Earlier this year I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Hannes Pantli, Board Member (and ex Executive Vice President) and living icon of IWC, with whom he has been associated for decades, a period during which both the watch industry… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON : IWC’s Deep Three dive watch
Horologium was recently invited by IWC to attend the Australian launch of this year’s Aquatimer collection, whose worldwide launch was at SIHH 2014 in January. As I am covering the event for another publication, I’ll not be covering it on… Read More ›
SIHH 2014 : IWC’s Aquatimer commemorates the Galapagos Islands
With eight new Aquatimers released at SIHH 2014, it was only natural for IWC to include, amongst these, a few special edition models commemorating their commitment to the Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin Foundation. AQUATIMER EXPEDITION CHARLES DARWIN An automatic… Read More ›
VIDEO : What is a ‘tourbillon’?
In today’s post, which is part of Horologium’s occasional series sharing horologically themed videos of interest, we got to IWC in Shaffhausen. Last year IWC launched a series of “The Man’s Guide to…” videos with a focus on buying a… Read More ›
EVENT : Ingenieurs for breakfast with IWC
Following the launch of this year’s Ingenieur collection at SIHH 2013 IWC have been busy with local events worldwide for those who could not make it to Geneva. An invitation to the Sydney one meant that I could spend a… Read More ›
IWC : AMG Black Series Ceramic, the Silberpfeil & a digital complication
This post follows on from my previous post covering the most simple and the most complicated of the Ingenieurs from IWC this year. This time, it’s some of the rather more sporty models linked with the new Mercedes AMG Petronas… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : the two extremes of the new IWC Ingenieurs
That 2013 would be IWC’s year of the Ingenieur, following on from 2012’s year of the Pilot watch, was well-known, so at SIHH the biggest questions were whether the booth would be as eye-catching as 2012’s one (it was), and… Read More ›
SIHH 2013: IWC Race Night
As was evidenced from their SIHH booth, IWC’s theme was, alongside the launch of its new Ingenieur watches, the celebration of their new three year partnership with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team. IWC know how to throw a… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : What is being at SIHH actually like?
I thought that I’d start my SIHH posts by giving those of you who have never been a ‘feel’ for Palexpo and what the fair looks like. As it was my first SIHH, I had no idea of what to… Read More ›
A look at IWC’s Calibre 83
Having blogged about IWC’s classic Calibre 89, today I go a step back from that and look at an example of their Calibre 83, introduced in 1939 and generally understood to be a transitional calibre between pocket watches and wrist… Read More ›
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