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The Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000 By Su JiaXian In 1978, amidst the quartz crisis, IWC and Porsche Design began a collaboration that would last twenty years and spawn many ground breaking timepieces. One of them was the world’s first wristwatch with ti...  

(PD Ocean watches shown are for illustration only of three types of bracelets with links as at bottom of photo. ) The basic difference between the PD Ocean 2000 ref. 3500, 3504, and 3524 is the geometric linkage system on the bracelets. The PD bracelet ha...  

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... lacking not one, but several important requirements of the DIN standard: no luminous element on the sweep second hand, which should permit a quick function control in darkness, no minute markers on the rotating bezel, and no clear designation of the d... 

SJX, Thanks for this look back at a (now) vintage model. Of course, it was w-a-y before my time Was the titanium much the same material as nowadays or different grade? Underwater, does lightness really matter i.e. will toughened steel do better against di...  

A neat diagram of the anatomical dissection of the case of the Ocean. Well constructed case.

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Dear JiaXian, A wonderful post on a great watch. Lovely to meet up with you recently, and thank you for your hospitality. If you're ever Down Under, please allow me to return the favour. Cheers Teng

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Thanks for this pic.. The Bund Ocean is one of these watches which are very high on my Wish List... Are they yours? Best. Nicolas

But one I never seemed able to quite find the right one of, it's just such a simple yet beautiful and functional watch and not like most other watches. Thank you for all this very informative information on this great watch. Marc

Just what I miss this days on this forum. A true engineering marvel, way ahead of its time… Thank you SJX for bringing it to our attention!