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Pre-Owned
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 Grande Complication IW377003 215152
Limited Edition

IWC
Grande Complication
IW377003

Box
Papers
Year 2002
£31,070
IWC Big Pilot's IW501005 215737
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501005

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£5,125
IWC Ingenieur IW322504 217075

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322504

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£4,040
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW371491 214355

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW371491

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£4,160
IWC Portugieser Tourbillon IW504207 201589
Limited Edition

IWC
Portugieser Tourbillon
IW504207

Box
Papers
Year 2006
£18,605
IWC Big Pilot's IW510506 193128

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510506

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,285
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 208194

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£3,330
IWC Ingenieur IW322503 189057

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322503

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£2,570
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391007 278647

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391007

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£2,705
IWC Pilot's Automatic 36 IW324009 279597

IWC
Pilot's Automatic 36
IW324009

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£1,870
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW377724 277241

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW377724

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,565
IWC GST Chronograph IW370713 279945

IWC
GST Chronograph
IW370713

Box
Papers
Year 2001
£2,235
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390503 275960

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390503

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£5,755
IWC Pilot's Timezoner IW395505 275856

IWC
Pilot's Timezoner
IW395505

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£8,665
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377714 274796

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377714

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,415
IWC Pilot's Spitfire IW387903 273673

IWC
Pilot's Spitfire
IW387903

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,105
IWC Pilot's Mark XVII IW326501 274442

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVII
IW326501

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£2,715
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391008 277019

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391008

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£3,120
IWC Pilot's Mark XVI IW325501 274196

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVI
IW325501

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£2,725
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391009 276116

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391009

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£2,905
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500703 275245

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500703

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£7,050
IWC Aquatimer IW376903 274244

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376903

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£9,035
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW371401 273698

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW371401

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£3,735
IWC Portofino Automatic IW356506 273747

IWC
Portofino Automatic
IW356506

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,465
IWC Ingenieur IW322701 277076

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322701

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£4,675
IWC Vintage Pilot's IW325401 270651
Limited Edition

IWC
Vintage Pilot's
IW325401

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£3,550
IWC Big Pilot's IW329303 269756

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329303

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,455
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391022 270379

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391022

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£3,695
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391024 272953
Limited Edition

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391024

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£3,165
IWC Pilot's Mark XVI IW325501 272175

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVI
IW325501

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£2,985
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390210 272235

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390210

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£4,520
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391031 270378

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391031

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£3,420
IWC Big Pilot's IW502708 269723
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502708

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£14,430
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377714 270314

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377714

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,895
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW395503 272082
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW395503

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£8,555
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW371705 270256

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW371705

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£2,960
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500712 270159

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500712

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£7,245
IWC Big Pilot's IW502805 270095
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502805

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£16,210
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW371712 272975
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW371712

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£3,355
IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar IW503202 271790

IWC
Portugieser Perpetual Calendar
IW503202

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£11,580
IWC Pilot's Spitfire IW370632 266085
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Spitfire
IW370632

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£2,830
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390211 265886

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390211

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£4,790

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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