IWC International Watch Schaffhausen
IWC Schaffhausen rarest shooting watch solid silver Zurich 1907 shooting festival
IWC Schaffhausen rarest shooting watch solid silver Zurich 1907 shooting festival
Couldn't load pickup availability
Subject of the offer:
History of the watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen (source: Watchwiki):
International Watch Company
| IWC International Watch Co. AG | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Legal form | stock corporation |
| Founding | 1868 |
| seat | Schaffhausen ,  Switzerland
|
| Line | Chris Grainger-Herr [1] ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 1250 (worldwide) |
| Sales volume | CHF 400 – 500 million |
| Industry | watch manufacturer |
|
|
|
IWC International Watch Co. AG is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer . The Schaffhausen -based company has been owned by the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont since 2000 and employs approximately 1,250 people. IWC is the abbreviation for International Watch Company .
Some watch models offer functions such as power reserve indicator , moon phase , minute repeater , tourbillon and a perpetual calendar .
Story
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 USA. By 1875, IWC employed 196 people.
In 1874, IWC was transformed into a joint-stock 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 managed 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; in 1929 he bought the company 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 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 once again specialized in classic mechanical complications .
The company received a complaint from the Swiss Fair Trade Commission for its image campaign (e.g.: "Almost as complicated as a woman. But punctual.") and the Zurich advertising agency Wirz won the Swiss EFFIE in 2001.
Pellaton automatic
A technical highlight is the design of Albert Pellaton 's automatic winding mechanism, featuring an eccentric cam and two large pawls. IWC used this automatic mechanism in its "Caliber 85" series. Movements by the wearer cause the semicircular rotor to rotate, thereby moving a rocker arm constructed with two ruby rollers and two large pawls. The movement of the rocker arm causes the two pawls to wind the gear train connected to the spring core.
Collections
- 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 more recent history. The exhibition is complemented by a multimedia presentation of the company's history.
Manufacturing Center
In 2018, IWC opened its new manufacturing center in Schaffhausen. [10] The 139-meter-long and 62-meter-wide building, with a total area of 13,500 square meters, was designed by the architectural firm ATP and accommodates around 240 employees. The glass new building was inspired by "car factories."
An offer from the sole proprietorship Reiner Haas, Managing Director is Reiner Haas
Our company is taxed according to the differential taxation method, no VAT is shown in the final price
Cancellation policy
Right of withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason.
The cancellation period shall expire after fourteen days from the day on which you, or a third party other than the carrier designated by you, takes possession of the goods. To exercise your right of cancellation, you must notify us of your decision to cancel this contract by means of an unambiguous declaration (e.g., a letter sent by post, fax, or email). You may use the sample cancellation form below, but this is not mandatory.
The revocation must be addressed to:
Reiner Haas sole proprietorship
Rennmühle 3A, 91126 Schwabach
To comply with the cancellation period, it is sufficient that you send the notification of the exercise of the right of cancellation before the expiry of the cancellation period.
Consequences of revocation
If you cancel this contract, we will refund all payments that we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of additional costs resulting from your choice of a delivery method other than the cheapest standard delivery offered by us), immediately and at the latest within fourteen days from the day on which we received notification of your cancellation of this contract.
For this refund, we will use the same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless something else was expressly agreed with you; under no circumstances will you be charged any fees for this refund.
We may refuse repayment until we have received the goods back or until you have provided evidence that you have returned the goods, whichever is the earlier.
whichever is earlier.
You must return or hand over the goods to us immediately and in any event no later than fourteen days from the date on which you notify us of the cancellation of this contract.
The deadline is met if you send the goods before the expiry of the fourteen-day period. You will bear the direct cost of returning the goods.
You only have to pay for any loss of value of the goods if this loss of value is due to handling of the goods which is not necessary to check their quality, properties and functioning.
If you wish to withdraw from the contract, please fill out this text template and send it back to:
Reiner Haas sole proprietorship
Rennmühle 3A
91126 Schwabach
I/we hereby revoke the contract concluded by me/us for the purchase of the following goods:
…............................................................................................................…................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Ordered on …......................................................
Received on …..................................................
Name of the consumer(s)
…........................................................................................
Address of the consumer(s)
…........................................................................................................….................................................................................................…..........................................................................................................…...........................................................................................................................................
Date and signature of the consumer(s) (only if notification is made on paper)
.........................................................................................................
EU Commission platform for online dispute resolution: https://www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
