People ask me why do I love (LOVE!!!) IWC watches?
Well, I tell them, its always been about the wonderful friends, the fellow IWC addicts, those in the brotherhood who actually dream about watches, and our tight cadre of global internet junkies. However, for today's post, that has been said hundreds of times here and usually better expressed by others.
I've been fortunate and I'm tremendously thankful for, the many times that IWC has bestowed me an invitation to a gala event.
But for my 1,000th post on this forum, I’ll talk about watches and give you a distorted glimpse into my IWC collection. First for some facts. My first IWC was the Portofino automatic REF: 3513, about 34mm. When it arrived in 1999, I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
Since then more than 80 different IWCs have past through my collection.
Which leaves me to regret two things. One, since I’m not a Gates, a Trump nor an Ellison, I don’t have the wherewithal to have kept all of them and two, I never kept track of what arrived to replace those dear departed timepieces. If I had that data, then I could really beat myself up for some of my idiotic, short-sighted decisions.
But, hey, let’s live in the moment and play some head games. One of my favorites is imagining what if I situations dictated that I could only have one or two watches.
My answer is:
The Jacques Cousteau Divers Aquatimer from 2005 with a preference for a bracelet.
My second is the 3757 Limited Edition Wempe Perpetual Flieger Chrono from 2004. 
Yes kids, there was a day when IWC made Limited Editions that involved changing dials, hands and cases, not just dial color.
Not being a purist the funniest thing is neither of them have “true” in-house movements, but in these two cases, that’s alright with me. Still, I love these two watches and I could live happily with just these two.
My other head game is what is the “most special” IWC in my collection. Of course this is a tougher one as I like to think they are all special. But these days I’m thinking the PISA Portugueser might feel the most special.
Of course, for bragging sake, I once owned a 5240 Minute Repeater, however, at the time, I thought it was too much money to have tied up in one watch. Dummy Up!
I thought I’d list some of the ones that got away that I really feel bad about:
• Every Vintage 852/853/854x Ingenieur
• Flieger 3715
• Carlson Doppel
• RG 5000
• Mark X
• Ingenieur PW (what was I thinking!)
And this monstrosity:
But you know what. It has been an amazing journey and I’m looking forward to the next 1,000 posts!
Bless you all.
Larry
