Iwc Porsche Design Compass Watch

Iwc 3510 porsche design compass watch automatic for those playing the long game seyffer recommends looking at the iwc watches from the 1980s which is technically approaching the 40 year mark.

Iwc porsche design compass watch.

The company has had a somewhat turbulent early history but by the beginnings of the last century it had e. Worn like a standard wristwatch the time was read normally but the watch could be flipped up on a hinge to reveal the compass underneath. The iwc porsche design compass watch was more than just a beautiful timepiece it was an innovative combination of wristwatch and compass that helped bring iwc through the 1970s quartz crisis. 3510 over the last decade we ve seen collaborations dominate the world of fashion and design.

Made in the early 1990 s. Make offer ladies titanium and solid gold bars porsche design by iwc head only. The iwc porsche design compass watch was more than just a beautiful timepiece it was an innovative combination of wristwatch and compass that helped bring iwc through the 1970s quartz crisis. Essentially a divers watch there were certain variations which separated the military version of the watch with the normal civilian watch.

Fine and very unusual anti magnetic center seconds self winding water resistant black pvd coated aluminum wristwatch with double case containing a compass and mirror to determine positions date moon phases and a black link bracelet with deployant clasp. The iwc porsche design timepiece was launched at the basel fair in 1983 with the term international watch co and schaffhausen imprinted on the watch s dial. A few years before inexpensive quartz watches decimated the entire swiss mechanical watch industry. With a new co designed product seemingly dropping every other day i m getting to a point where i m no longer excited by the lightning response times of big brands to the latest trends.

Forty years ago in 1978 iwc took a calculated risk. Forty years ago in 1978 iwc took a calculated risk. Iwc porsche design titan chronograph moon phase quartz wristwatch. The first remarkable piece that porsche design built with iwc was its compass watch which as the name suggests incorporated a liquid filled compass under the watch dial and movement.

1980 iwc x porsche design kompassuhr ref. The international watch company or iwc was set up in schaffhausen in the german speaking region of north eastern switzerland in 1868 by the american engineer and watchmaker florentine ariosto jones 1841 1916.