The subject of the offer is an original IWC / Porsche Design luxury design men's wristwatch quartz "Worldtime"
in full set with papers
Description:
Case diameter: 40mm, titanium case, case number 25.47920, sapphire crystal, bidirectional rotating bezel with a display of major world cities, original used and "IWC" signed leather strap with original "Porsche Design" clasp, signed, screwed-down case back, screw-down crowns
The "IWC" signed quartz movement Ref. 3821 has an alarm/wake-up function, one crown sets the alarm function, the other the time
This magnificent piece of watch and design history runs continuously (battery recently replaced, accuracy not tested)
EZ 1 - 2: barely noticeable signs of age and wear, dial unrestored in excellent condition, runs smoothly, original packaging has the signs of age/storage visible in the photos, strap is clearly used but without damage
History of the luxury watch manufacturer IWC / Porsche Design (Source: Wikipedia):
IWC International Watch Co. AG is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer . The Schaffhausen -based company has been part of the Swiss luxury goods groupRichemont since 2000 and employs approximately 1,250 people. IWC is the abbreviation for International Watch Company .
Main building of IWC SchaffhausenFlorentine Ariosto Jones
The company was founded in 1868 by the American watchmaker and engineer Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841–1916). [3]
In 1856, Jones worked as a watchmaker in Boston . He decided to manufacture high-quality watches in Switzerland for the American market. He considered Switzerland a particularly attractive location because qualified watchmakers were available there and wages were lower than those in the United States. By 1875, IWC employed 196 people.
In 1874, IWC was transformed into a public limited company . The founding of the company, and especially the purchase of machinery and the construction of a new production facility in 1875, consumed more money than planned, so Jones resigned as managing director and returned to the USA. His successor, Frederick F. Seeland (* 1843) [4], also failed to bring IWC into the black. The economic crisis in Europe and the high import tariffs in the USA had a negative impact on IWC's business. Seeland left the company in 1879.
After two American managing directors had steered IWC, the Schaffhausen industrialist Johannes Rauschenbach-Vogel (1815–1881) bought the company in 1879. The company's economic breakthrough came in the following decades under his leadership and later under that of his son Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk (1856–1905).
He had two daughters, the elder, Emma Rauschenbach (1882–1955), married the psychologist and psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) in 1903, who thereby became a partner in the watch factory. The younger daughter, Bertha Margaretha (1883–1932), married the Schaffhausen industrialist Ernst Jakob Homberger (1869–1955) in the same year. Her husband was the director of Georg Fischer AG Industriebetriebe, and in 1929 he bought the shares of his brother-in-law CG Jung and became the sole owner of IWC. [5] From 1955, his son Hans Ernst Homberger took over the sole management of the flourishing company.
While market share was lost due to the quartz watch boom of the 1970s and 1980s, economic success followed under Günter Blümlein , as the company again specialized in classic mechanical complications . [6][7]
For the image campaign (e.g.: "Almost as complicated as a woman. But punctual.") the company received a complaint from the Swiss Fair Trade Commission ; and the Zurich advertising agency Wirz won the Swiss EFFIE in 2001. [8]
Pellaton automatic
A technical feature is the design of Albert Pellaton 's automatic winding mechanism with an eccentric and two large pawls. IWC used this automatic mechanism in the "Caliber 85" series. Movements by the wearer of the watch cause the semicircular rotor to rotate, thus moving a rocker arm constructed with two ruby rollers and two large pawls. The movement of the rocker arm winds the two pawls, which are connected to the spring core. [9]
Collections
The Portugieser collection from IWC Schaffhausen
IWC Vintage Collection
Grand Complication
Portuguese
Da Vinci
Aquatimer
engineer
Pilot's Watches Classics
Spitfire pilot watches
Portofino
IWC Watch Museum
The in-house watch museum, opened in Schaffhausen in June 2007, showcases over 230 exhibits from over 140 years of IWC collections. The collection ranges from the first IWC pocket watches with the Jones caliber, pocket watches with digital displays, richly decorated tailcoat watches and ladies' jewelry watches , and the earliest IWC wristwatches to the watch families of modern history. The exhibition is complemented by a multimedia presentation of the company's history.
