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MF Wrote:Around the year 2000, IWC's magazine WATCH International did a survey of its readers for the "watch of the decade" if I recall. The winner was the orignal Da Vinci perpetual.
I thought it was the watch of the century. Of about every decade a watch was proposed. The Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar won, with quite a margin. I can look it up when I am back home.
Kind regards, Paul
What you do may not be so important, but it is very important that you do it well. (my variation of a saying by Gandhi)
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Franco Wrote:My top three choices:
IWC ref 325:
IWC ref 812:
IWC ref 866:
I agree with those choices (great pictures by the way), but would replace ref.812 by Mark XI. Those three watches are the basement of all subsequent lines of models, at the exception of the DV, that started from "nothing" to bring the Grand Complication.
Jean
Regards, Jean aka One of these days, 5449 will be mine
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1832 Jumbo Ingenieur SL
812 Aquatimer
325 Portuguese
Only the last is missing in my collection I have to settle with the 5441 :(
Greetings, Martijn
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I thought it was the watch of the century. Of about every decade a watch was proposed. The Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar won, with quite a margin. I can look it up when I am back home.
Kind regards,
Paul
What you do may not be so important, but it is very important that you do it well. (my variation of a saying by Gandhi)
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Ref 325. This is one I got to touch and feel at SIHH 2010. Owned by a fellow Forum member.
Ingenieur 666
Mark XII
Bill
Bill
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IWC ref 325:
IWC ref 812:
IWC ref 866:
Aquatimer ref 812
Aquatimer ref 812
MY TOP 3 CHOICES.....
Best regards
Mark
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I agree with those choices (great pictures by the way), but would replace ref.812 by Mark XI. Those three watches are the basement of all subsequent lines of models, at the exception of the DV, that started from "nothing" to bring the Grand Complication.
Jean
Regards,
Jean aka One of these days, 5449 will be mine
Aquatimer 812
Ocean 2000 (any model)
Ingenieur 866 AD
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ad fontes...
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clepsydra
ad fontes...
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