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IWC Watches

Since its inception in 1868, IWC has been cementing its motto of 'Probus Scafusia', meaning 'good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen'. Modern IWC watches undergo rigorous development and extensive testing, using advanced electric discharge machines, to ensure these standards are still adhered to over a century later.
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  1. Aquatimer Aquatimer
  2. Da Vinci Da Vinci
  3. Grande Complication Grande Complication
  4. Ingenieur Ingenieur
  5. Pilots Watches Pilots Watches
  6. Portofino Portofino
  7. Portugieser Portugieser
  8. Vintage Collection Vintage Collection
Case Size
The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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  12. Steel & White Gold Steel & White Gold
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A mechanical watch is powered by a spring. Manual mechanical watches must be hand wound. Automatic watches are also mechanical, and are wound by a weight that spins with the wearer's movements. A quartz watch is battery powered and extremely accurate.
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IWC GST Chronograph IW370708 270842

IWC
GST Chronograph
IW370708

Box
Papers
Year 2003
£990
IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar IW376102 255795

IWC
Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar
IW376102

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£5,820
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388107 253276
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388107

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,665
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW370603 254298

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW370603

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£2,610
IWC Big Pilot's IW502003 241254
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502003

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£6,720
IWC Pilot's Spitfire IW387902 253069
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Spitfire
IW387902

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,220
IWC Aquatimer IW329002 248509
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Aquatimer
IW329002

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£3,525
IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound IW544403 215996
Limited Edition

IWC
Portugieser Hand-Wound
IW544403

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£1,785
IWC Portofino Hand-Wound IW201003 167319

IWC
Portofino Hand-Wound
IW201003

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£535
IWC Big Pilot's IW500422 147862
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500422

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£2,930
IWC Ingenieur IW322504 183176

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322504

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£1,720
IWC Big Pilot's IW502703 186182
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502703

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£7,155
IWC Big Pilot's IW510401 263131
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510401

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£12,570
IWC Pilot's Mark XVIII IW324712 260146

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVIII
IW324712

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£3,235
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377706 262202

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377706

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£3,330
IWC Ingenieur IW378511 260419
Limited Edition

IWC
Ingenieur
IW378511

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,780
IWC Big Pilot's IW510401 260860
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510401

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£12,570
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW390302 260431

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW390302

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£3,630
IWC Ingenieur IW386501 259864

IWC
Ingenieur
IW386501

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£4,480
IWC Aquatimer IW354702 261660

IWC
Aquatimer
IW354702

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£5,660
IWC Da Vinci Automatic IW358102 258915
Limited Edition

IWC
Da Vinci Automatic
IW358102

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£5,640
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391022 259843

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391022

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£3,595
IWC Aquatimer IW376803 259836

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376803

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,875
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500712 259801

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500712

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£6,820
IWC Da Vinci Rattrapante IW375103 259111
Limited Edition

IWC
Da Vinci Rattrapante
IW375103

Box
Papers
Year 2005
£14,530
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW389104 255423
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW389104

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£6,425
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW390405 255503

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW390405

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£7,485
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW390404 252195

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW390404

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,995
IWC Portofino Hand-Wound IW510102 251741

IWC
Portofino Hand-Wound
IW510102

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£4,375
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW358312 245587

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW358312

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,630
IWC Da Vinci Automatic IW358102 249464
Limited Edition

IWC
Da Vinci Automatic
IW358102

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,995
IWC Pilot's UTC IW327101 245582
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's UTC
IW327101

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,535
IWC Pilot's Spitfire IW379105 241462

IWC
Pilot's Spitfire
IW379105

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£14,365
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW387910 237023

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW387910

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£9,220
IWC Big Pilot's IW500433 240296
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500433

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£6,500
IWC Da Vinci Chronograph IW376405 232509
Limited Edition

IWC
Da Vinci Chronograph
IW376405

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£11,840
IWC Big Pilot's IW501004 227353

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501004

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£7,450
IWC Big Pilot's IW503601 225728
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW503601

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£14,065
IWC Portugieser Tourbillon IW546301 222468
Limited Edition

IWC
Portugieser Tourbillon
IW546301

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£17,880
IWC Aquatimer IW379503 225494

IWC
Aquatimer
IW379503

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£4,000
IWC Big Pilot's IW503601 220822

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW503601

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£14,125
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW389108 225115

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW389108

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£6,425

IWC History


Some watch brands have a certain inimitable style, and the International Watch Company is one of them. Distinguished by striking designs and unmatchable quality, IWC watches have held a special place in the hearts of watch enthusiasts since the company’s inception in 1868.

Fresh from his directorship at the American watch company E. Howard and Co., engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones set about opening a factory in Switzerland with the intention of combining American engineering with Swiss precision. It would be the basis of his new company, IWC. He immediately hit a snag when the watchmakers in the French-speaking areas of Switzerland—who traditionally worked from home—opposed his decision to open a factory.

White coal pioneer Johann Heinrich Moser began discussions with Florentine to open the factory in the German-speaking area of Switzerland instead, specifically in Schaffhausen. Johann had brought industrialisation to Schaffhausen with his hydro-electric plant, and the power it produced was perfect for the machines Florentine needed to make watches. In 1868, under the power of the River Rhine, IWC was born.

The company came on to the watchmaking scene with a bang, introducing the world’s first digital mechanical pocket watches in 1885. The Pallweber had windows cut into the dial, through which rotating discs displayed the hours and minutes. The public began to take notice of the watchmaker immediately.

The brand continued developing pocket watch movements to make them smaller and more compact for use in ladies’ pocket watches. These movements ended up in the first IWC watches that could be worn on the wrist, produced towards the end of the 19th century. The in-house Calibre 64 movement was particularly favoured for its crown and sub-seconds arrangement.

It wasn’t until 1944 that the next significant advancement occurred at the company, when Albert Pellaton started his career as Technical Director. The first of his developments was a soft iron core in the case of the brand’s pilots’ watch, which protected the movement from magnetic fields. Next came the Pellaton automatic winding system, an ingenious pawl-operated design that allowed a movement to be wound in both directions while simultaneously providing exceptional shock resistance. It remains a patented feature in the company’s watches to this day.

But it’s not just the final product that demonstrates the brand’s level of quality: it’s the journey it takes to get there. Modern IWC watches undergo rigorous development and testing using advanced electric discharge machines and computer-aided design. The manufacture’s parts can be made with tolerances as little as 0.001 millimetres—one hundredth the width of a human hair. This applies to all of the brand’s models: the Pilots’ Watches, the Portofino, the Ingenieur, the Aquatimer, the Da Vinci and the Portuguese included.

It would be safe to assume that components manufactured to this level of detail would be delicate, but IWC watches refuse to obey the laws of physics. Each development watch undergoes a rigorous set of tests, one of which being the ‘chapuis extreme’, a test that involves the watch being shaken 264,000 times in a box at forces of up 500 G.

It is therefore fitting for the brand, whose quality and technology are unmatched by others, to have the motto ‘Probus Scafusia’—meaning ‘good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen’. Perhaps that is an understatement.

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