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IWC Da Vinci: new models after the 8-year pregnancy 

by Lex Stolk on
Yours truly was quite taken with the Da Vinci models which were presented in scenic Firenze. Not only because it has the round lines of the very first model from 1985. But also because the new Da Vinci line offers one especially good-looking Perpetual Calendar Chronograph model. A complication made by the master watchmaker Kurt Klaus in midst of severe horological crisis.
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SIHH Flash Report: IWC Da Vinci

by Lex Stolk on
Ladies are now an integral part of IWC and the soft subtle roundness of the new Da Vinci models are deployed to catch women's hearts and wrists. The 36mm and 40mm models are understated classic timepieces more feminine than male DNA but luckily the predominantly male complications fans aren't left
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Editor's opinion

Haute horlogerie feminization

by Britta Rossander on
Within the IWC brand - with a largely male-dominated customer base - there was some surprise at the success of the mid-sized Portofino model on its release. Women adored the watch, and sales climbed rapidly. This year was the turn of a mid-sized pilot's watch, the advertising video showing a professional female wrist in amongst the uniformed pilots. The brand’s conventional collections have featured many models with a very feminine design, which was carefully emphasized in their presentations.
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Big new pilots from IWC

by Lex Stolk on
The largest wristwatch ever made by IWC is the Big Pilot’s Watch 52-calibre T.S.C. This pilot’s instrument was launched 75 years ago and now it has a successor with a 55-millimetre case diameter, the Big Pilot’s Heritage Watch 55. And the 55 mm tribute doesn’t come alone, it has brought a 48 mm version to the party.
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Editor's opinion

Watchspotting

by Lex Stolk on
Watchspotting is my thing and I do it all the time and wherever I am. When I'm watching TV - I spot Charlie Sheen wearing a Patek Philippe in a repeat of Two and a Half Man and I find myself chuckling, not at the corny jokes but because of the fact that I'm spotting a Patek - when I'm eating in a restaurant - to the serious displeasure of my dinner companion who is feeling neglected - when I'm on a plane - the fellow passenger can feel eyes on him, but strangely enough on his wrist rather than the back of his neck.
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Watch of the Year

European Watch of the Year 2014: the winning watches!

by Lex Stolk on
Stéphane Linder and Marc Deckenbrock
Wybe van der Gang (left) and 0024 Chairman Harry Wijnschenk
Christiaan van der Klaauw (left) and Daniël Reintjes (middle)
Rodolphe De Pierri
Peter Stas
Pascal Raffy
Mikael Sandström
The results of 0024 European Watch of the Year Awards 2014 have been announced! The panel of five judges, consisting of expert and passionate watch aficionados and professionals Sid Vasili, Charlotta Eriksson, Kirsten Kilby, Lex Stolk and Chairman Harry Wijnschenk has chosen the following watches:
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