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IWC Vintage Collection - Jubilee Edition 1868-2008 ( A continuation ...)
This 8 parts consist mostly of images and complementing SJX's earlier post: CLICK HERE .
On the 3 March, IWC South-East Asia invited the press to preview this new Pre-SIHH Vintage Collection at 11:15am.
Greeted by the IWC Jubilee logo.
Location was at the Arts House, Singapore Old Parliament House, a colonial building.
Very relevant to theme of IWC. The colonial building was painted in white, and the colour theme for IWC is the clean-cut and minimalist black & white. Even the jublilee theme is black & white!
Good choice of venue, Connie.
And a huge poster with IWC founder, F.A. Jones & his great work.
Arrived a bit early, preparation was still on. That's Andreas Boesch, General Manager of IWC SE Asia.
Mr. Hannes Pantli, Member of the Board of Directors, one of the important people who worked for the survival of IWC in 70s.
Glad to have a chat with Mr. Hannes Pantli... more about him and his watches later.
This Jubilee Collection, besides celebrating IWC's 140 years anniversary , it is also paying homage to the First model in each of the 6 families.
They are ( arranged in the sequence of their introduction year) :
Be it Air, Land or Sea range, IWC has them all.
The new Jubilee pieces consist of 3 manual wind ( all Calibre 98XXX) and 3 automatic with the Pellaton winding system ( all are Calibre 80111).
Very soon, the new Jublilee pieces will appear in everywhere. I decided to have more pictures of the great vintage pieces and some comparison shots of the past & present!
"The future is a present given to us by the past."
~ André Malraux
Enjoy!
Kong
This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2008-03-25 14:52:10
This message has been edited by Kong on 2008-03-28 23:15:24
IWC Vintage Collection - Jubilee Edition 1868-2008 ( A continuation ...)
This 8 parts consist mostly of images and complementing SJX's earlier post: CLICK HERE . On the 3 March, IWC South-East Asia invited the press to preview this new Pre-SIHH Vintage Collection at 11:15am. Greeted by the IWC Jubilee logo. Location was at the...
Part 5 : Aquatimer
Like the straps and the pedal-second hand. A picture of the Jubilee Da Vinci and Aquatimer. This message has been edited by Kong on 2008-03-25 07:47:23...
Hello Kong....
Are you the owner of the ref 812?....Never seen that stamp of dial before (just curious).
Hello Catherine...
All the vintage pieces photographed belong to IWC. I wish it was mine Kong
Part 8 : The Jubilee Collection
Some pictures of the new collection to close : The casing for all black dials are in Stainless Steel, while the white dials are in Platinum, limited to 500 pcs for each family. The Pilot's Watch and The Portuguese (Both Hand-wound) The Da Vinci and The Aq...
Thanks Kong for the real-life pictures!!
I wonder if other brands will follow and reintroduce vintage looking pieces. Cheers, Anthony
Longines Legend Divers Watch
Anthony, Longines also did a 1960's remake of their diver's watch and its looks quite similar to IWC's. Think it was launched last year. Cheers! Lionel
Back to the future again
Kong, Thanks for the real-life in-person photos and impressions. Good to have feely-touchy reports. I'm in 2 minds about back-to-the-future editions. On one hand, I like that we get a flavour of the originals that never can be found by ordinary folk i.e. ...
Thanks, Kong for these additionnal pics
The only thing I regret on the Pilot and on the Aquatimer is that IWC didn't find a solution to make their luminova less green , and more Vintage...A creamy color should have been nicer, IMHO...And woild have lead me to go on them... But there are again t...
