Nostalgia might be the "rust of memory"...
But I have really been enjoying these old friends this week. Back in the '90s and early 2000s I was a big fan of IWC and a recent rotation from the back of the safe reminds me of why. Kent ...
These are the kind of watches that made IWC so desirable in these days.
No-nonsense industrial tool watch design and an impeccable build quality. For me these are timeless classics.
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So what happened to them? I find they lack identity nowadays. It's such a sterile brand.
Like most watch manufacturers, they are catering to the current generation...
Of luxury watch buyers and it seems to be working for them. We can debate this subject to no end without an actual conclusion to our satisfaction.
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Maybe I'm too nostalgic and I like old watches. The current iterations are too big. And they ruined the ingenieur as well.
Honestly, recognizing the more recent "luxury" role that watches play vs the way things were in "the good old days"...
I have been impressed with several of the newer pieces (Portuguese 40, smaller Big Pilot, Tribute to 3705), the new movements and very impressed with Chris Grainger-Herr and the changes he has been making at IWC. I'm anticipating more to come.
I regret selling my 3536 titanium
That was a serious diver, without any fuss and with crazy performance
I understand...
Here is my oldest, most favorite and most knocked-around dive watch. Honestly, I'm not sure about the "progress" the watch world has made in the past couple of decades. ...
If I buy a 3536 again, it might be the steel version
as it is different from the ti that I had and also quite a bit cheaper in the current market
I became an IWC fan in this era.
I miss the MOD hands compared to today's version for the pilot collection. A new GST line-up would be a refreshing sight. And for goodness sake, IWC please, fix the Ingenieur case back to "normal". Just my opinions of course. The new watches are great too...
I agree, especially about the hands!
My 3227, while quite a chunk of steel, seems to me to be about the last Ingenieur with any of the original DNA. I’m good with the newer watches although I don’t have any right now. They just seem a bit less individual, more homogeneous and thus probably a...
Could not agree more. IWC was the brand that started me as a watch enthusiast.
Wish they could go back in that design era. In their current line up, only portugieser 40 mm that still make interest for me, albeit still a bit too big for that huge dial. ...
Ahhh… the squared off hands!!
I know IWC has done one or a couple of tributes, but I assume you have the original! I loved my 3536-01 as it was my favorite work travel watch…no one really knew of its value and anti blingy relative to rolex.
This is where my love for IWC began: then our paths parted.
We may meet again someday... with an old Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar, a watch that, in my opinion, is perhaps the real turning point in modern watchmaking. Thanks for the post, massi ...
My gripe
I find the quick release strap system of the 3795 Aquatimer to be so antithetical to the engineering ethos of IWC. To have a dive watch that is completely unfit for its intended usage because it is prone to falling off during normal usage makes me questio...