• whichwatchpanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 02/08/2001
    10 years

    Congratulations and Very best wishes, Tonny. I know you and Michael will make a great team and will ensure the Forum remains THE place to come to discuss all things IWC.

    Dick L.

    whichwatch at roadrunner dot com

    www.fototime.com/%7B15AF51D7-872F-4EB1-BAA7-603DD69DDE3F%7D/origpict/Avatar.jpg

  • Mr. Ben Dinnervillepanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 18/12/2009
    10 years

    Congrats Tonny, this is great news for us all and I look forward to the forum for some time to come.

    Time is something invented by the Swiss to help sell more watches

  • dzulpanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 14/11/2008
    10 years

    Congratulations, Tonny! It was a pleasure to finally meet you. I wish you the best in your new role with this great forum.

    Best regards,
    Jim

    "We are the other people, we are the other people...you're the other people
    too!"
    Frank Zappa

  • Ravepanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 16/11/2004
    10 years

    Well done Tonny and good luck with the development of the Forum.

  • Kokoropanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 31/05/2005

    Honolulu, Hawaii
    10 years

    Michael - Thanks for the news.
    &
    Tonny - Congrats.

    • Tracy

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  • Mark Flemingerpanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 07/07/2013
    10 years

    Congrats Tonny, This is great news! Thank you Michael and everyone who has helped make the Forum such a fantastic place to visit and a tremendous repository of information. Looking forward to our new "management team"

  • Mr. Müllerpanorama_fish_eye
    Connoisseur 〚✅〛

    Member since: 17/10/2005
    10 years

    Michael. Thanks for all work you had and have with us.

    Congratulations Tonny. Happy to see you as a moderator here.

    Regards from Hamburg
    Arne

  • erwinchupanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 25/06/2005
    10 years

    Congrats Tonny! am excited seeing the forum grow bigger and stronger.

  • Giovanni Ambrogiopanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 16/09/2008
    10 years

    Congrats Tonny. And Michael, looking forward to your great articles.

  • Marian42panorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 14/03/2012
    10 years

    These are some great news. I'm looking forward for what comes in all mentioned areas. Tonny, congratulations!

    Marian

  • Mr. Martin Dohrmannpanorama_fish_eye
    Connoisseur 〚✅〛

    Member since: 25/06/2001
    10 years

    That is good news in my eyes. Tonny I wish you good luck with the new "Job"
    A combination of Michael from the US and Tonny from Europe makes Sense from my point of view.

    Greetings from Hamburg to Michael and Tonny

    Martin

  • SC Fongpanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 23/03/2001
    10 years

    Thanks Michael.

    Congrats to Tonny and hope to meet you one day.

    Cheers,
    sc

  • BIWpanorama_fish_eye
    Connoisseur 〚✅〛

    Member since: 05/09/2011
    10 years

    This is what keeps me coming back. Great for collectors.

    Congratulations, Tonny.

    •IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42 IW344203, •IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar IW503203, •IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner Chronograph IW395001, •IWC Big Pilot's Watch Monopusher Edition "Le Petit Prince" IW515202, *IWC Portuguese Automatic Platinum IW500003, •IWC Portugieser Regulateur IW544401, •IWC Portugieser FA Jones IW544203, •IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Edition "Boutique Canada" IW371220, •IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 IW328901, •IWC Portugieser Chronograph IW371413, •IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVI IW325501.

  • Mr.panorama_fish_eye
    Apprentice

    Member since: 18/04/2012
    10 years

    Great news, Congratulations Tonny. I am convinced that only a Belgian, Dutch or a Swiss could do this job, and as Asian sales are weakening to the extent that even layoffs have been seen in Richmont, I think strategically it's the right move of IWC to focus again on the roots. And therefore, I am sure we will see the rebirth of the native language of IWC in format of a forum again, i.e. German. Good luck!

    You come from nothing, you go back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!

  • Tilopanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 14/09/2001
    10 years

    Tony thanks for your efforts and time you have invested in this forum and even do so more in the future.
    I think we got the right man in the right position.
    Welcome in your new old role and have fun!

    Cheers, Tilo

  • Skule Smørgravpanorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 12/07/2011
    10 years

    Major, major congrats Tonny!

    Now we will have a dynamic duo presiding over this fine forum - as Tumbuk3 once said "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" :-)

    Best of luck and do not hesitate to call on us forumers for any help/assitance/support - we would all love to do our part to keep this platform of international friendship alive!

    Skule

  • 8541panorama_fish_eye
    Master 〚✅〛

    Member since: 20/09/2007
    10 years

    Michael, thanks for sharing this development with us, and it's noted of course that only through your endeavors over the years, that we are now seeing a further strengthening of the forum, with not one but two resources contributing to and supporting this great platform. Tonny can ask for no better a honeymoon period and partner, and we look forward to see his inputs, as the master concentrates on the new content and articles.

    Tonny, welcome aboard in your new role. I have this great photo of you I would want to post here (so others/newer members) can get to know what you look like. But am too afraid the new co-moderator might delete it - so please go ahead and post that great picture of you (with the dial).

    Best regards
    Mark

  • Mr. Tonny Bertelootpanorama_fish_eye

    Member since: 28/10/2002
    10 years

    Thank you all for the kind and encouraging words.
    Indeed exciting news for me, but also for the forum, IWC wants that
    the forum stays the place to be for the IWC collector.
    There are already great ideas for further development of the forum, but input from the collectors is always welcome. I am very happy that I have MF as a mentor and that he continues to play a role in the IWC community.
    And on popular demand, here is the pic someone on the forum was so kind to post some time ago.( I have changed a bit since then )
    users.telenet.be/tonnyb/pallweber%20tonny.jpg