limited edition timepieces are generally commercial successes, they are sold almost exclusively to the group they were made for, which generally includes neither people like me, who are hyper selective about what they buy due to budgetary restrictions, nor the general public, who still need to be convinced that mechanical watches are not useless gimmicks. […]
IWC presented several watches for its famous Pilot Watch collections at this year’s SIHH, and among the many new timepieces the brand is launching for 2016 is yet another ticking tribute to the storied poet/author/aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: the IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Annual Calendar Edition “Le Petit Prince.” Like its predecessors, which have included […]
IWC partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival to unveil a special edition watch. Tribeca Film Festival is now in its fourth year. This year unveiled the IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar Edition “Tribeca Film Festival 2016.” As with last year’s unique Portofino Monopusher Edition “Tribeca Film Festival 2015,” this year’s timepiece comes with a slate dial […]
IWC present spiffy new models into the Aquatimer collection, they are deep diving watches for equipping divers. Crafted to suit the specifics of such a niche sport, the expertise that goes into the Aquatimer Chronograph Edition ‘La Cumbre Volcano’, the Aquatimer Automatic 2000, and the Aquatimer Automatic Edition ‘Expedition Jacques-Yves Cousteau’ is technical ingenuity at […]
IWC Collectors’ Forum Pilots Chronograph CF3 is a limited edition pilot watch which comes from its on-line Collectors’ Forum. Based on the Spitfire chronograph, the CF3 has improvements which should appeal to traditionalists, like a soft iron cage to protect against magnetism. Created for the members of the IWC Collectors’ Forum, the IWC Collectors’ Forum CF3 […]