메르세데스-AMG와의 지속적인 파트너십에 따라 IWC는 2013년 메르세데스-AMG 페트로나스 포뮬러 원 팀의 ‘공식 엔지니어링 파트너’로 임명되었습니다. IWC는 2019년 메르세데스 AMG 페트로나스 포뮬러 원 팀에 2개의 특별한 리미티드 에디션 파일럿 워치를 헌정하기도 했습니다.
IWC는 1995년 최초의 포르투기저 크로노그래프 라트라팡트(Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante)를 출시한 이래 계속해서 성공 스토리를 이어가고 있습니다. 이 시계는 3번째 푸쉬 버튼을 사용하여 개별적으로 스플릿 세컨즈 핸드를 시작하고 정지시킬 수 있습니다. 일반적인 크로노그래프의 기능을 넘어, 두 개의 서로 다른 짧은 시간을 초까지 정확하게 측정할 수 있습니다.
라트라팡트 크로노그래프(Rattrapante Chronograph)는 스플릿 세컨즈 핸드(Split-seconds hand)라는 추가적인 핸드로 중간 시간을 정지시킬 수 있습니다. 스플릿 세컨즈 핸드는 제2의 핸드로서 스톱워치 핸드 아래에서 동시에 움직이며 정지시킬 경우 분리될 수 있습니다.
In 10 years, Bill Barker has grown to love both IWC watches and also his many get-togethers with fellow collectors. In this interview, we learn about Bill and his special passions.
The beauty of mechanical watches is that they pay tribute to the past while representing the future. IWC, like all watch companies founded in the 19th century, produced pocket watches for decades.
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.
Florentine Ariosto Jones, the American who founded International Watch Company in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, was an adventurous spirit with great foresight, but unfortunately saw his dreams crumble. Yet today the IWC that he first envisioned not only has survived but also has prevailed.
Terry Russell has been a participant on the IWC Forum since it’s inception. He’s passionate about watches, and especially loves the history underlying them. But Terry especially has a charming sense of humor, which reflects itself in the many intriguing articles that he’s contributed to the forum over the years.
History of IWC's Portugieser watches Reference 325
Only a few watches in the history of watchmaking have become iconic for watch collectors worldwide, undoubtedly, one of these watches is the IWC Portugieser Reference 325. Many years after its initial debut, this watch has become the archetype for one of the most successful contemporary IWC watch families.
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.
Martin Dohrmann wasn't a watch collector when he strolled into a vintage and used watch fair for the first time, back in 1995. In fact he hadn't really thought much about watches at all until he saw the newspaper ad for that Uhrenbörse at the local university's cafeteria.
25 years on - The Unveiling of a masterpiece of complication
Only a few watches in the history of watchmaking have become iconic for watch collectors worldwide, undoubtedly, one of these watches is the IWC Portugieser Reference 325. Many years after its initial debut, this watch has become the archetype for one of the most successful contemporary IWC watch families.
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
Every watch lover’s fantasy may be to own more watches. And one way to play out that fantasy would be by dreaming of watches to own. But truth be told, even dreaming is not always easy. There are too many great watches manufactured by IWC, and that can be a high-class problem.
Learn more about the Privacy Policy of IWC Schaffhausen, branch of Richemont International SA which explains how we collect, use, disclose and transfer personal information.
