All good things take a bit longer….
Production is going well, but there’s been a slight delay in delivery of dials. IWC was hoping to have the watches in your hands by the end of August, but it now looks like September.
I have been waiting for some time to send out the actual contracts, where you finalize arrangements (no need to pay until delivery but the applicable Boutique will need your credit card number). There was a slight further delay but I’ve been told that I’ll have them all early next week. But bear with me –I need to send out a ton of e-mails and they are all individualized. But hopefully by the end of next week, at the latest, you’ll have confirmation.
Everyone who has applied has gotten one of course. Not everyone could get their choice of number, but most people did, assuming the numbers weren’t low and bumped by the owners of the Collectors Forum Ingenieur. If you’re concerned before next week about whether your application was received and if the number is really important before then, feel free to e-mail me (it sometimes takes me a day to reply).
I believe that orders are still exclusive through this forum until the end of June. However, waiting may not be a good strategy. In addition to possibly getting a special number, trying to purchase an unallocated one after June 30 may be difficult. If, say, there’s 100 unsold by the end of June and there are approximately 75 boutiques, most boutiques will get one and a few may get two (in theory a few boutiques might get one or two more). I would think that these will scarce, and often allocated to a good boutique customer. So –if you’re thinking of ordering, I would urge you to do so now.
If you want to order, for the time being the form is down and you need to e-mail me. I need to know
Your name
Your e-mail address
Your postal address
Your preferred Boutique
Any preferred numbers (no guarantees) or numbers to avoid
If you need more information, here’s the original post announcing the watch
click here...
…and here’s a great post by Andrew Thomas with wrist shots of the actual dial (click here... --and from where the top photo was from. Thanks Andrew!
I genuinely believe you must consider this watch if at all possible. It’s a relatively exclusive limited edition and it represents this forum. In addition to a number, you can have your name or initials engraved on the back. It’s the first IWC in-house pilot’s watch that’s antimagnetic and with a single date window. A great watch in my sometimes not-so-humble opinion!
Thanks.
