Horological Meandering - Simply great !

Simply great !

Hi Cazalea,

I enjoyed reading your post. It's a IWC time stamp on many occasion of your last decade.

Your story about the inverted hour hand speaks of bloopers that can occur during the assembling of a watch. How it went undetected. That prompts me that the things that we may be alerted to as we stare closely at our watch while admiring them, especially at the turn of the day, month or year or lunar phase.

I am a fan of the moon phase complication. That shot of the golden moon is impeccable. In my mind, if there is watch with an illum moon. It would be one which I would buy.

I also enjoyed the image showing the gears of the watch. The calculations speaks of the gear ratio. I believe, the top gear on the side facing away from us has a smaller gear at the center with 30 teeth. (it should be draw in dotted lines for clarity IMHO). However, just as you are unable to understand the watch, I too am confuse about the numbers 59.xxxx. (why 59 ?)

Many images still stay on my mind of your watch as I write this reply.
The watch in the wine glass, the watch on your TV screen, the watch on the ground with ash from the fire and the watch within the cracks of the ground.
(I am sorry to hear about the passing of your mum.)

This IWC perpetual is one of the most outstanding I have seen. Many perpetuals do not feature the year in "YYYY" format. But this one does and it's amazing !
I was looking at the pictures of your watch dial up close trying to spot the "leap year indicator" (1, 2, 3 , 4) but found none. Is there a complication that I miss out ?

Congratulations on owning this piece of watch tech. Enjoy the watch for many decades to come.

God Bless.

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A Decade With One Watch

By: cazalea : September 28th, 2013-14:06

There's nothing like a scan through the history files to depress and amaze one. I was prompted to do so by Andrew's question the other day about keeping a watch running. If you're interested, here are a batch of photos from the last decade featuring my fa...

A decade with a watch! That means a lot.

By: amanico : September 28th, 2013-14:52

How many of us can make such a post, in an era where we " eat " watches? Very interesting thoughts, my friend. I laughted a lot when I read your comments on the issue of your Watch, and the simple solution which was found by the man of the mountains. I ho...

That is not a simple post ... It's ... History ...

By: nilomis : September 28th, 2013-15:37

Cazalea, Thank you for sharing the saga of your wonderful IWC. After those 10 years, it's a beauty and a mechanical wonder. I have A LOT of respect for IWC watches and, in fact, I just added another to my meager set of watches. Another point that you made...

But what will you do on 12/31/2199?

By: Whirling : September 28th, 2013-18:13

Will it damage the watch to try to advance the century indicator to 22? Won't you need to get the watch serviced and upgraded before then? Should you order the replacement century now just to have it on hand? :-) Great watch and great post. Regards, Jon

Jon, you can't out-think the Swiss!

By: cazalea : September 28th, 2013-22:37

Here\'s the spare part already in the box, hermetically sealed ... Along with 3 books, warranty card, polishing cloth, spare links and so on. Cazalea ...

Wow! Amazing.

By: Whirling : September 29th, 2013-16:19

I'm not easily surprised, but you and IWC have done it. I was, of course, just trying to be a little funny. It is so charming that they would think of a little detail like extending the calendar function an additional 300 years. With no productive work le...

We found an optimist

By: MTF : September 29th, 2013-17:36

Whirling, You reveal yourself as the consummate optimist........ ;) MTF

Simply great !

By: akitaishi : September 28th, 2013-20:42

Thanks for your thoughtful comments I

By: cazalea : September 28th, 2013-22:06

In response to your question, there is no leap year indicator (I think) as they felt showing the entire year was enough. It is very rare, if not unique, to show all four digits of the year in a perpetual. Cazalea ...

And onto many more decades...

By: patrick_y : September 29th, 2013-07:48

Thanks for sharing! Spending a decade with one watch is a long time. A toast to many more decades.

Congratulations on Decade one with your IWC

By: Bill : September 29th, 2013-12:46

That sets up well for decade two. Best Bill

Good to see that you have given the watch a great life!

By: blomman Mr Blue : September 29th, 2013-13:44

Just as long but not as much....

By: MTF : September 29th, 2013-17:45

cazalea, Thank you for sharing the decade with us. Many may have watches for just as long but few will have the photo archive that spans a decade. Your horo-psyche is partially revealed......... What makes this watch different from the others in your cons...

What makes it different from others?

By: cazalea : September 29th, 2013-18:26

It has a clear sense of what it is, style wise. No flash. Titanium. An Engineer watch, not for basketball or polo players. Useable in many contexts except under dress shirt cuffs. The incredibly cool bracelet. I met Kurt and that always increases the vibe...

' nuff said

By: MTF : September 29th, 2013-19:53

'nuff said! That was the phrase of one of Marvel Comics's most taciturn characters - The Thing. He also said, "It's clobberin' time!" But that is a different story. ;) Your reasons are enough. I also like the hollow point arrow seconds hand. Regards, Melv...

One more image . . .

By: Dr No : October 1st, 2013-14:25

. . . from my files, Mike . . . . . . taken a few hours before yours. Fun times! Next year, same place? . . . ...