2 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 27, 2005
hi there, i am new here and found this forum about 3 months sgo, benefited from many of you for mechanism ( though i am not very good into this area) and history. lately bought a gst perpectual ( preowned). i guess people love the design especially the latest like perpectual stainless steel ( limited edition come with orange dial etc). cheers
411 Discussions and CommentsMember since May 9, 2011
Hong Kong
I honestly don't remember.
I grew up in a family which has a great appreciation of mechanical watches. My father and grandpa would visit watch shops every weekend as a pastime. Back when I was a kid, I hated going to watch shops. There was nothing for me. I just sat there for an hour or so waiting and twiddling my thumbs for my family to leave. They have different brands of expensive watches, namely AP, PP, JLC, Piguet, Cartier, Rolex, etc. in their possession.
I have always been contented with just wearing a Casio quartz watch all through university. Since I graduated from university and came out to work, my grandma got me a Rolex as a present, and my father bought me an Omega and Tag Heuer. Except for the Omega which I for the longest time used as a daily beater, I rarely wore my Rolex and Tag Heuer. (The Tag Heuer short-lived, and I put it aside so well that I didn't even know it was now). My father also got my wife and I a pair of nice Cartier as our wedding gift. Once again, I had worn it once--on my wedding day only.
As I aged though... I started to have a better appreciation of mechanical watches. Since then I have been eying on different (affordable) mechanical watches that I myself could afford... watches like Hamilton and Oris.
I have my eyes set on the IWC GST series for years though... particularly the titanium ones. They are just sooooooo nice-looking and elegant. I don't recall my family having an IWC... (or maybe I haven't been paying enough attention). However, spending US$3000 on a watch seemed like an absurd and inconceivable idea. I have much better use of my money than that.
So... I have put aside the idea of owning an IWC for maybe 10 years...
So... a little while ago I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy a NOS AMG Ingenuier... promising myself that I could go wild once in a blue-moon... just ONCE.
Then... as I pushed my envelope, I started to realize I could not stop. Since then, I acquired one IWC after another... and still eying on a few. This is how my passion for IWC started.
Sincerely, Kelvin Leung _______________________________________________________________________________________ Repeat after me: I don't need another IWC, I really don't need another IWC...
1 Discussions and CommentsMember since July 29, 2002Traverse City, Michigan,
United States
It would had been on the middle 1970's, I remember being in my early teens then. One day I was making a comment to my dad about a nice Rolex watch that the father of a friend of mine had purchased and how the watch was so good, etc. etc.
My dad then told me that if I really liked and appreciated "really good watches" he was going to show me some "really ggod watches"! Away he took me to the jewlery store representing IWC in town (that was in Panama City, Panama) I still remember being introduced to the "Compass Watch the Inge and all other models then.
Nearly 40 years later, my little stable of watches includes several models of IWC (I even got that original compass watch as a reminder of that fantastic lesson from dad, best of all it is an unworn, totally original in the box sample!)
562 Discussions and CommentsMember since May 21, 2005
MY FASCINATION FOR MECHANICAL WATCHES STARTED WHEN MY QUARTZ STOPPED IN 1996... Never had the urge to explore another brand since my first MARK XII Your text to link here... cheers BAS DEKKERS
131 Discussions and CommentsMember since May 27, 2011
My previous watch wasn't working well and I was thinking of buying a new watch for a while. Then I started doing some research on the options available - and the more I learnt about the interesting features of mechanical watches, the more I wanted to buy one, as an appreciation of the great craftsmanship that the watchmakers are putting into an instrument of such a compact size.
Incidentally, I entered an IWC Boutique, and it was "love at first sight" - the pilot watches looked great and stylish, and not long thereafter, I bought the first mechanical watch, an IW371701. Love it!
1 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 7, 2011
Naci y vivo en Buenos Aires, tengo 54 años, mi padre fue aprendiz de relojero en su juventud cuando conoció a mi madre y se casaron puso su negocio de relojería en la ciudad, se asocio con una persona que manejaba la administración mientras el reparaba relojes su pasión, pero una mañana se encontró sin negocio y sin socio le habian robado todos los relojes y sus herramientas, cambio de empleo y trabajo en la administración publica para pagar todas sus deudas y reparaba relojes en mi casa. yo nací cuando en trabajaba en casa y recuerdo por muchos años ver a mi padre trabajar de noche reparando relojes en su pequeño taller casero. De allí nació mi curiosidad y amor a los relojes. hoy tengo una buena colección de relojes muchos son vintage pues marcaron itos importantes en relojería, de IWC tengo un bellisimo calibre 88. Un Saludo a todos. Juan
2 Discussions and CommentsMember since July 8, 2011
I have always been fascinated with all things Mechanical, I guess you can say I have a Mechanical mind. I have always worked with my hands,and always thought how cool would it be to own what is a Mechanical feat, a watch. I first started with a very nice Swiss Quartz, and finally moved to my first Auto 12 years ago. Well I never looked back...
cheers
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I grew up in a family which has a great appreciation of mechanical watches. My father and grandpa would visit watch shops every weekend as a pastime. Back when I was a kid, I hated going to watch shops. There was nothing for me. I just sat there for an hour or so waiting and twiddling my thumbs for my family to leave. They have different brands of expensive watches, namely AP, PP, JLC, Piguet, Cartier, Rolex, etc. in their possession.
I have always been contented with just wearing a Casio quartz watch all through university. Since I graduated from university and came out to work, my grandma got me a Rolex as a present, and my father bought me an Omega and Tag Heuer. Except for the Omega which I for the longest time used as a daily beater, I rarely wore my Rolex and Tag Heuer. (The Tag Heuer short-lived, and I put it aside so well that I didn't even know it was now). My father also got my wife and I a pair of nice Cartier as our wedding gift. Once again, I had worn it once--on my wedding day only.
As I aged though... I started to have a better appreciation of mechanical watches. Since then I have been eying on different (affordable) mechanical watches that I myself could afford... watches like Hamilton and Oris.
I have my eyes set on the IWC GST series for years though... particularly the titanium ones. They are just sooooooo nice-looking and elegant. I don't recall my family having an IWC... (or maybe I haven't been paying enough attention). However, spending US$3000 on a watch seemed like an absurd and inconceivable idea. I have much better use of my money than that.
So... I have put aside the idea of owning an IWC for maybe 10 years...
So... a little while ago I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy a NOS AMG Ingenuier... promising myself that I could go wild once in a blue-moon... just ONCE.
Then... as I pushed my envelope, I started to realize I could not stop. Since then, I acquired one IWC after another... and still eying on a few. This is how my passion for IWC started.
Sincerely,
Kelvin Leung
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Repeat after me: I don't need another IWC, I really don't need another IWC...
Last edited: 7 March, 2013 - 12:47
My dad then told me that if I really liked and appreciated "really good watches" he was going to show me some "really ggod watches"! Away he took me to the jewlery store representing IWC in town (that was in Panama City, Panama) I still remember being introduced to the "Compass Watch the Inge and all other models then.
Nearly 40 years later, my little stable of watches includes several models of IWC (I even got that original compass watch as a reminder of that fantastic lesson from dad, best of all it is an unworn, totally original in the box sample!)
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WHEN MY QUARTZ STOPPED IN 1996...
Never had the urge to explore another brand
since my first MARK XII
Your text to link here...
cheers
BAS DEKKERS
bdekkers@sysqa.nl
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Incidentally, I entered an IWC Boutique, and it was "love at first sight" - the pilot watches looked great and stylish, and not long thereafter, I bought the first mechanical watch, an IW371701. Love it!
Thanks IWC!
Cheers,
AL
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