Just released are details of the IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Miramar.   Not everyone likes the fussiness of a decorated watch dial.  For some there’s nothing quite like the plain high-legibility of a classic Pilot’s watch.  IWC are more than accomplished in the creation of clean-cut aviation pieces – I [...]

  If you like IWC’s Ingenieur collection then you will want this one on your wrist.  The Ingenieur has always been unpretentious, technical, usable.   The latest piece which is constructed from titanium means that the chunky 45mm case is even comfortable, not an essential requirement when a watch looks this good.   Instantly recognisable as [...]

IWC present a new limited edition piece – the IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar 2010. A Perpetual Calendar is a remarkable piece of micro engineering.  Comprising several hundred parts, a perpetual calendar module quite literally counts the days, taking into account the variations of days in each month.  This is a watchmaking complication so intelligent that [...]

Continuing the successful Jacques Cousteau editions of it’s superb Aquatimer model, IWC have lifted the covers from the fifth edition  to take it’s place among the range. The IWC Aquatimer model has been a real grower on me over recent years, particularly the Cousteau editions, and in it’s latest guise, I think it just looks [...]

IWC present a new watch celebrating the legendary French footballer – the IWC Big Ingenieur Edition Zinédine Zidane. This is the second watch which celebrates the legendary French footballer, the first, released in 2008 featured the colours of the French National team i.e. blue dial, blue strap and was a pleasing enough piece, after all, [...]

I was really impressed with IWC’s offerings on display at SIHH this week in Geneva. I wrote about the Da Vinci Chrono Ceramic already and indeed have gone back to admire it some more. Very cool watches seem to be the IWC mantra this time round, although many would argue that they are never too [...]

IWC today revealed their newest addition to the successful DaVinci series, using the occasion of the 2010 SIHH exhibiton in Geneva to debut the piece. The IWC DaVinci Chronograph at the centre of attention certainly caused a stir among the many visitors as they sought to get a close-up look at the first IWC piece [...]