Hand Watches for Men

1868
IWC watch brand was established in the year of 1868 by a young American named Florentine A. Jones. It is also a Swiss watch brand and it has a history more than 130 years. Since establishment of IWC watch factory, accuracy of timing has been grasped by the man. IWC means International Watch Company, targeting at promoting its watches in the whole world.
1874
In this year IWC transformed to be a stock company, and founded its new workshop on Rhine River Bank.
1875
IWC owned 196 staffs this year.
1879
IWC took part in the Basel World held in Sidney and started to gain fame in the international market.
1885
This year, IWC watches adopting first group of Pallweber system with display of hour and minute were produced, which was pioneering in the whole world.
1887
IWC Magique wrist watch with flexible watch case was born. This watch was equipped with 24-hour display function, which can be used as hunting watch.
1891
IWC started to offer serviced watches for Italian State Railways.

1906
IWC won Great Prix in the Basel World held in Milan.

1935
IWC started its cooperation with Patek Phillipe and exported its products into America.

1936

IWC issued its first pilot watch with black watch dial and luminescent pointers. And this watch has rotating inner ring and movement with anti-magnetism function.

1938
IWC issued its first observer watch with bigger second hand to satisfy needs of royal navy.

1945

IWC issued W. W. W. watch which is the first military watch with waterproof function for British land force.

1955

First wrist watch Ingenieur with automatic movement was produced

1970

IWC issued its first quartz watch Da Vinci equipped with Beta-21 movement.

1982

IWC produced its Ocean 2000 anti-magnetism watch which has waterproof function up to 2000 meters.

1993

IWC issued its Il Destriero, which was the most complicated watch. It has multi functions including tourbillion, ratrapantte timing and minute repeater.

2003

IWC issued Portuguese Perpetual Calendar and pitfire pilot watches in the Basel World held in Geneva.

2005

IWC Ingenieur issued its all-new series, which can express endless pursuit for watch-making technique.

The year 2010 is “The Year of Portuguese” for IWC, because IWC is unveiling one after one Portuguese watches. Soon after the unveiling of Portuguese Tourbillion Self-winding Watch, the Portuguese Toubililion Manual-winding Watch is launched. This is for a function to highlight the 80th anniversary of Portuguese series.

Well-known for its brief style, the Portuguese watches combines the eternal and elegant design elements with the original fine watch manufacturing technique.  Hence, they are pursued and praised by many watch collectors and experts. This Portuguese Tourbillion Manual-winding Watch owns the classic compounding of refined stainless steel and original pocket watch clock mechanism. This classic collocation stages the first Portuguese pocket watch 70 years ago. There are two styles for this manual-winding watch series.

Thefirst one is boasting black dial with rhodanised Arabic numerals and symbolic leaf-shape pointers. This watch has a distinguishable silver second dial at 6, with the red number “60” detail showing its distinctness. The other kind is furnished with silver dial and rose gold markings and hands. It adopts a light grey second watch, which is vividly eye-catching. Both styles feature the traditional track-like bezel with nickel silver 3/4 pallet and prolonged pointers. The clock mechanism is the IWC self-made 98295 clock mechanism, which encompasses a brilliant  style of the introductory Jones’ clock mechanism. With the two calm graceful watches, once again IWC gives its praise to the original Portuguese wristwatches. It is expressed that the Portuguese wristwatches supports itself as the near perfect automatic watches since its outdistanced past. In conclusion, aggregating the present with the past, the IWC Portuguese Tourbillion Manual-winding Watch could be taken to be the witness of time.