IWC

The IWC today is owned by the Swatch Group. This company has had a very colorful history. The IWC watches became famous when in World War II the company manufactued special pilot watches that were extremely well received both by the air force pilots and the civilians. Later on, the IWC big pilot watch gave way to the Aquatimer watches, which were reinforced in popularity by the renowned Jacques Cousteau.

The founder of this watch company, Florentine Ariosto Jones was an American. Initially, the company was based in Switzerland with the specific aim to produce watches for the US market. Gradually its success spread all over the world.

These watches, as all other watches by IWC are always launched in a very limited production and hence, are always in very high demand. Some of the most popular models are IWC Portuguese, IWC Portuguese perpetual, IWC Chronograph, IWC Vintage, IWC spitfire, IWC Portofino and IWC GST among others.

Another exceptional model of IWC automatic watches worth mentioning here is the Da Vinci. This watch has everything that one could ever dream of having in watch and much more. An innovation that has been copied many times over from this watch is the perpetual calendar of 500 years that the Da Vinci introduced in the market. You can also keep track of the moon’s weaning and waning with this IWC watch.

The success of the company gave way to a new market, i.e. the IWC replica
markets whereby replicas of the original are manufactured and sold without any pretence of these watches being original. The replicas are popular with people who love the models of the original label, but are not able to afford its price.

While the IWC replicas 5 is produced and marketed as ‘legal duplicates’ there are plenty of fake old IWC watches sold openly to gullible and naïve people. Be careful when you buy anything of high value at dirt-cheap price. The ground rule is that you get what you pay for – and hence, if it is cheap it would most definitely be false as well.

The safest bet is to buy only from authorized dealers or over the Internet from the legal IWC website when they offer special discounts and bargain offers. Though this takes time and a lot of patience, it is always better to be safe than sorry afterwards.

Be sure you are aware of what particulars would identify the watch to you as the original. Unless you know what you are looking for, it would be very easy for unscrupulous vendors to sell you false and worthless products.