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While Panerai has been producing new diver’s models like a mad Duracell bunny on heat, one other Richemont Group watch brand that also has a strong dive watch heritage has been largely neglected – in short we have been starved of new diver’s models from IWC for literally years! And special editions don't count!
So even though this is a special edition, perhaps it is at least something, a new Limited Edition Aquatimer made in collaboration with Boesch, a boat builder based on Lake Zurich. This is third time that IWC Schaffhausen and Boesch has collaborated on a watch.
Perhaps you remember THIS Aquatimer Chronograph from 2008. Yes, I know - my desktop publishing skills weren’t quite what they are today
As is often the case, these types of watches mark an important date; in this instance, a 100 year anniversary, which is why IWC has created the special edition, limited to 100 pieces, Aquatimer Automatic Edition Boesch.
The watch is basically a pimped version of the Aquatimer Automatic so shares pretty much the same basic specifications as that watch. However it has a rather stylish Boesch boat-inspired livery which includes:
a mechanical external/internal rotating bezel with SafeDive system in brown, gold-plated appliqué indexes and hands, a gold-tipped brown central seconds hand and a brown rubber strap with IWC-patented quick-change system.
The watch is powered by the IWC-owned manufacture caliber 82110 with: 60 hours of power reserve, date window at 3 o’clock, Côtes de Genève, perlage plus a rotor with an 18-carat gold boat-propeller medallion. Water-resistance is 300m.
The Aquatimer Automatic Edition Boesch ref. IW341002 has a Swiss MSRP of 11’900CHF.
Thoughts? What’s not to like? Swiss dive watches and luxury boats, the recipe for a successful marriage but could IWC please pop out one or two new offspring sometime soon. Anyway what do you think? Swanky yet tasteful?
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Let us know your thoughts and impressions.
While Panerai has been producing new diver’s models like a mad Duracell bunny on heat, one other Richemont Group watch brand that also has a strong dive watch heritage has been largely neglected – in short we have been starved of new diver’s models from IWC for literally years! And special editions don't count!
So even though this is a special edition, perhaps it is at least something, a new Limited Edition Aquatimer made in collaboration with Boesch, a boat builder based on Lake Zurich. This is third time that IWC Schaffhausen and Boesch has collaborated on a watch.
Perhaps you remember THIS Aquatimer Chronograph from 2008. Yes, I know - my desktop publishing skills weren’t quite what they are today
As is often the case, these types of watches mark an important date; in this instance, a 100 year anniversary, which is why IWC has created the special edition, limited to 100 pieces, Aquatimer Automatic Edition Boesch.
The watch is basically a pimped version of the Aquatimer Automatic so shares pretty much the same basic specifications as that watch. However it has a rather stylish Boesch boat-inspired livery which includes:
a mechanical external/internal rotating bezel with SafeDive system in brown, gold-plated appliqué indexes and hands, a gold-tipped brown central seconds hand and a brown rubber strap with IWC-patented quick-change system.
The watch is powered by the IWC-owned manufacture caliber 82110 with: 60 hours of power reserve, date window at 3 o’clock, Côtes de Genève, perlage plus a rotor with an 18-carat gold boat-propeller medallion. Water-resistance is 300m.
The Aquatimer Automatic Edition Boesch ref. IW341002 has a Swiss MSRP of 11’900CHF.
Thoughts? What’s not to like? Swiss dive watches and luxury boats, the recipe for a successful marriage but could IWC please pop out one or two new offspring sometime soon. Anyway what do you think? Swanky yet tasteful?
Continue reading...
Let us know your thoughts and impressions.