... all Bund variations with mechanical movements (I did not bother about the Quartz versions). If you study the specific literature (a lot of it in German speaking watch forums), you will see that ref. 3501 is on the official and comprehensive list of "B
Hello everyone, I would really appreciate some opinions from serious Ocean 2000 / BUND collectors regarding a very unusual case back configuration that I recently inherited. What I currently have is an original IWC Ocean 2000 BUND case back with: Outer mi
Schaffhausen/Geneva, 14 th April, 2026: IWC Schaffhausen introduces the Ingenieur Tourbillon 41 at Watches and Wonders in Geneva. The new flagship Ingenieur model pairs a case and bracelet crafted from 18-carat 5N gold with an olive green “Grid” dial. The
Schaffhausen/Geneva, April 14 th , 2026: IWC Schaffhausen introduces the Ingenieur Automatic 42 in dark olive green ceramic at Watches and Wonders in Geneva. This marks the first time that the Gérald Genta-derived integrated bracelet design is presented i
Schaffhausen/Geneva, April 14 th , 2026: IWC Schaffhausen introduces two new versions of its Ingenieur Automatic 35 at Watches and Wonders Geneva. One features a bezel made from 18-carat 5N gold, adorned with 45 white diamonds, while the other showcases I
The ref. 666, the ref. 866 (special version: believed to have been a "military dial" prototype), the ref. 1832 "Jumbo" and the ref. 3508 (special version: 500'000 A/m). Cheers, HSTE
The recent post by m2 celebrating the arrival of his Odysseus gave me the idea to make this side-by-side montage of 10 of the most well-known blue dial integrated bracelet sports watches . NB 1: I decided to stick to models available in the current catalo
My last watch-related visit in Florence was to the IWC Boutique. I first tried on the titanium Ingenieur Automatic 40 (ref. IW328904) and was disappointed : I didn't respond to the look of the metal nor to the blackened hands and indexes. And the fit on t
Fratello's Sunday Showdown. Since these two are discussed here fairly often, I thought some of you might be interested in this article/vote: www.fratellowatches.com