is made of ultra-thin lightweight aluminum, which the company says “remains light enough to accompany the hour-change ballet, successively revealing one of the brand’s four…