iwc cousteau watches

Can anyone tell me the limited editions of the cousteau aquatimer ranges. i have been offered on but it does not have the calypso wood in the back, just 035/2500 and a diver swimming with fishes, is there more than one limited edition? many thanks

Hi I have a Schaffhausen Cousteau Diver in my collection 1953 pieces. it has not got the wood insert.
I believe the model you mention has the wood inserted from the great mans ship but will stand corrected if wrong.
rgds

There are indeed more Cousteau versions. It started with a regular Aquatimer (no chrono) with a blue dial and orange accents. Then a few years later there was the Chrono with a darker blue dial, white accents and the piece of wood in the back. The next year, there was a Chrono with dark blue dial, orange accents and the swimmer in a shoal of fish engraved on the back. It's the watch on the left in this picture:

Then there was I believe a Chrono with a dark blue dial and yellow accents and now there is a Chrono in the new style with I believe white accents, a slate dial and blue subdials.

Kind regards,

Clemens

Hello,

as far as I know, there are four different Cousteau Divers.
No. 1, 2 and 3 limited to 2500 pieces each.
No. 4 no idea.

Here are the pictures:

1. Cousteau (lauchend in 2006) with wood in the back:
   

2. Cousteau (launched in 2007) with a diver swimming with a swarm of fishes engraved on the back:
   

3. Cousteau (launched in 2008) with a picture of his ship "Calypso" on its back:
   

notice: The pictures No. 1, 2 and 3 are originally shown at www.ruegger.ch.

1. Cousteau (launchend in 2011) with JYC´s portrait engraved on the back:
   
   notice: Picture No. 4 ist originally shown at www.iwc.com/news/aquatimer-jacques-cousteau/.

Regards
Christoph

Cinq, you are right!
The very first one was a regular Aquatimer in steel, ltd. to 1953 pieces and was lauchned in 2004.

notice: The picture is originally shown at www.ruegger.ch.

ooops sorry, just for copyright reasons: the correct address for the pictures is www.rruegger.ch

Thank you everyone for your time & knowledge, it makes a lot more sense now. The watch I am looking at seems to be a 2007 version which has a gold case that is the only thing that Im not so sure about asthetically. once again thank you very much.

Great post, gentlemen. Thank You ; )