The IWC has just announced new, e-commerce only version of its Pilot’s replica watch Chronograph and it’s a very funny one indeed – the design is an almost exact reproduction of the much-loved original pilot’s chronograph. It is in turn was based on the famous 1993 Double Chronograph, with its Richard Habring-designed split seconds complication. The 3706 came in both a stainless steel case, and a ceramic case.
It is certain to be a much-discussed new chronograph from IWC, and in that light, it’s quite intriguing how it’s been released, and is being provided. It will not be available at IWC boutiques; on the contrary, this timepiece is currently available exclusively on IWC’s own e-commerce platform. And perhaps most charming was the statement – there was no standard press release.
The replica IWC Pilot’s Chronograph has been in company’s product lineup since 1993, in one form or another, and after that, it seems that it is almost fit for other branded models, with the hands and arrangement of the date display changing noticeably from one reference to the next. With this new model, IWC’s returned to many, if not most, of the design elements of the original. The position of the date indications and sub-registers are identical, but the thing that should really make IWC fans sit up and take notice is the return of the Mark 11 style hands. Besides, as with the original, there’s a soft iron antimagnetic inner case. There are some significant differences between this model and the original 3705 – the two most famous are the concentric circles stamped on the subdials of the new reference and the size.
It’s rather significant that that yesterday’s launch happened in such a soft way – particularly considering the amount of buzz this is liable to generate. IWC broke with the usual industry practice; there was no conventional press release announcing its arrival. The whole launch consisted of a statement on social media. It may prove to have been a smart move anyway.
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Good Quality Fake IWC Hand-Wound Edition “D.H. Craig USA”
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The legendary American engineer and watchmaker founded IWC in 1868 aiming to produce pocket watch movements for the US market. This special Portugieser honors the brand’s founder and it will be particularly on sale in the United States.
The number 27 represents the age of Jones when he established the company in Schaffhausen, while the name “D.H. Craig” actually belongs to Jones’s uncle Daniel Hastings Craig from New England who have helped his nephew financially. While Jones was running IWC in Switzerland, his most well-known mechanism was dubbed the Jones 2N Pattern H caliber and it had his uncle’s name inscribed in the metal to honor the man he viewed as a mentor. The iconic caliber has inspired this limited edition watch and so t features his uncle’s name.
The replica IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Hand-Wound Edition “D. H. Craig USA” is housed in an elegant 18-karat red gold case and it comes in the limited series of only 27 pieces. The case measures 43mm in diameter and 11mm in thickness. Underneath the front sapphire glass lies a silver-plated dial comprising the beautiful minute tourbillon which is set at the 9 o’clock position, conversely to F.A. Jones’s signature at the 3 o’clock position. The dial also incorporates a small seconds sub-dial located at the 6 o’clock position, as well as two elegant, blued hands.
The unique model Portugieser comes with the hand-wound IWC-manufactured caliber 98900 mechanical movement that has been designed in the tradition of the 98 caliber which was made from the mid-1930s for the hunter pocket watch. The perfect caliber has been regularly improved after that.
The beating heart of the watch oscillates at the rapid frequency of 28,800 alternations per hour (4 Hz) and it is endowed with a 54-hour power reserve. The movement is sealed against the ingress of water pressure down to 30 meters.
The Portugieser Tourbillon Hand-Wound Edition “D. H. Craig USA” (ref. IW546306) is attached to a black alligator leather strap made by the Italian shoemaker Santoni. Each piece comes with a numbered passport holder which is also made by Santoni and with a copy of the book F.A. Jones: His Life, Legacy and Watches.
Coming together with the launch of the special edition, the Swiss watchmaker will restore a historic street clock in New York City as well, in cooperation with the organization Save America’s Clocks. Besides, it will display a small typical exhibition in the cheap replica IWC boutiques in New York and Los Angeles.
“Laureus Sport for Good Foundation” IWC Replica Watch
You may have the news that the eleventh in the Laures series is the replica IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Edition “Laureus Sport for Good Foundation”. This fake IWC opens a unique edition timepiece and uses part of the proceeds from sales to assistant disadvantaged children and young people through the Foundation.
The elegant model is housed in a round stainless steel case measuring 42mm in diameter and 14.50mm in thickness. The case is featured by the newly developed moving horns with curved lugs which ensure that the black alligator leather strap by Santoni fits exactly on its future owner’s wrists.
There lies a beautiful blue dial underneath the front sapphire glass, whose lay-out looks like the one on the Portugieser Chronograph with the hours and minutes displayed on the central dial and the small seconds shown on the counter set at the 6 o’clock position. There is a black-on-white date window as well.
Furthermore, there is a red-tipped central seconds chronograph hand which can be reset and restarted instantaneously by pressing the push piece at the 4 o’clock position, all these should be owing to the flyback function. The hour and minute counters have been combined in the sub-dial situated at the 12 o’clock position, so that the stopped times can be read off as if on an analogue watch.
This fake IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Laureus Edition is powered by the in-house caliber mechanical chronograph movement which works at the frequency of 28,800 beats per hour (4 Hz). The self-winding mechanism has a 68-hour power reserve and draws its energy from the automatic replica IWC double-pawl winding system, thus transmitting energy to the pawl wheel.
The jury chose the drawing made by a 12-year-old Chinese boy Hou Ye from Shanghai. His winning picture shows himself on skis setting his personal best time. The most interesting detail on this special edition timepiece is the case back of the cheap replica watch which is engraved with a reproduction of the drawing that won a match for children and adolescents in the context of the foundation’s projects with the subject “Time Well Spent”.