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IWC has been handcrafting aviator watches to meet the highest demands of pilots since 1936. Experience the legend and find your favorite timepiece here.
Automatic self-winding watches from IWC Schaffhausen
IWC’s automatic watches are equipped with the Pellaton automatic winding system since the 1950s. Learn more about the mechanism and find your favorite Automatic watch.
Learn more about the wide selection of IWC straps and bracelets. Ranging from rubber and nato straps to elegant Milanese bracelets and everything in between.
As a partner of the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation, IWC Schaffhausen is committed to helping children and young people in disadvantaged circumstances. IWC contributes to the financing of the Foundation’s social projects by auctioning off unique timepieces every year.
The new IWC Pilot’s Watches Collection takes a flight at SIHH 2019 in Geneva
For over 80 years, IWC’s Pilot’s Watches have been bringing the magic of flight to all those who wear them. They will be the highlight of the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer’s appearance at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2019
Have you found watchmaker Kurt Klaus? Learn more about the creative process behind the “Finding Mr. Klaus” drawings by Italian illustrator Filippo Morini.
Paul Ripke invites the Singaporean designer Mark Ong, better known as Mr. Sabotage, to talk about the evolution of sneakers from sportswear to streetwear, his sources of inspiration, the origin of his brand name as well as the collaboration between him and IWC.
1950 - The automatic movement comes from Schaffhausen
In the history of IWC, 1950 marks the start of an era. For a patent registered that year has continued to play an important role in the way IWC sees itself to this day. Good enough reason to remember the date. There are important gaps in world politics just as there are in the company's history
Antonio (Tony) Gomes is an active participant on the IWC Collectors’ Forum. He is a vintage watch collector with impeccable standards, and a colorful addition to the collector community.
Twenty-five years ago, when I first noticed IWC’s Pilot’s watches, it was love at first sight. Here was a precious watch –a fine movement—in a practical case with a practical dial. I was enamored with the anti-preciousness of the dial: clear, legible, and with a flat black base with bright Arabic numerals. Mechanical watches have a heritage and pilot’s watches have a special place within that tradition.
Starting in 2005, IWC entered into a partnership with the Saint-Exupéry-d’Agay Estate whereby the heirs of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and IWC would collaborate in various ways. IWC would support the Fondation’s goals of ensuring that the famous Frenchman’s humanist ideas would remain alive.
Jim Pearson and his wife Dorothy have traveled extensively, visiting many other IWC forum participants. In this interview, we learn more about Jim and his interests in IWC watches, archeology, Texas Barb-B-Que and especially meeting collectors.
Numerous special editions of IWC’s legendary Pilot’s Watches have been sold, with part of the proceeds going to the Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation and its partner organizations.
Argiris, who is from Greece, is a contributor to the IWC Collectors’ Forum and a friend of many IWC collectors throughout the world. In this interview he tells about himself and his interests.
When you are sitting completely naked opposite Anthony Hopkins... - we continue our #IWCTalksTo series with a talk to actor James Marsden. Find out more.
Engineering and history are not all that attracts IWC collector Hans-Conrad Stamm to IWC watches. For him, a watch is “the only piece of jewellery a man can wear”. Find out more.
Adrian Van Der Meijden is a “collectors’ collector”, with a special emphasis and expertise on vintage IWCs and their history. The author of numerous historical and technical articles about IWC, in this interview we learn how Adrian’s interest in watches developed.
The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation was established in 1999 by Daimler AG, the premiere German automotive manufacturer, and Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, the Swiss luxury goods holding company, as founding patrons.
Craftsmanship that keeps watches running for generations
Whether they’re diving, climbing or travelling the world on business, IWC owners can be sure of one thing: they have a watch that will last them a lifetime.
The dial is the star act in any mechanical watch, so it is vital that the design and finish satisfy the most exacting aesthetic demands. Find out more.
The name Ingenieur is a fitting one to be used by IWC. Naming a watch line as Ingenieur was a stroke of genius, both in its simplicity and for what it represents.
On Thursday, 11 April 1985, the Basel Watch and Jewellery Show saw the unveiling of a watchmaking sensation. At a time when only a handful of devotees and distinguished collectors believed in the qualities of a mechanical wristwatch and the mass markets favoured the flood of low-cost quartz watches, IWC launched a timepiece that fully embraced classical watchmaking and all its complicated challenges: the Da Vinci Ref. 3750.
Sarah-Louise Marks & Christopher Phelps escape to the green hills of Florence. Explore the art, cuisine, and views that make this destination truly magical.
IWC presents the re-edition of the iconic “Markus Bühler” Big Pilot’s Watch. Find out more as the watchmaker spills the beans on its development secrets.
For the third of their IWC adventures in 2023, Sarah-Louise Marks and Christopher Phelps visit some of their favourite spots in their hometown, London. Join in!
Join Christopher Phelps and Sarah-Louise Marks as they take us on a journey to the most jaw-dropping places in Dubai. Find out about their latest adventure.
