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Picture: Monochrome
IWC quietly introduces a 3716 on a bracelet
I am of the opinion that it will be something to get used to after all these years. To me, it looks like an aftermarket bracelet. Review and pictures from Monochrome.
Picture: Monochrome
Funny/awkward
Launching a bracelet option after 25 years in the market of this reference, this was bound to raise eyebrows
It does expectedly seem strange on this reference, but as a first reaction when I saw it, not bad looking at all! [nt]
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it does...actually it does looks like it was a desperate reaction - the case design lines don't sync with the bracelet imho
Best,
mahesh.,
Exactly! No harmony between the case and bracelet
Lately, desperate reactions galore at IWC...🙄
i put this comment in Hodinkee...the comment is yet to be 'approved' for publishing ;-) [nt]
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Saw it. Also, surprised to see a good number of positive comments. Very surprised [nt]
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Hmmm this doesn’t look right...
I just sold my 3714 white dial blue hands after almost 15 years of ownership. An awesome watch. Never serviced. Run smoothly as new. The original 3714 is a true classic. But please... on a matching strap 😂
Why does this bracelet look like a Nautilus bracelet...
with the blocky, polished center links? Seems strange for such an elegant watch...
They took their existing Ingenieur bracelet and adapted it to the 3716 case
Never very good when a high polished case
Transitions to a satin finish bracelet. It demonstrates that the bracelet was added later. If they had designed everything from scratch, the case would have been satin finished as well, only the bezel and crowns likely high polished. I’m sure they’ll sell though personally on a strap is THE way to go.
Strange looking. I guess it will take some time for us to get used to it. [nt]
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Elsewhere, someone suggested it could be renamed Tommy Hilfiger... 😉 [nt]
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It stinks.
All these years of not screwing up the perfect Portuguese Chrono and they finally did it. They finally screwed it up!
I can imagine someone at the atelier slapping a leftover bracelet on the watch, walking down the hall, and an executive searching for ideas notices and pitches it to the decision makers. Analogous to an automobile test mule that finds a way to production
Thanks,
Brian
Brian
IWC posted a picture comparing the watch on bracelet vs. strap
Maybe there is a reason why they aren't showing it on another dial version? From Instagram:
First thing that came to my mind when I saw this was a special collaboration between Strapcode and IWC 😂
I believe it looks so ugly! The Portuguese is stunning on a leather bracelet. What else now? A big Pilot on a steel bracelet? You never know what they’re cooking in their facility.
Laurent
I am sure they don't feel they have disgraced the Big Pilot enough 😉 [nt]
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I think watch companies are struggling to come up with something
new and exciting that we all actually find new and exciting,
and most are grasping at straws.
Every complication has been tried, and some improved on,
but in the end there really isn't anything we haven't seen.
A colored dial here and a colored dial there, really nothing new and exciting.
I'm not going to stand in line for something not worth standing in line for,
from any manufacturer. At today's prices it will really have to be
NEW AND EXCITING.
and most are grasping at straws.
Every complication has been tried, and some improved on,
but in the end there really isn't anything we haven't seen.
A colored dial here and a colored dial there, really nothing new and exciting.
I'm not going to stand in line for something not worth standing in line for,
from any manufacturer. At today's prices it will really have to be
NEW AND EXCITING.