2 Discussions and CommentsMember since June 24, 2012
IWC Mark 12
I have seen a lot of discussion on this watch and I need to have my input. This watch is a lemon in my opinion. It has disappointed me on a number of levels, it has a JLC movement, so therefore it is not an in house IWC, something for which they had their reputation and it is neither reliable nor rugged. Mine has been serviced five times in 14 years and stopped only one week after I bought it at Bucherer in Lucerne in 1998. I also had it serviced only two and a half years ago at the IWC factory and already the regulator is loose according to a local agent and needs fixing, another $400. Not happy!!!
It also looks tacky to continue using the initials IWC compared to the beautiful either script or printed International Watch Co. full name that used to grace the watches of the 50s and 60s. Please bring it back.
My suggestions for International Watch Co. Go back to your roots of making quality but few in house watches that are rugged and reliable.
My next watch if nothing changes will be a classic old Ingenieur or Mark 11 if I can get my hands on one and if I can afford it. My regret is that I did not spend the money I used to get the Mark 12 on either a Mark 11 or old Ingenieur, their true classics.
1 Discussions and CommentsMember since April 6, 2010
My IWC Pilot Chrono haven't travelled the world (..yet) like most of the posts here, but it has been to a place where the next owner was brought to this world. It was at a hospital operating room where my wife gave birth via c-section to my first daughter.
How were I able to bring it on such sterile place? Well... that makes IWC owners adventurous and always finds a way to share a meaningful experience with their timepiece.
Hi everyone! I'm an european working in Africa and married to a Taiwanese (sort of complicated...). So last month (June) while in Hong Kong I happily bought an Aquatimer 2000, went to Taiwan with it, then took it on a business trip to Shanghai and Zhangjiagang, back to Taiwan, from there to Mozambique and in the past week to South Africa. I reckon my other watches are getting really jealous but I do feel very comfortable wearing the AT, even with a suit. Its a great companion to go everywhere! Thanks for a great watch IWC!Hong KongZhangjiagang SouthAfrica
Regards,
Jeronimo
Omar Khayyám (Persia XI-XII Century) offered that Time should not only be measured in length but also in width due to the intrinsic difference between a minute or other depending on what is happening to the beholder... I wonder how a watch would look like...
Here goes another photo, this time my AT inside the high speed train in Taiwan In the next few days will post some photos from Mozambique.
Regards,
Jeronimo
Omar Khayyám (Persia XI-XII Century) offered that Time should not only be measured in length but also in width due to the intrinsic difference between a minute or other depending on what is happening to the beholder... I wonder how a watch would look like...
2,996 Discussions and CommentsMember since April 2, 2011Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Tokyo:
Hong Kong: ~Victoria Harbour
~Sai Kung
New York City, Broadway !
Thailand:
Singapore:
Schaffhausen !!!
THANK YOU IWC !!!
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch. all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
VERY NICE set of photos / locations! Thank you for sharing SHING.
Despite the fact that I have quite a few watches, my Aquatimer is my first IWC (although hopefully not my last) so for now please bear with me as I will post photos of several other locations featuring the same watch...
Regards,
Jeronimo
Omar Khayyám (Persia XI-XII Century) offered that Time should not only be measured in length but also in width due to the intrinsic difference between a minute or other depending on what is happening to the beholder... I wonder how a watch would look like...
Long Beach, Washington
Suomenlinna Fortress, Helsinki, Finland
Catherine's Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia (10:08PM in the evening on a very long summer day)
Blue
Martin Smethurst
Last edited: 20 April, 2013 - 16:06
Regards,
Bas
Last edited: 22 June, 2012 - 07:54
I have seen a lot of discussion on this watch and I need to have my input. This watch is a lemon in my opinion. It has disappointed me on a number of levels, it has a JLC movement, so therefore it is not an in house IWC, something for which they had their reputation and it is neither reliable nor rugged. Mine has been serviced five times in 14 years and stopped only one week after I bought it at Bucherer in Lucerne in 1998. I also had it serviced only two and a half years ago at the IWC factory and already the regulator is loose according to a local agent and needs fixing, another $400. Not happy!!!
It also looks tacky to continue using the initials IWC compared to the beautiful either script or printed International Watch Co. full name that used to grace the watches of the 50s and 60s. Please bring it back.
My suggestions for International Watch Co. Go back to your roots of making quality but few in house watches that are rugged and reliable.
My next watch if nothing changes will be a classic old Ingenieur or Mark 11 if I can get my hands on one and if I can afford it. My regret is that I did not spend the money I used to get the Mark 12 on either a Mark 11 or old Ingenieur, their true classics.
Timothy Luke
Australia
How were I able to bring it on such sterile place? Well... that makes IWC owners adventurous and always finds a way to share a meaningful experience with their timepiece.
Regards,
Jeronimo
Omar Khayyám (Persia XI-XII Century) offered that Time should not only be measured in length but also in width due to the intrinsic difference between a minute or other depending on what is happening to the beholder... I wonder how a watch would look like...
Last edited: 27 October, 2012 - 08:54
Here goes another photo, this time my AT inside the high speed train in Taiwan
Regards,
Jeronimo
Omar Khayyám (Persia XI-XII Century) offered that Time should not only be measured in length but also in width due to the intrinsic difference between a minute or other depending on what is happening to the beholder... I wonder how a watch would look like...
Last edited: 27 October, 2012 - 08:54
Hong Kong:
~Victoria Harbour
~Sai Kung
New York City, Broadway !
Thailand:
Singapore:
Schaffhausen !!!
THANK YOU IWC !!!
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com
time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.
all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
Last edited: 8 December, 2012 - 16:07
Thank you for sharing SHING.
Despite the fact that I have quite a few watches, my Aquatimer is my first IWC (although hopefully not my last) so for now please bear with me as I will post photos of several other locations featuring the same watch...
Regards,
Jeronimo
Omar Khayyám (Persia XI-XII Century) offered that Time should not only be measured in length but also in width due to the intrinsic difference between a minute or other depending on what is happening to the beholder... I wonder how a watch would look like...
Last edited: 27 October, 2012 - 08:54