For the first time ever, a model from the IWC diver’s watch line
is equipped with a perpetual calendar, a genuinely haute horlogerie
complication. The Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month (Ref.
IW379401) is a genuinely big watch from two points of view. On the one hand,
there is the IWC-manufactured 89801 calibre with perpetual calendar and large
digital display for the date and month, a feature very much in the Pallweber
tradition of 1884. On the other, the flagship of the new collection – which is
limited to just 50 watches, incidentally – comes with an impressive case
diameter of 49 millimetres. This makes the AquatimerPerpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month the second-largest wristwatch in
IWC’s history, after the Big Pilot’s Watch of 1940. Following in the footsteps
of the GST Deep One of The evolution of the diver’s watches from IWC continues.
The
2014 Aquatimer collection from IWC Schaffhausen comes with inspired technical
features, even more in-house calibres and a patented IWC bracelet quick-change
system. For the first time ever, a haute horlogerie complication in the form of
a perpetual calendar with a large digital date display appears in this watch
family. Bronze likewise makes its debut as a metal for the case. The Swiss
watch manufacturer is also launching four special editions in support of the
work of the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Cousteau Society.
Three in titanium (Ref. IW355701) is the third generation of
IWC’s diver’s watches to feature a mechanical depth gauge. Both the depth gauge
and the rotating bezel system have been continuously developed and improved.
During a dive, the blue depth indicator moves to show current
dive depth, while the red maximum depth indicator remains at the maximum depth
attained, down to a maximum of 50 metres. The Aquatimer Deep Three thus
provides a complete backup system to a dive computer.
Built for extreme depths, the Aquatimer Automatic 2000 (Ref.
IW358002), water-resistant to 200 bar, continues IWC’s tradition of
manufacturing timepieces that can withstand extraordinarily high pressures for
both amateur and professional divers. Its titanium case and minimalist design are
reminiscent of another iconic IWC model: the Ocean 2000, created by Ferdinand
A. Porsche in 1982. The Aquatimer Automatic 2000 features the rugged
IWC-manufactured 80110 calibre with Pellaton winding system. With the Aquatimer
Chronograph Edition “50 Years Science for Galapagos”( Ref. IW379504), limited
to 500 watches.
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