I am pleased to present my newest article, Time in Your Pocket, about the IWC pocket watch tradition. It's not easy to relay the history of IWC pocket watches in about 2000 words, but I hope that I may have accomplished that. While there are books on the subject, I believe this may be the first article summarizing the entire pocket watch history. Hopefully it can serve as an introduction and as a short reference source.
You can read the article by clicking on this link.
By the way, if you're wondering about the above image, it's a Calibre 28, 19 line, à bascule piliers with three quarters plate, The Calibre was introduced ca. 1880 by IWC's then Head of Engineering and Operations, Mr. F. Pfister-Droz.
Thanks especially to Dr. David Seyffer, IWC's Museum Curator, who very much helped here and supplied the images.
Enjoy the article!