I still have mine and still wear it regularly. It was the first time I saw the
Big Pilot in the metal and I was blown away. It certainly disrupted my
perception of what I wanted in a watch; once large and even slightly
cumbersome on the wrist, it's prominence is now a welcome familiarity that
I've come to love.
The 500401 I purchased in April 2008:
Yessir!
I too have my first IWC. I was introduced to IWC by uncles who owned watches
known simply as SCHAFFHAUSEN.
One had a Cal 89, the other, a gold automatic with a black dial and gold
Indeces. When I first saw an IWC 3706 - I was smitten and decided I had to
have one! But by the time i could afford it, 3717 was released and I bought
one of these instead.
I am so attached to this watch that it will never leave my collection!
Good question,
yes i still have it. And it is still a restoration - reassembling project. I
bought it in 1993, it is Ref. 1014a, Cal 403 witha a very nice blue dial.
Movement Number dates to 1971.
br Cromagnonman
Yes, I certainly do have my first IWC. It's a classic and loved Portugieser
5001 purchased in 2006
I bought my first IWC (a new pocket watch) and my second IWC (a new old stock
wrist watch Cal. 88) when still a student. And of course I still have both!
Th. Koenig
Yes! Freshly serviced makes me this watch a happy man. Since 1993.
Cheers,
Sascha
Same watch, Bill. I wore it last weekend.
I still have mine, a Porsche Design Titan Chrono.
I bought it in Zurich in 1975. I still wear it°
Yes. That was a 3706 on Mk.I. bracelet, bought new in 1996. Next year I'll
pass it to my younger daughter as a highschool graduate present.
Interesting :o)
I gave my daughter a 3707 on her High School Graduation.......
Still have my first one, and my only one- not yet convinced I can do that much
better to be
honest
Mine was the
same, a Mark XV, bought it back in September 2001. Same month I
joined the IWC forum.
Sold it in 2006 to get a Portugieser Automatic 5001.
Nice thread and good question Ben.
Indeed I do from 2002, my first ever IWC.........................
Yes still have mine, still remember the thrill when I pulled the trigger.
My first IWC was a Porsche Design Titan automatic chronograph reference 3700.
I bought it as a used watch in 1989 SIGHT UNSEEN! When it arrived, I was
disappointed that it didn't resemble the traditional chronographs of the early
60's that I had been collecting. I sold it a year later.
Fast forward twenty years to 2010. I recalled the Titan and decided I would
appreciate the design. It quickly became my favorite watch, and I became
obsessed with the model. I now have three, including two of the first series
that were sold in April 1981 and one of the latest ones (with a caliber 7922)
from 1996. All totaled, I have personally owned ten different Titan watches. I
consider myself an expert on the model, even if some of the history is based
on my best guesses.
Which brings me to a question for @hansgoerter: If your first IWC was a
Porsche Design Titan Chrono, then you bought it in 1981 or later. If you
bought the watch in Zurich in 1975, it is not an IWC but rather an Orfina. As
a person obsessed with the IWC PD Titan, I am happy to be mistaken if the
evidence supports it!
I wish I did have my Portugieser chrono, but it still is with IWC in Texas.
Maybe they will finally fix or replace it one of these days. It's about two
months since I heard from them last. How long does it typically take IWC to
replace a watch? This is its third trip to the service center.
