29 April, 2013
He is a movie star and heart throb, best known for his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd, the dream guy from the TV hit series “Grey’s Anatomy.”
But besides his acting, Patrick Dempsey has yet another burning passion: auto racing.
2 April, 2013
IWC Schaffhausen celebrates the world of filmmaking this year as the Official ‘Festival-Time’ Partner of the Tribeca Film Festival® (TFF) in New York. During the month of April, IWC will be hosting a series of events celebrating and in support of both the Festival and its non-profit affiliate, the Tribeca Film Institute® (TFI).
26 February, 2013
The sculptor-designer is a phenomenon. Even if you are not at all design literate you will know him by reputation. His name has become a synonym for severity.
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He is a movie star and heart throb, best known for his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd, the dream guy from the TV hit series “Grey’s Anatomy.” But besides his acting, Patrick Dempsey has yet another burning passion: auto racing.
29 April, 2013
IWC Schaffhausen celebrates the world of filmmaking this year as the Official ‘Festival-Time’ Partner of the Tribeca Film Festival® (TFF) in New York. During the month of April, IWC will be hosting a series of events celebrating and in support of both the Festival and its non-profit affiliate, the Tribeca Film Institute® (TFI).
2 April, 2013
The sculptor-designer is a phenomenon. Even if you are not at all design literate you will know him by reputation. His name has become a synonym for severity.
26 February, 2013
The engine faltered and cut out. Hunched over his metal baby, Benz wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.
18 February, 2013
As the first IWC boutique to open its doors in the United States, IWC Schaffhausen has been serving American watch aficionados since 2008.
6 February, 2013
Learn more about the new Ingenieur timepieces from IWC Creative Director, Christian Knoop.
24 January, 2013
Take a behind-the-scenes look at IWC’s SIHH 2013 booth, the year of the Ingenieur watches.
24 January, 2013
We are pleased to welcome you on IWC’s qualifying lap. View the video, and join us as we are about to start the race.
16 January, 2013
Play the new Ingenieur Experience competition from IWC.
16 January, 2013
When the Ingenieur from Schaffhausen was launched in 1955 it created a storm. But its actual history goes back much further: to 1888.
14 January, 2013
Once you‘ve bought an IWC watch, you are already enjoying a mechanical marvel of the highest standard.
28 December, 2012
IWC's brand values are strongly based upon its history. This IWC video is the fourth in a series called “The Man’s Guide to Buying a Watch”.
20 December, 2012
Haute Horologerie, or High Horology in English, literally means “high watchmaking”. In a sense, all fine watchmaking is “high” – producing a fine watch at IWC Schaffhausen requires finesse, skill and meticulous craft.
19 December, 2012
After conquering New York and Miami, where does one go next? Never one to shy away from adventure, IWC has set its eyes out west, to a city arguably like no other in the world: Las Vegas.
13 December, 2012
Home to some of the most luxurious beach resorts in the world, Orange County, California, is also the location of South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, which represents the highest concentration of design fashion retail in the United States.
13 December, 2012
A brilliant researcher devoted to the discovery of new treatments for many diseases. A keen footballer coaching the company team of his employer Roche for several years. A watch enthusiast intrigued by the engineering beauty and precision of mechanical movements. Andrew Thomas is a dedicated man of many passions.
3 December, 2012
Watches are the single most important statement a man can make about his personal style.
30 November, 2012
Have you ever wondered what the extra dials inside a watch face are?
16 November, 2012
You know that watches tell time. But there is so much more to them. IWC's Mechanical Watches are works of art, they are style statements, and they are technical marvels.
26 October, 2012
Safes are designed to protect the property we care about, such as a valuable watch collection. Waldis is Switzerland’s leading safe manufacturer. Watch International paid them a visit.
23 October, 2012
Chris McCormack has accomplished a lot as a pro triathlete. Clearly, he is here to win. But what is most striking about “Macca” is the passion and enthusiasm he has for the sport.
10 October, 2012
Kevin J. Devine used to run marathons – in what he laughingly calls “the Clydesdale class.” Clydesdales are large Scottish draft horses, and the description alludes to heavier runners who carry more than 200 pounds (about 90 kilos) of their own weight.
8 October, 2012
Father and son sit at the table beneath a fresco-covered wall. To talk business, they meet up at corporate headquarters, a Baroque villa close to the North Italian city of Treviso.
4 October, 2012
IWC expands its presence in North America with their newest boutique opening in Bal Harbour.
22 September, 2012
Wish you could fly? Play our new WHICH IWC PILOT ARE YOU GAME to find out at what kind of flying you would excel.
21 September, 2012
All mechanical watches can be fascinating because of their intricate movements. Even simple watches, ones that only tell time, are extraordinarily complex mechanisms that have hundreds of miniscule parts that work harmoniously together. A complicated watch, one that performs additional functions, is by definition even more complicated.
13 September, 2012
MR PORTER is the first global online retail destination for men‘s style, combining editorial content with the best international menswear designers. For this issue MR PORTER celebrates the IWC Globetrotter look.
3 September, 2012
Swedish photographer Johan Annerfelt is passionate about shooting under ice. His constant companion for this risky endeavor? IWC diver´s watch Aquatimer Deep Two.
21 August, 2012
A doctor with a degree in atomic and molecular physics plays a surprising and important role at IWC.
17 August, 2012
Photographer Michael Muller takes us below the ocean's surface for an up close look at beautiful beasts
14 August, 2012
Nine months ago, six of the most technologically sophisticated and advanced boats ever made, manned by the greatest sailors in the world, took off on the Volvo Ocean Race - the world's toughest yacht racing challenge.
10 July, 2012
No other German soccer player hits the net as often as he does: Mario Gómez, a striker with FC Bayern Munich and a member of the german national team, is one of the best of breed.
14 June, 2012
A fabulous combination of sportiness and elegance, the Spitfire Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month is the high-flyer of the IWC Pilot's Watch collection. The date and month could not be easier to read and the mechanics inside the case are an endless source of fascination.
13 June, 2012
The Volvo 70 yacht - the vessel of choice for Volvo Ocean Race intrepid teams- is one of the most complex and demanding structures ever presented to any design team.
5 June, 2012
Muhammad Ali is the greatest athlete who ever lived. In this special tribute, his best friend and photographer, Howard Bingham, talks about the champ.
27 April, 2012
Antoine de Saint‐Exupéry, aviator and author, discovered the intoxication of flying when he was 12 years old, at the aerodrome of Ambérieu - not far from his childhood home in Saint‐Maurice‐de‐Rémens.
17 April, 2012
Lieutenant Commander Guy M. Snodgrass is one of the best pilots in the U.S. Navy
20 March, 2012
Open the grey painted door with its tiny peephole in the industrial estate of Neuhausen near Schaffhausen and your ears immediately pick up on a measured, almost technostyle beat.* It hisses and clicks and rasps.
16 March, 2012
14 March, 2012
Spelled using the international radio alphabet, the word "ceramic" looks and sounds rather impressive
28 February, 2012
Having just celebrated the Laureus World Sports Awards in London, we at IWC Schaffhausen feel proud to be involved with an organization like the Laureus Foundation, and to be presenting this year’s Portofino Chronograph Edition Laureus to the world in these days
10 February, 2012
IWC Schaffhausen celebrated the 13th annual Laureus World Sports Awards in London on February 6th, 2012, with a star studded ceremony that gave top honors to Novak Djokovic and Vivian Cheruiyot
7 February, 2012
Brunello Cucinelli first came to Solomeo, not far from the provincial capital, Perugia, in 1985
3 February, 2012
We are pleased to welcome you on IWC's flight to the heights of the world of Top Gun. View the video, and join us as we soar into the danger zone.
16 January, 2012
It's no flight of fancy that IWC Pilot’s Watches have become icons. Exceedingly popular, they represent IWC values, defining the entire genre of pilot’s watches within the Swiss watch industry.
13 January, 2012
George Mallory, the famous British mountaineer who lost his life ascending Mt. Everest, was asked in 1924 why he would attempt that climb. His reply is among the most famous about mountaineering: “Because it's there”
20 December, 2011
MR PORTER is the first global online retail destination for men‘s style, combining editorial content with the best international menswear designers
16 December, 2011
Hidden away in an quiet corner of Schaffhausen near the storied Rhine Falls in the tiny town of Neuhausen, stands a little-known Swiss IWC Manufactory.
29 November, 2011
Get ready to hoist your sails, plot your course and beat the competition in the Volvo Ocean Race Game 2011-2012
17 November, 2011
For the first time ever, IWC turns the worlds in which its products are rooted into the subject of an international image campaign
11 November, 2011
Follow the progress and excitement of the Volvo Ocean Race with this live interactive tool
3 November, 2011
Meet Azzam, the IWC Volvo Ocean Race's team ticket to victory. Our boat, designed by USA's Farr Yacht Design and built by Persico S.p.A in Italy, is one of the most sophisticated boats ever constructed
17 October, 2011
Since she saw David de Rothschild wearing his Ingenieur Mission Earth, she simply will not take it off and it goes everywhere with her
15 October, 2011
MR PORTER is the first global online retail destination for men‘s style, combining editorial content with the best international menswear designers
12 October, 2011
With his digital take on the world, 26-year old Josh Spear is helping companies around the world to stay ahead of the curve
8 October, 2011
Unique, and utterly fascinating: it is impossible not to be awe-struck by the wealth of flora and fauna in the Galapagos Islands
4 October, 2011
The ever-increasing demand for luxury watches translates into a growing demand for qualified craftsmen and women to service these products.
4 October, 2011
Meet Ian Walker, Skipper: Ian Walker, a two time Olympic silver champion, is one of Britain’s foremost sailors and sailing managers, and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s skipper
30 September, 2011
Of the many legendary hand-wound movements made by IWC, the 87 calibre holds a very special place
28 September, 2011
Giovanni Zonzini is a racing driver and watch collector from San Marino. For him, it is an article of belief that cars and watches have to be reliable
14 September, 2011
The new IWC Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium is a top-quality time machine and a masterpiece of engineering at its finest built to appeal to men
12 September, 2011
Most mornings he is still to be seen on the beach in his wetsuit: board and man silhoutted agains the rising sun
1 September, 2011
You love the watch, now own the look
29 August, 2011
The Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia is another star up in the firmament of Haute Horlogerie radiating from IWC Schaffhausen. Ten years of intensive development work have gone into this impressive masterpiece
29 August, 2011
At IWC, we advance the limits of artistry and craftsmanship; in the Volvo Ocean Race, competitors push the limits of human achievement
29 August, 2011
ESO is one of Europe’s leading astronomical research organizations and operates the world’s most scientifically productive observatory
29 August, 2011
Hansjörg Kittlas about the love of his life - the minute repeater
24 August, 2011
You own the watch, now own the look
19 August, 2011
C. G. Jung (1875 – 1961) famous as the founder of analytic psychology, was married to the daughter of the owner of IWC and was himself thus a co-owner of the Schaffhausen watch manufactures
19 August, 2011
MR PORTER celebrate the Portofino look, lightening the tailored look for a more relaxed take on summer dressing
9 June, 2011
Watch connoisseurs are no longer divided by the question as to whether to wind their watches by hand or to leave this particular job to gravity. But there is still one significant difference, as any “hand-wound” devotee will tell you
24 May, 2011
As an airline pilot, Schaffhausen-born Hans-Conrad Stamm travels the world. But his passion is for collecting watches made in his hometown
24 May, 2011
Dennis Lee is currently establishing the market for IWC in the enormous region of China
24 May, 2011
Even today he can still feel the sense of pride that accompanied his first IWC steel watch, a Portuguese bought second-hand and paid for in installments
24 May, 2011
Collecting is in Song Chau Fong's blood. So when one day he fell in love with his first IWC watch, his fate was sealed
24 May, 2011
The route from Genoa to Portofino takes in one of the loveliest stretches of the Ligurian Riviera and is the perfect choice for a long weekend
30 March, 2011
When I sit by the harbour at Portofino, time seems to stand still. The scene is still the same as 50 years ago, when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton strolled across the Piazzetta: a huddle of gaily coloured houses and fishing boats rocking gently on a shimmering sea. For half a century now...
15 January, 2011
The Santonis – father and son – produce elegant shoes of the highest quality with hand-stitched seams and multiple coats of leather dye from their Italian factory
1 October, 2010
The new IWC Flagship Boutique in Hong Kong is much more than a store for IWC watches it is a transport into the interactive worlds of IWC Schaffhausen
1 July, 2010
I am not a typical collector. I’m not too concerned with the outside of a watch. For me the important thing is what’s inside
1 July, 2010
He has finally stumbled upon a way of spending money that has bought himself something he could never have afforded in his old life – fulfillment
1 July, 2010
The Grande Complication celebrated its 20th birthday in a new case and joined the Portuguese family. Its suitability for everyday use and the wealth of fascinating functions remains unmatched
1 July, 2010
The Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic captivates with an exclusive combination of ceramic and polished titanium materials
1 July, 2010
Watchmaker Jürg Rüeger looks after the health of the roughly one thousand precious timepieces in the IWC Museum
1 July, 2010
Christine Schlatter trained as a watchmaker with IWC. For the past ten years, she has been showing visitors around the factory in Schaffhausen
1 April, 2010
Novelist Paulo Coelho and comic strip artist Enki Bilal talk about their joint literary and artistic interpretation for the IWC Book "IWC Schaffhausen. Engineering Time since 1868"
1 April, 2010
IWC Schaffhausen visits the experienced Eurostar pilot at the Zell airbase in Bavaria
1 April, 2010
In 2000, after five years of development, IWC unveiled the Portuguese Automatic with the 5000 calibre, a movement that had been designed and produced in its own workshops
1 April, 2010
In this enormous tome from IWC, “IWC Schaffhausen. Engineering Time since 1868”, the story of the watchmaking company from Schaffhausen is told in greater detail than ever before
1 April, 2010
Of course he would not dream of venturing out around his favourite haunts around the Mediterranean without a proper wristwatch
1 April, 2010
The Portuguese Automatic, whose timeless elegance is matched by its technical perfection, makes its grand entrance as a classic horological beauty
18 January, 2010
The legendary name of this unpretentious watch with its automatic winding system and its movement spring-mounted in the case is back
18 January, 2010
The Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère has now metamorphosed into the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde and features a date display that reverts to its original position at the end of the month
1 January, 2010
A sextant is an optical measuring device used to determine the angle between a celestial body – preferably the sun – and the horizon, and from this to determine the position of a ship
1 January, 2010
Nobody has wielded a greater influence on modern English football than Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger
1 January, 2010
Eight years ago, Nad Zakem bought his first IWC. Since then, the Canadian has turned into an expert, and passionate collector
1 January, 2010
As head timer, Jean Häberli was responsible for the accuracy of watches leaving the factory. This was a far more complicated task back then than nowadays
1 January, 2010
You see for him, his IWC is a proper machine of the old school, something which, rather like hand-wound man himself, is utterly dependable
1 January, 2010
Sailing means freedom, dynamism, enjoying life, being at one with nature, with the heaving sea. For IWC, Patrice Quesnel took the luxury sailing yacht Moonbird for a run off Monaco
1 January, 2010
1 January, 2010
Any watchmaker who is allowed to work at one of the benches in the "Complications" department at IWC in Schaffhausen has definitely made it to the top of his trade
1 October, 2009
Watchmaker Peter von Gunten has played a major role in the rapid expansion of IWC's service department in recent years
1 July, 2009
