IWC PORSCHE DESIGN OCEAN STUDIES - PART 2

Here is my part 2 of the Ocean 2000 vs. Ocean BUND study.

As the titanium strap was optional, it was delivered in a separate box.

In addition, the Ocean BUND comes with other special accessories such as an
extra-long Velcro strap, a screwdriver with a NATO stock number in special
packaging, a strap changing tool with BUndeswehr (BWB) marking, and a special
box and instruction manual. If you order an extract from the archives from
IWC, the field "delivered to" is marked VDO Mannesmann.

With regard to water resistance, IWC only specifies 300 metres for the Ocean
BUND, and the eponymous 2000 metres for the Ocean 2000. One reason for this is
the thinner and flatter glass of the Ocean BUND. The Ocean 2000 has a curved
glass.

The flat glass of the BUND

...and the curved glass of the ocean
2000

Both watches are unique for me.

The Ocean 2000 as an important milestone in the history of IWC and the Ocean
BUND, because each of these watches tells its own story from its hard service
in the special forces of the German Navy. Oh if only these watches could speak
to us....

Cheers,

Sascha

Thanks, Sascha, for a nice and informative post! I love to see detailed
pictures like this. I can see one further small differance berween these
fantastic watches, can you find it too?

Best regards,

Henrik

Hi Henrik,

one other detail is the position of the date window. But iam not so sure that
is in general a difference between the Ocean BUND and the Ocean 2000? I've
seen an Ocean BUND with a similar date window position like on my Ref. 3504.

What do you think?

Cheers,

Sascha

Hi, I think there are a few more differences: as far as I know, the Bund date
window was always in the same position as yours although the position on non-
Bund dials did vary depending on the movement.
Another difference is that some Bunds had red 3H in a red circle while
civilian dials some were T Swiss Made T.

The nylon strap was also available in grey for the Bund.

Here is a picture showing the different dials. Unfortunately I cannot recall
where it came from, but I do have some narrative, below the picture:

The dial No.1, shown above, is the oldest one. It is only used now when the
original watch is sent in for repair, with that dial.

Dials No. 2 and No. 3 belong together. If you have a closer look to the dial
opening you will see that its position is slightly different. The reason for
this is that IWC used movement calibre 375 in the first OCEAN 2000 watches,
which was based on ETA calibre 2890. Later on, IWC used calibre 37521, based
on ETA calibre 2892A2. These two movements have differences, one of which is
the size of the date indicator ring. When IWC does a repair on an OCEAN 2000,
it often is necessary to change the movement from calibre 375 to calibre
37521. A slightly different dial is necessary in such an instance. Dial No. 4
is that one that IWC uses least.

The "BUND"-dials and hands are also shown in the above picture. Please note
that IWC does not sell the "BUND" spare parts separately to private persons;
these spare parts are used for certain in-house-repairs only. The main-reason
for this is that IWC sold the watches to the "Bundeswehr" only. But this also
is done in order to stop the production of "marriages" which sometimes are
increasingly found.

Here are a couple of mine showing some of the other differences.

Thanks a lot for this perfect and complete informations!

Exactly this kind of details are the gold nuggets in collecting those
wonderful pieces.

Thanks again,

Cheers,

Sascha

Hi again,

I had missed the difference in the position of the date window, thanks
Stanford four your excellent explenation of this. What I noted is that the
font on the date wheel is different, no doubt because the calibre is
different.

Enjoy your beautiful IWC:s. I am not at all envious, just so you know. Not at
all ;)

Henrik

Guys, i've checked the papers of my Ocean 2000 shown above. It's not the
mentioned Ref. 3504 (which is still in my watch box). It's an early Ref. 3500
(cal. 375) wich was converted to strap generation 3 during a service a couple
of
years ago.
That could explain the position of the date window and the date font.

Cheers,

Sascha