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IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years”
The company is incorporating a digital hours
and minutes display in a wristwatch for the very
first time. IWC started using this form of time
display in pocket watches back in 1884. The
display was a revolutionary development for its
time. The historic Pallweber pocket watches
showed the hours and minutes in large
numerals on rotating discs. Yet the innovative
time display was ahead of its age: the watches
were only a commercial success for a brief
period before disappearing from the scene
after a few years. To mark its anniversary, IWC is
recognising the scale of this pioneering exploit
by Schaffhausen’s watchmakers with the IWC
Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years” (Ref.
5050). As a reference to the design of the
historic Pallweber watches and a tribute to F. A.
Jones, the American watchmaker who founded
IWC, the windows of the digital display are
labelled as “Hours” and “Minutes”. A total of 25
watches will be made in platinum, 250 in red
gold and 500 in stainless steel.IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN
IWC Pilot’s Watches
The Big Pilot’s Watch Big Date Edition “150 Years”
(Ref. 5105) is the first Big Pilot’s Watch from IWC with
a date display featuring large numerals beneath the
triangular index at “12 o’clock”. Two limited-edition
models are available, each restricted to 100
watches. When creating the IWC-manufactured
calibre 59235, the watch designers added a
date display with large numerals to the hand-
wound calibre 59210 with a power reserve
of 8 days. The date is displayed using a
double date ring, with one disc containing
the tens and another disc containing the
units. The power reserve display had to be
positioned on the reverse side so that the
dial could preserve the uncluttered style that
is characteristic of Pilot’s Watches. To this end,
the soft-iron cage was fitted with a circular display
window without compromising protection against
magnetic fields. With the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph
Edition “150 Years” (Ref. IW377725), IWC is launching
an anniversary edition of this popular chronograph
that is limited to 1,000 watches.