My WABIful Mark XII. Perfect holiday watch.
My WABIful Mark XII. Perfect holiday watch.
My own XII. I've just realised that I've had it for 21 years now.
My old 3521 Inge, sold a few years ago
And the one I've replaced it with
My first and only IWC.
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Thanks. I've had one previously this one is here to stay. Usually wear it on average one day a week. Universally popular and originates from a time when IWC made beautiful and elegant watches. Amazingly comfortable on the new deployant strap with one very short length so the single fold deployant sits centrally.
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about this one; another one I no longer have, sadly.
This was a limited edition white dial XV commissioned by the German jewellers Gadebusch, also known as the Gadebusch Uhr. Mine was 42/50. Pictured here on the day I received it in '99.
Loved this Ingenieur 3227 but sadly it had to go as it was too chunky for my wrist:
Currently own this Mark XVIII Le Petit Prince. Picture doesn’t do justice to the beautiful blue dial as it is from when the watch was still wrapped in plastic before purchase:
Less is more. It looks good because it's 36mm, not despite being 36mm.
With bigger dials, the date window tends to migrate too far towards the centre of the dial, evident also on the recent larger Rolex Sea Dwellers btw. The movement isn't large enough for the case. The proportions become distorted.
I miss my pilot chrono. Have been thinking about a mark xv or earlier for some time. Keep missing them when they pop up here.
Also love their early ingenieurs.
Nothing much in their current collection appeals though.
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Tried it in AD but couldn't decide.
My 3717 chrono dating from 2004
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Had one and loved it. Ultimatet though I sold it as I felt it was a fundamentally flawed design as it was simply too thick to wear comfortably day to day.
Had they made this a manual wind (and let's face it who needs an Auto with an 8 day reserve?) and left out the auto bits, this would have slimmed the movement down a few mm and been damn near a perfect watch.
They did that years later with the portofino but ultimately ruined it by making it 45mm. Stupidity.
My recently acquired Da Vinci...
And my IW324019 which was a limited edition of 150 homage to the Mark II in bronze...
My Ingenieur chronograph edition W125. Love this thing and the strap is a work of art
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All very nice, can you show more pictures of the strap?
And what size is it?
My three:
2017 Annual Calendar which my parents bought me after I had completed my Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
I have replaced the black strap on the annual calendar with a brown one which I think looks much better.
2019 Le Petit Prince Pilot I bought to commemorate the birth of my daughter.
And my under the radar Portofino which I have had since 2005
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Gone to a TZer gent but would love it back at some point
Gone to another TZer gent, maybe back one day, amazing lume
My current and favourite IWC that I've owned ....
Edited to add that all three have been accurate to within a couple of seconds a day.
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My only IWC, Le Petit Prince Chronograph. Original bracelet and after market leather strap and deployant.
I'm a big fan of IWC, although the current offerings leave me somewhat cold. I've got 5 IWC's currently
First up is my Mark 1 Big Pilot ref. 5002.
Next IWC Mark XII
Which is a homage to the IWC Mark XI, calibre 89. This one from 1948
WWW IWC calibre 83, aka Mark X, one of the Dirty Dozen. All of the WWW's are from 1945
Finally a substantial piece of metal, the 3227-01 Ingenieur
They just about all fit on one arm
Man there are some sexy watches in this thread... i know at some point there is an IWC in my future. Design-wise, I am not actually sure there is a company that is better.
One of the last ‘decent’ Ingeneiurs - my AMG chrono version. Still wear this as part of my standard rotation watches.
...and these:
3500 & 3529
3713
I'm hoping that somebody has a Genta designed SL1832 "Jumbo" & posts some photos of it.
And another one JC Aquatimer
Here's my 3536 in titanium.LRM_EXPORT_20171231_161055.jpg
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IWC ingenieur with a Jacob's strap on
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Some great IWCs and pictures. Keep them coming 😎