IWC was founded at the time when watches had to learn to fly with the pioneers of aviation. Nowadays the company offers a wide variety of professional pilot’s watches, equipped with special protection against magnetic fields. In the 50-s the company was regarded as a leader in the race to introduce the first automatic movements. The designers of IWC have developed the winding mechanism, the system that is still used today in its large automatic factory movements. ... read more
An interesting fact is that IWC remains the only watch factory in East Switzerland to this day. Throughout its long history the fabric has been creating timepieces with both commitment and passion. The company has preserved its old-established principles and has always been blending them with up-to-date technologies, craft perfection, and constant training of its specialists. The leading idea of this brand is: to make watches for small numbers of people, but watches of the highest quality. That is why today they are regarded as rare items, which fetch collector’s prices throughout the world.
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