HOW DID YOUR FASCINATION FOR MECHANICAL WATCHES START?

Just buy what you want and wear what you like. It's absolutely unnecessary to comment on what others think. A man's meat is another poison.

Welcome to the Forum THOWAPET.
Now we would love to see some pictures

thanks a lot for the welcome Ben.....as soon as I figure out how to post them, I'll do....have nice weekend

Try this:

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Cheers Chris

Proud owner of a Big Pilot 5009 and a new Heritage Big Pilot 48.

Thanks to my brother who opened me to the world of IWC. Better than expected.

Cheers!

with Big pilot legend watch.

Through my Dad...a shared passion/obsession/fascination/admiration...

I've been into watches since I learned to tell time.
I bought my first mechanical watch in 2010. I still have it and wear it often. It's a Montblanc Timewalker.

Have recently got my flieger back from an insurance repaup.by IWC to find it looks great but is running 5 mins fast daily.After correction it seems to gain very slowly thsn speed up.
Would appreciate advice.

Hi,

Just bought a chronograph automatic, ref no. 385881. I don't know whether it's genuine or fake.
Need help. How can I upload the picture of the same watch?

Regards
Juma

when I was living in London, on my way to work I used to walk by David M Robinson shop which has all the nice watches. But one time piece that always caught my attention was the pilot Mark (dont remember which model was that exactly but this is back in 20017/2008) with leather strap. And I was just too attracted to the simplicity yet the stylishness of the watch. No gimmicks, no chronograph just a simple watch that looks great. And then I started to look in to watches more and more and since I have been very much in the mechanical watches. I am really fascinated how complications and accuracy is achieved just by mechanical parts!

I play the saxophone with "Supertramp" and, during our 1997 tour, I scoured fine watch shops throughout Europe for a suitable replacement to supersede my Rolex day-date timepiece. I eventually chose a stainless steel IWC Pilots MkXII with a bracelet (and a matching smaller one for my wife) Totally enamoured of these watches, I engineered a Factory visit in 2004, I think, only to be greeted at the entrance by a certain Georges Kern, who gave us the tour personally, and took us to lunch! Thus a relationship was born, with my attending almost all (and playing several times) the Geneva SIHH IWC soirées since that time. Georges seems to think that I am an expert on mechanical timepieces, as he has donated several fine IWCs to the expanding Helliwell collection! They are, indeed, absolutely superb timepieces.

Great Story John :o)
Welcome to the Forum

Warm welcome John it was great meeting you in Geneva.

Hi John, thanks for sharing your story and welcome to IWC Forum!

I imagine we all have our story to tell and it's always interesting to know what draws someone into the world of IWC!

Cheers!