IWC가 2007년부터 제작해온 탑건 라인의 명칭은 전설적인 미 해군 전투기 병기학교(Navy Fighter Weapons School, TOPGUN)에서 유래하였습니다. 미 해군은 해당 프로그램을 통해 탁월한 비행 기술과 전술을 가르칩니다. IWC는 2020년에 군사 전용 타임피스에서 영감을 받은 파일럿 워치 크로노그래프 탑건 “SFTI” 에디션(Ref. IW389104)을 출시하였습니다.
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.
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.
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.
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. As a hypothetical exercise, imagine being given 100,000 (in Dollars or Swiss francs) with the entire purpose being to acquire five – and only five – Ingenieur examples. Which models should they be?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
