With over eighty years of history behind this collection family, for many watch lovers, and indeed arguably for the broader public, IWC has been synonymous with pilots’ watches. This is especially the case for their historical fliegers, but their modern… Read More ›
This year IWC Schaffhausen announced a number of special Portugieser watches as part of its 150th birthday Jubilee collection : the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition ‘150 Years’, Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon Edition ‘150 Years’, Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Edition “150 Years”a… Read More ›
Today we are taking a closer hands-on look at one of IWC’s Jubilee Collection releases for 2018, their 150th birthday. We covered the Jubilee models earlier, but we had the opportunity to see them ‘in the metal’ at the SIHH… Read More ›
The SIHH 2018 preview announcements are continuing, and a notable one has just come from IWC. Next year they will be marking their sesquicentennial year with a ‘Jubilee Collection’ that will consist of twenty-seven models, including limited editions from the… Read More ›
The march by watch brands towards selling directly online continues apace, with Chopard, Piaget and Panerai having recently joined Mr Porter/ Net-A-Porter. The most recent addition is that of Officine Panerai to Mr Porter, with twenty-five models from its Luminor… Read More ›
This year IWC are celebrating the 50th birthday of the Aquatimer, and they have just announced the latest of their celebratory models, a special commemorative limited edition in a Ceratanium® case called the Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “50… Read More ›
With Richemont Chairman Mr. Johann Rupert’s announcement today of the departure of Georges Kern, Head of Watchmaking, Marketing and Digital, it appears that 2017 is proving to be a year of much activity in the upper echelons of the Richemont… Read More ›
IWC has a long and legendary history when it comes to pilots’ watches, and their modern ones form both a popular and an important part of their collections. They also love to do historical nods, and this is now manifested… Read More ›
This year IWC have added a new complication to their Portugieser collection that is also a little familiar. Meet the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon. By ‘familiar’ we are talking a little about familial history from the Portugieser Sidérale Scafusia but mostly of… Read More ›
Back in November 2016 we posted about some major management changes at Richemont, with the retirements of CEO Richard Lepen, CFO Gary Saage, and eight Board members, the abolishing of the CEO position, and a new structure in which the… Read More ›
