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Pre-Owned
IWC Watches

Since its inception in 1868, IWC has been cementing its motto of 'Probus Scafusia', meaning 'good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen'. Modern IWC watches undergo rigorous development and extensive testing, using advanced electric discharge machines, to ensure these standards are still adhered to over a century later.
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  1. Aquatimer Aquatimer
  2. Da Vinci Da Vinci
  3. Ingenieur Ingenieur
  4. Pilots Watches Pilots Watches
  5. Portofino Portofino
  6. Portugieser Portugieser
  7. Tribute to Pallweber Edition Tribute to Pallweber Edition
  8. Vintage Collection Vintage Collection
Case Size
The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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  7. Rose Gold Plated Rose Gold Plated
  8. Silver Silver
  9. Steel Steel
  10. Steel & Rose Gold Steel & Rose Gold
  11. Steel & Rose Gold Plated Steel & Rose Gold Plated
  12. Steel & White Gold Steel & White Gold
  13. Steel & Yellow Gold Steel & Yellow Gold
  14. Titanium Titanium
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  1. Original papers Original papers
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A mechanical watch is powered by a spring. Manual mechanical watches must be hand wound. Automatic watches are also mechanical, and are wound by a weight that spins with the wearer's movements. A quartz watch is battery powered and extremely accurate.
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IWC Big Pilot's IW510506 244375

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510506

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€11,360
IWC Portofino Hand-Wound IW544508 244107
Limited Edition

IWC
Portofino Hand-Wound
IW544508

Box
Papers
Year 2010
€8,700
IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar IW503504 266472

IWC
Portugieser Annual Calendar
IW503504

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€15,190
IWC Vintage Aquatimer IW323103 244325

IWC
Vintage Aquatimer
IW323103

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€6,990
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW390406 272190
Limited Edition

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW390406

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€5,070
IWC Big Pilot's IW500908 244216

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500908

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€1,535
IWC Big Pilot's IW500401 266128

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500401

Box
Papers
Year 2006
€5,285
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388002 244755

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388002

Box
Papers
Year 2013
€4,230
IWC Big Pilot's IW503801 244780
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW503801

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€17,720
IWC Ingenieur IW357001 277938

IWC
Ingenieur
IW357001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
€4,000
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500109 255702

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500109

Box
Papers
Year 2005
€4,975
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500106 267242

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500106

Box
Papers
Year 2014
€9,290
IWC Big Pilot's IW501005 244123
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501005

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€7,775
IWC Aquatimer IW376705 245265

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376705

Box
Papers
Year 2010
€3,105
IWC Big Pilot's IW500401 266966

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500401

Box
Papers
Year 2009
€5,620
IWC Ingenieur IW323310 244928
Limited Edition

IWC
Ingenieur
IW323310

Box
Papers
Year 2013
€3,320
IWC Big Pilot's IW501903 244349
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501903

Box
Papers
Year 2013
€8,720
IWC Big Pilot's IW502001 256171

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€5,670
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 244170

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2014
€4,990
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 244422

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2012
€4,780
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391008 268465

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391008

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€3,065
IWC Portofino Hand-Wound IW201003 267854

IWC
Portofino Hand-Wound
IW201003

Box
Papers
Year 2005
Product Location
€3,350
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW378405 253109

IWC
Ingenieur
IW378405

Box
Papers
Year 2013
€3,345
IWC Ingenieur IW322404 244392
Limited Edition

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322404

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€6,880
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW390404 244423

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW390404

Box
Papers
Year 2015
€4,530
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW371616 281614

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW371616

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€4,585
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW326606 243899
Limited Edition

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW326606

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€6,345
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW389101 282128

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW389101

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€6,845
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW371447 283669

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW371447

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€3,780
IWC Big Pilot's IW501012 244190
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501012

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€7,980
IWC Big Pilot's IW501005 243969
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501005

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€7,655
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500109 283667

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500109

Box
Papers
Year 2011
€6,245
IWC Big Pilot's IW510301 244522
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510301

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€10,280
IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar IW502105 244432

IWC
Portugieser Perpetual Calendar
IW502105

Box
Papers
Year 2010
€13,160
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW389101 283207

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW389101

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€6,640
IWC Pilot's Double Chrono IW379901 272289

IWC
Pilot's Double Chrono
IW379901

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€6,900
IWC Ingenieur IW322701 277076

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322701

Box
Papers
Year 2010
Product Location
€5,375
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW379502 256176

IWC
Aquatimer
IW379502

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€6,910
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW389108 244303

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW389108

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€7,115
IWC Pilot's Double Chrono IW377801 244776

IWC
Pilot's Double Chrono
IW377801

Box
Papers
Year 2015
€3,805
IWC Ingenieur IW381701 243852

IWC
Ingenieur
IW381701

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€22,715
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW371714 244424
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW371714

Box
Papers
Year 2011
€4,815

IWC History


Some watch brands have a certain inimitable style, and the International Watch Company is one of them. Distinguished by striking designs and unmatchable quality, IWC watches have held a special place in the hearts of watch enthusiasts since the company’s inception in 1868.

Fresh from his directorship at the American watch company E. Howard and Co., engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones set about opening a factory in Switzerland with the intention of combining American engineering with Swiss precision. It would be the basis of his new company, IWC. He immediately hit a snag when the watchmakers in the French-speaking areas of Switzerland—who traditionally worked from home—opposed his decision to open a factory.

White coal pioneer Johann Heinrich Moser began discussions with Florentine to open the factory in the German-speaking area of Switzerland instead, specifically in Schaffhausen. Johann had brought industrialisation to Schaffhausen with his hydro-electric plant, and the power it produced was perfect for the machines Florentine needed to make watches. In 1868, under the power of the River Rhine, IWC was born.

The company came on to the watchmaking scene with a bang, introducing the world’s first digital mechanical pocket watches in 1885. The Pallweber had windows cut into the dial, through which rotating discs displayed the hours and minutes. The public began to take notice of the watchmaker immediately.

The brand continued developing pocket watch movements to make them smaller and more compact for use in ladies’ pocket watches. These movements ended up in the first IWC watches that could be worn on the wrist, produced towards the end of the 19th century. The in-house Calibre 64 movement was particularly favoured for its crown and sub-seconds arrangement.

It wasn’t until 1944 that the next significant advancement occurred at the company, when Albert Pellaton started his career as Technical Director. The first of his developments was a soft iron core in the case of the brand’s pilots’ watch, which protected the movement from magnetic fields. Next came the Pellaton automatic winding system, an ingenious pawl-operated design that allowed a movement to be wound in both directions while simultaneously providing exceptional shock resistance. It remains a patented feature in the company’s watches to this day.

But it’s not just the final product that demonstrates the brand’s level of quality: it’s the journey it takes to get there. Modern IWC watches undergo rigorous development and testing using advanced electric discharge machines and computer-aided design. The manufacture’s parts can be made with tolerances as little as 0.001 millimetres—one hundredth the width of a human hair. This applies to all of the brand’s models: the Pilots’ Watches, the Portofino, the Ingenieur, the Aquatimer, the Da Vinci and the Portuguese included.

It would be safe to assume that components manufactured to this level of detail would be delicate, but IWC watches refuse to obey the laws of physics. Each development watch undergoes a rigorous set of tests, one of which being the ‘chapuis extreme’, a test that involves the watch being shaken 264,000 times in a box at forces of up 500 G.

It is therefore fitting for the brand, whose quality and technology are unmatched by others, to have the motto ‘Probus Scafusia’—meaning ‘good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen’. Perhaps that is an understatement.

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