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Great stuff, thanks Bernard.
IWC's dedication to technical innovation and excellence has always impressed me. One of the first IWC watches I saw was the old Porsche Design Ocean 2000 - that really made me go WOW - which is one of the best diver's watch ever made. I hope IWC continues this tradition, despite being part of a large luxury group and having to meet quarterly targets.
- SJX
IWC hammer testing and prototyping the Caliber 5000(the big movt you have) in 1997/8
In theyears when the budgets at the factory went into producing the caliber 5000 series which you now see in your stores. And I really love this movement for its absolute pursuit of creating a large diameter rotor..into a single barrel...but that's for an...
Great stuff, thanks Bernard.
IWC's dedication to technical innovation and excellence has always impressed me. One of the first IWC watches I saw was the old Porsche Design Ocean 2000 - that really made me go WOW - which is one of the best diver's watch ever made. I hope IWC continues...
Thank you, Bernard! A fascinating story impeccably
told and illustrated. I would expect no less either from yourself or IWC! I bought my Cal. 5000 second-hand in early 2001, it was a watch completely apart from my experience at the time. In the intervening years IWC have done what they promised, improving...
Steve! The difference can be seen in the 2 IWCs..yours is incredible.Here's why..
Dear Steve, it is great to read from you. First...I have always admired your absolutely clean multilayered photography of your watches. In fact, I have looked at your caliber 5000 and so has Denis and Opald at IWC in 2006. We noticed that you have a model...
Thanks Bernard for the insight! Any reason why the rotor ...
touches the main-plate? Is it too heavy due to the the rotor size or the additional 'gold-coin' added? Kong This message has been edited by Kong on 2008-01-05 21:22:24
Great post Bernard...
The caliber 5000 is one of my all time favorite automatic movements. Your post made me take a second look at my caliber 50010. I’m very interested to read more. Please post more photos and details, thanks! Cheers, Vernon
Brillant Post!
Thanks for that informative post and nice pictures. Please continue with your stories.
Thanks, Bernard and Steve, for this thread . . .
. . . highlighting one of the great modern movements. By the way, Bernard, why on earth would you wear your IWC on your ankle? ;-) . . . cordially, Art
You can watermark
Bernard, Thanks for the history and evolution of this movement...still the only BIG automatic out there. I don't know if it helps to watermark the photos using the photouploader utility...... Regards, MTF
Very interesting to see the development
so up close and personal - excellent information. thanks, Bernard - and you have more? Don't hesitate! Dirk
I've seen watches being tested like this...
but this is ridiculous! But it does remind me of the time when Junghans did something similar to their J 93/1 handwound movement, using an elastic suspension system to produce similar results.
Thank You Bernard
I am looking into buying my 1st watch above SGD10K and I have been belaboring whether the IWC Porto Automatic is a good buy. I certainly love the looks but with this thread you just put my mind to rest on this IWC movement. Thank God there's someone who t...
