IWC Grande Complication

A true grande complication, bases on a pedestrian movement, heavily reworked. Best, Nicolas

You probably know my passion for astronomic watches, a theme which is absolutely not new, as it has already been made by some brands, since the 90's and the early 2000's. Have a look at Ulysse Nardin, with the Trilogy, Patek, with the Celestial, or Jaeger

Glashütte Original presents the PanoLunarInverse. A reintepreted moon phase display with a begueling aura. The moon has been shaping mankind, our culture, and our thirst for knowledge since time immemorial. Even in ancient times, great thinkers would look

This one certainly made a lot of us dream, in the very early 2000's. Only a few brands tried to play the " Grande Complication " game. IWC was one of them, along with Franck Muller and... Patek. Tourbillon, Minute Repeater, Perpetual Calendar and Split Se

Probus Scafusia: The International Watch Co. Aquatimer GST, reference 3536-02 The International Watch Company: Company formation; ups and downs In 1868, the American engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841-1916), the former director of E. H

This is, in my opinion, a splendid reference and one of the pinnacles of IWC from the mid-90s based on a robust pocket-watch calibre 95. It is in a sense a genuine Portugieser MR (after the Jubilee Portugiesers), following a lineage of older (classical) d

The best version of the 3770. Kurt Klaus, Renaud et Papi, Hanno Burtscher, Valjoux, IWC... all the best had a hand in the creation of this! That model is on my shopping list even though I'm not an IWC "collector" in the broader sense. Best, Tim

we are obsessed with too many things like Facebook, constant news media, etc. and haven't the peace of mind to focus entirely for years on a project like one of these watches. I remember hearing Kurt Klaus, the IWC mastermind, talk of his taking long walk

I looked quite long for this version. A real stunner!

It is said that the watch has to be a grande et petite sonnerie... Which is correct. The problem is that the term " Grande Complication " has been hackneyed by the brands marketing teams, and that nowadays, you can see, with a bit of surprise, that a simp