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To mark the 100th birthday of Jacques-Yves Cousteau celebrated on the June 11 2010, IWC Schaffhausen, having long supported the Cousteau Society, has created a fifth special edition dedicated to the legendary ocean explorer - the Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Jacques-Yves Cousteau watch.

The case of the new IWC watch, 44 mm in diameter, is sculptured from stainless steel. It boasts 120-meter water-resistance. You will notice Cousteau’s signature on the slate-color dial completed with high-contrast white indices and blue counters.

The timepiece is equipped with an IWC automatic chronograph movement. The 25-jewel movement, beating at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, offers a 42-hour power-reserve.  read more

The IWC Portuguese Chronograph watch has enjoyed continuous success since the day it was introduced over ten years ago. The timepiece, created as a classic automatic chronograph, has been one of the most highly appreciated members of the Portuguese family. This year, IWC Schaffhausen is pleased to introduce two new models of the Portuguese Chronograph. The new timepieces are sculptured in warm red gold.

The first Portuguese Chronograph boasted a newly designed 30-meter water-resistant case. The watch with a powerful sporting appeal was remarkably suited for everyday use. Moreover, it inherited the signature elegance of the Portuguese design. The case of the timepiece, created as a men’s watch, measured 40.9 mm in diameter and suited perfectly a female wrist as well.

The Portuguese Chronograph has already been created in a variety of case materials and dial variations.
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Now, the majestic tonneau case of the fine IWC Da Vinci Automatic has inspired IWC for creating an exciting gift for elegant woman of today.New IWC Da Vinci Automatic for ladies who like to adorn themselves in a noble manner represent useful and tasteful watches for everyday wearing. read more

IWC Schaffhausen is pleased to unveil a new limited edition timepiece that celebrates the brand’s partnership with its famous sporting ambassador - the footballer Zinedine Zidane. The Big Ingenieur Edition Zinedine Zidane watch has been designed in cooperation with the elite athlete, according to his individual taste. The timepiece will be limited to 500 pieces.

The IWC Big Ingenieur Edition Zinedine Zidane watch has been created with a solid stainless steel Ingenieur case, 45.5 mm in diameter, accommodating a sophisticated mechanical automatic movement - IWC in-house 51113 calibre movement.

The 42-jewel movement is beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour. The mechanism incorporates a large spring barrel that receives energy from the highly efficient Pellaton automat read more

The Vintage Portofino Hand-Wound watch pays tribute to the brand's famous Ref. 5251 watch, produced in limited numbers in the late 1990s. The Ref. 5251 Portofino watch was equipped with an old IWC pocket watch movement, the Caliber 9521. The original IWC Ref. 5251 represented an impressively large, yet deliciously flat watch. The timepiece revealed an amazing horizontal moonphase and small second display, with the beauty enhanced due to its idiosyncratic design.

The new Vintage Portofino Hand-Wound watch features the gorgeous vertical layout. The IWC watch houses a manually-wound pocket watch-type caliber with the elongated IWC 'Jones Index'.
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The Da Vinci watch collection from IWC Schaffhausen is highly appreciated among real watch connoisseurs as it comprises technically and aesthetically sophisticated mechanical timepieces. The timepiece has been unveiled at SIHH 2009.

This year, the prominent IWC watch collection is joined by another timekeeping wonder - a complex wristwatch with a flyback chronograph and a unique perpetual calendar, with date, month, and leap year displayed in digital format.

The IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month watch is secured to the wrist on a broad alligator leather strap fitted with a folding clasp crafted in rose gold or platinum. The platinum variation of the timepiece will be available in a limited edition of 500 pieces.  read more

IWC gladly delivers its new Portuguese Siderale Scafusia watch, which is striking from a distance and even more exciting after a closer inspection.

The company invested more than 10 years in developing the timepiece, which will surely mark a milestone in the watchmaking history. According to Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen, this novelty is a “horoligal feat uniting solar time with sidereal time, together with astronomical displays, in a single watch."

The new IWC watch attracts the audience not only with its clearly laid-out face, but also with its mesmerizing bottom. The black dial, equipped with Arabic numerals and a railway minute circle, ensures central hour and minutes, that is solar time, used on earth.
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IWC Schaffhausen has offered support to Adventure Ecology founder David de Rothschild and a unique expedition.

Adventure Ecology has selected leading scientists, adventurers, sailors, and creative personalities to join the Plastiki expedition. This summer, the crew will sail 10,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean. They will sail in a one-of-a-kind 60-foot catamaran built from plastic bottles, srPET plastic and recycled waste products.

The Plastiki boat will pass through regions suffering from extreme ecological threats, including the largest rubbish dump in the oceans, named The Great Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch.

To commemorate Adventure Ecology’s bold expedition, IWC Schaffhausen unveils a special limited “Adventure Ecology” edition of the Ingenieur Automatic Mission Earth watch. read more

In 2010, the illustrious watchmaker IWC brings forth its novel chronograph watch, a new addition to the brand’s acclaimed Da Vinci chronograph collection, presented by models in gold, platinum, and stainless steel. Highly advanced from the technological standpoint, this new model is sculptured in a successful duo of zirconium oxide (ceramic) and titanium.

Featured with a tonneau-shaped case, the IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic watch pays a worthy tribute to the company’s first use of ceramic. It hearkens back to 1986, the year when the first watch with the case, produced from this material was born. The remarkable novelty from IWC expresses its commitment to the heritage of the past, and boasts an array of innovations to please the eye and mind of the brand’s admirers.

Sporty, yet extremely elegant, the IWC chronograph watch features the generous dimensions of 44 mm x 52.8 mm and measures 15.1mm from back to sapphire crystal. The middle part of the case is crafted from zirconium oxide powder and a binding substance, which integrate at temperatures below 2000-degrees Centigrade. read more

A figurehead among the IWC collections, the Portofino family is happy to welcome a new member - the Portofino Dual Time Automatic GMT watch.

This horological marvel relies on a Swiss made automatic Caliber 64710 movement, executed entirely in the brand’s workshops. Studded with 29 rubies, it operates at a frequency of 28, 800 vibrations per hour and offers an impressive power reserve of 72 hours.

The movement inside the new IWC watch drives the functions of hours, minutes and hacking small seconds as well as those of date and 24-hour GMT indicator.

The caliber described finds its natural home in a rose gold or stainless steel case. It boasts a diameter of 45 mm and is just 12 mm thick. The aforementioned functions are governed by an appealing crown, placed at 3 o’clock.
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On the ground of its huge popularity, the IWC brand has chosen to launch the fifth edition of the Da Vinci watch, thus providing a true delight to its faithful admirers. The novel timekeeping companion is sure to seduce watch aficionados with its breathtaking red gold 5N case, complimented by a black dial. This cheerful color combination is a perfect choice for the watch that borrows its name from one of the most renowned Italian personalities.

Exclusive as it is, the Da Vinci Kurt Klaus perpetual calendar chronograph provides an array of useful functions, having ensured a convincing success of its acclaimed predecessor, which made its appearance in 1985.

The functionality of the new IWC watch includes indicating the date, day, month and the year in four digits. read more

The horological company IWC is proud to continuously associate itself with the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, which support millions of children and adolescents in need from all over the world.

The cooperation between the watch brand and the foundation began with the Portuguese Chronograph Automatic model in 2006. This year, IWC delivers its new Ingenieur Automatic Edition Laureus Sport for Good Foundation watch.

Inspired by the Ingenieur Automatic of 1955, the novelty is set in a 42.5mm case. It is rendered in stainless steel with a nicely polished surface. Equipped with a screw-in crown, the new IWC watch is 120-meter water-resistant.

An attention-getter of a special kind is surely the case-back. The company arranged a drawing competition for children and opted for an illustration by the eight year-old Sohel Abrar Khan from Mumbai. The competition was devoted to the idea “Time for Unity” and the winner’s drawing revealed seven youngsters who gathered for a game of football.
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IWC is pleased to deliver its new Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium watch. The key elements of its exterior are borrowed from the design, created by famous Gerald Genta in the 1970s.

The new IWC watch is executed in a 45mm titanium case. Its water-resistance is assured down to 1200 meters. Ticking inside the case is a Valjoux-based caliber 79230 movement.

The mechanism animates an array of functions, presented on the black dial. It is accented with blue and white luminous touches.

The new IWC Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium watch offers central hours and minutes. The small seconds tick away in a counter at 9 o’clock. The day and date indications appear in the exhibition windows at 3 o’clock.
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IWC unveils its new Ingenieur Automatic Mission Earth Edition Plastiki watch - reference 3236.

The new IWC watch pays tribute to the successful mission of the British adventurer David de Rothschild. In 2010, he sailed across the Pacific in his renowned "Plastiki" - a boat created from 12.000 plastic bottles.

An 18-meter and 12-ton catamaran, the Plastiki set off from San Francisco, California to cross the Pacific Ocean and end up in Sydney. This journey was aimed at attracting global attention to environmental problems.

Offered in a limited edition of 1000 pieces, the new IWC Ingenieur Automatic Mission Earth Edition Plastiki watch is available in a 46mm stainless steel case. It incorporates a soft-iron inner part, which protects the case against magnetic fields up to 80,000 A/m.
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Nowadays, people are able to enjoy amazing flora and fauna all over the world. The extraordinary life, which exists in the ecosystem of the Galapagos archipelago, however, is considered to be beyond compare. This paradise on the earth has recently attracted a very small group of American and South American journalists, anxious to give a better coverage to the cooperation between IWC and the Charles Darwin Foundation.

In January, 2009, the IWC Watch Company officially involved in supporting the Charles Darwin Foundation, focusing its activity on preserving the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, which is threatened by invasive pests, animals and other non-indigenous species. Besides, the brand will render financial assistance to CDF, for the latter to carry out scientific research within the area of archipelago.

The IWC brand has always regarded the ocean and the earth as people’s common wealth. To accentuate this idea, the watchmaking house has developed an exceptional Galapagos Islands watch within its Aquatimer lineup. The part of the funds to be raised from the watch’s sale will serve the company’s noble purpose. read more

The heart of the timepiece is Calibre 50910, an exceptional IWC in-house automatic movement. The mechanism incorporates the innovative Pellaton winding system.  read more

IWC Schaffhausen is to offer at auction an exceptional, platinum version of the UTC Edition Antoine de Saint Exupery watch. The timepiece will be auctioned together with an original, signed copy of Saint Exupery's famous memoir Wind, Sand and Stars.

IWC's on-line auction will take place between December 8th -14th. The starting price is 39,000 US dollars. The money will be donated to the French Sipar association, a non-governmental group fighting illiteracy in Cambodia.

The platinum IWC Pilot's Watch UTC Edition Antoine de Saint Exupery reveals a tobacco brown dial. The watch is secured to the wrist on a rugged leather strap fitted with a platinum tang buckle.

The timepiece shows off two distinguishing details - Antoine de Exupery's "A" initial on the dial, and a commemorative case back with an engraved Latecoere 25 aircraft and the number 01/01.

The IWC watch accommodates the self-winding 30710 caliber, providing a secondary time zone display, sweep seconds and the date.

According to Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen, the timepiece has been created in respect for Antoine de Saint Exupery as a pilot and is not simply a piece of jewelry aimed at cosmopolitans. The unique watch will be auctioned off to offer more educational opportunities for children in Cambodia by improving their literacy."
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Singaporean actor-director Ng Chin Han was sported wearing an IWC classic Portuguese Chrono-Automatic watch at the premiere of The Dark Knight held on July 14th, in New York City.

In the movie, the 38-year old Ng Chin Han played the role of Hong Kong mobster Lau. The premier was also attended by the co-stars - Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman. Chin Han admitted he was really pleased to have worked with such a great cast.

Before his work with Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan and the breakthrough role in the movie, Ng Chin Han played a range of supporting roles in a variety of independent movies. Chin Han has also applied his talent of the director in plays and musical adaptations. The actor was first presented to Singapore audiences in 1994, when he starred in the English TV drama 'Masters of the Sea'.
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IWC is thrilled to unveil an inviting addition to its remarkably well-received Big Pilot collection.

The new Orange Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar watch catches and holds the gaze with bright orange elements, artfully presented on a black dial.

The new IWC watch is available with a 46 mm round-shaped case crafted from stainless steel. It sports an imposing bezel, produced from the same material. On its front side, the case is assembled with a top quality sapphire crystal.

Beneath this glass is the aforementioned black dial. It is completed with Arabic numerals, hour-markers and steel hands, dressed in bright orange Superluminova.  read more

This year, IWC Schaffhausen expands its successful range of IWC Big Pilot watches with a new limited edition timepiece - the Blue Big Pilot Limited Edition. The watch catches the glance by its blue-on-black color combination.

Following the steps of other Big Pilot pieces, the new IWC watch is animated by the brand’s Calibre 51111 automatic movement, representing a modified version of an older Calibre 50000 movement. The 42-jewel movement operates at a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour.

The dial of the Blue Big Pilot watch is completed with indices and numerals in bright-blue Superluminova to guarantee supreme readability under pure light conditions.
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