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That seems like an excellent weekend read, about a reference that I love
So, I will put it aside until tomorrow.
Thanks in advance for your contribution
The real ocean – Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000, Reference 3504
The real ocean – Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000, Reference 3504 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (* December 11th, 1935, † April 5th, 2012), grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, the man trusted by Adolf H¡tler and supposedly the "sole ...
That seems like an excellent weekend read, about a reference that I love
So, I will put it aside until tomorrow. Thanks in advance for your contribution
On the contrary …this was a fascinating piece and well researched.
A few questions…does the 2000 meet dive standards? I own three Seamaster POs and eschewed Ti for steel every time primarily because I owned a Ti Tissot and it developed many surface scratches. I own two ceramic Speedmasters and prefer the scratch proof ha...
Dive standards & Sinn watches
Hi, the Ocean 2000 does not comply with current diving watch standards and I doubt that it complied with DIN or ISO standards for diving watches when it was launched in 1982. However, it was developed in accordance with the specifications of the German ar...
Hello Moonshine Runner! Welcome to our Community and thank you so much for these two great posts, so well researched and interesting reading for this weekend.
I wish you´ll keep enjoying your participation in WPS so much! Best cordial regards, Abel
What a post!
Thanks for this highly informative article concerning the Porsche-IWC connection. And magnificent photographs!
Herzlich willkommen. Great reportage with beautiful pictures. This IWC Porsche Ocean diver was way ahead of its time at launch. Lothar Schmidt developed interesting case and material techniques
at IWC. today he is the owner and head of Sinn Uhren located in Frankfurt am Main.
An erudite post...Thank you
...And someone has visited the archives! The parts are indeed disappearing and I am glad you found one flawlessly patinated dial! And yes, the late 80s and early 90s Sinn did bear more than an uncanny resemblance to the geometry and aesthetics of porsche ...