89 Discussions and CommentsMember since July 23, 2010
Dear Collectors and friends of IWC,
In the past years IWC has evolved into a global brand. Besides our sustainable strategy and successful product innovations this was mostly possible because we have adapted to global market changes and focused on the needs of our international customers. In the scope of this philosophy we have decided to concentrate our forum activities on English and will therefore discontinue the German forum. The reason is primarily based on the relevance of the English language and our goal to offer customers the best content around the IWC universe.
We would like to thank the community of the German forum for their great support in the past years and invite them to participate on the English forum in the future. Most importantly we would like to thank Alexander Linz, who not only supported IWC for more than 10 years but also helped to shape the community.
2,079 Discussions and CommentsMember since Jan. 7, 2005
I'm not sure how to interpret the news. Diversity is unquestionably a richness and German collectors gave an incredible contribution to the forum.
I believe it will be a great challenge dear IWC, to make this fusion go wonderfully smooth but maybe is also our responsibility to make the German fellows feel like home.
So, from the poorest forumer of this side, Welcome dear German forumers! Your contributions will enormously enrich our discussions about IWC.
My greetings to Alexander Linz, I had the pleasure and the honor to meet in person, best wishes for his future professional challenges.
2,905 Discussions and CommentsMember since Nov. 14, 2008Taylor, TX,
United States
flyrobyfly36 Wrote:So, from the poorest forumer of this side, Welcome dear German forumers! Your contributions will enormously enrich our discussions about IWC.
I join my compañero Roberto in welcoming our German-speaking friends to the English IWC Forum. I've always enjoyed the posts of many of you who already participate here from time to time, and I look forward to "meeting" new friends!
Best regards, Jim
"We are the other people, we are the other people...you're the other people too!" Frank Zappa
53 Discussions and CommentsMember since Aug. 13, 2011berja almeria,
Spain
I wrote in both of them ,English and German, but what shall I do now ? Only English? For me is the same ,but I think there are a lot of people who could not understand nor write good English. Best wishes from Spain Juan Fernandez Vargas
218 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 9, 2010
Germany
flyrobyfly36 Wrote:... maybe is also our responsibility to make the German fellows feel like home. So, from the poorest forumer of this side, Welcome dear German forumers! Your contributions will enormously enrich our discussions about IWC.
Hello and thank you for the warm words of welcome.
Regarding our (Germans) future on the forum, I want to catch up and officially say HELLO to everybody - although I am already active on the english forum from time to time.
My name is Christoph, I am from the south of Germany ... and of course, I have already visited IWC in Schaffhausen :-)
Regards Christoph
Die Möglichkeit zur Spontanität ist der wahre Reichtum des Lebens!
1,589 Discussions and CommentsMember since May 16, 2002
Closing the English forum would have been a disaster for me. If there any German forum members whose English is poor or nil then I am sure they are pretty unhappy. Given the distance from factory to the border, the vernacular language of the factory and IWC history in German speaking markets I find this decision odd to say the least. There is no mention of the establishment of a Chinese website or forum that I have missed is there????
218 Discussions and CommentsMember since March 9, 2010
Germany
You are right Greg - I also miss that part of the statement.
For everyone´s information - in the statement on the German forum is also mentioned, that IWC wants additionally concentrate on a Chinese forum.
I quote the German statement:
... haben wir uns daher entschieden, unsere Forumsaktivitäten auf die Sprachen Englisch und in naher Zukunft auch Chinesisch zu konzentrieren und das deutschsprachige Forum einzustellen.
translated:
... and because of that we decided to concentrate the forum activities on English and in close future Chinese as well and to discontinue the German forum.
Regards Christoph
Die Möglichkeit zur Spontanität ist der wahre Reichtum des Lebens!
In the past years IWC has evolved into a global brand. Besides our sustainable strategy and successful product innovations this was mostly possible because we have adapted to global market changes and focused on the needs of our international customers. In the scope of this philosophy we have decided to concentrate our forum activities on English and will therefore discontinue the German forum. The reason is primarily based on the relevance of the English language and our goal to offer customers the best content around the IWC universe.
We would like to thank the community of the German forum for their great support in the past years and invite them to participate on the English forum in the future. Most importantly we would like to thank Alexander Linz, who not only supported IWC for more than 10 years but also helped to shape the community.
With best wishes from Schaffhausen
Last edited: 27 March, 2013 - 10:26
Greetings from Vienna
Leon Berger
Last edited: 19 September, 2011 - 00:22
I believe it will be a great challenge dear IWC, to make this fusion go wonderfully smooth but maybe is also our responsibility to make the German fellows feel like home.
So, from the poorest forumer of this side, Welcome dear German forumers! Your contributions will enormously enrich our discussions about IWC.
My greetings to Alexander Linz, I had the pleasure and the honor to meet in person, best wishes for his future professional challenges.
Regards,
Roberto
Last edited: 11 January, 2013 - 11:07
I join my compañero Roberto in welcoming our German-speaking friends to the English IWC Forum. I've always enjoyed the posts of many of you who already participate here from time to time, and I look forward to "meeting" new friends!
Best regards,
Jim
"We are the other people, we are the other people...you're the other people too!"
Frank Zappa
Last edited: 13 March, 2012 - 15:03
Last edited: 29 March, 2012 - 21:17
Hello and thank you for the warm words of welcome.
Regarding our (Germans) future on the forum, I want to catch up and officially say HELLO to everybody - although I am already active on the english forum from time to time.
My name is Christoph, I am from the south of Germany ... and of course, I have already visited IWC in Schaffhausen :-)
Regards
Christoph
Die Möglichkeit zur Spontanität ist der wahre Reichtum des Lebens!
Last edited: 24 August, 2011 - 20:32
There is no mention of the establishment of a Chinese website or forum that I have missed is there????
Cheers Greg Chalk
Cvanwhite at aol dot com
Last edited: 21 February, 2013 - 13:47
Best regards
Argiris
Last edited: 29 October, 2011 - 21:11
For everyone´s information - in the statement on the German forum is also mentioned, that IWC wants additionally concentrate on a Chinese forum.
I quote the German statement:
translated:
Regards
Christoph
Die Möglichkeit zur Spontanität ist der wahre Reichtum des Lebens!
Last edited: 24 August, 2011 - 21:09