"Obscure, Rare, and Uncommon"

Those OMAN special editions would fit as well.

And the most rare, uncommon but not obscure fact : SOLD TO THE US ARMY!
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc).

"SOLD TO THE US ARMY", which does not make it a military watch. ;-)
Fantastic find in Florida of all places. Congrats Terry.
I suspect it was sold to The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES, to be sold to U.S. servicemen in a PX.

Anyone got a steel ref 817 non date? (an ad pic will suffice)

What about this Ref 666A Ingenieur for obscure, rare and uncommon all in one.

Great thread. I'm taking rare to mean 100 or less made. In which case, how about this, the IWC Portugieser for Kuwait, limited to 98 pieces I believe...

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OMG, that last watch above is just simply "Butt & Butt ugly"! ... and most certainly rare - never seen another like it.

If reading the above I understand correctly that any watch produced in limited numbers, is then "rare" - then this watch is rare for sure.

One of only 36 pieces

However, if you want RARE - then why not VERY RARE or even "Bleu"?

One of only Five pieces

Thanks Mark, wasn't even aware of that one!

Best,

Bob

Great thread. By the way, the scarabaeus fuchs in gold was limited to 2'500 pieces.

Anyone?....

What about this one?

[QUOTE="Giuliano"]What about this one?

I have to bite on this one: please tell us more about it, Giuliano.
It truly fits all three criteria: obscure, rare, and uncommon.

Nelson

This watch has been discussed before in the forum. If I recall correctly it may have been issued to commemorate IWC's 120th anniversary as suggested by the dates 1868 1988.
To say that it is not an attractive design may be overstating the obvious. It may be a case of design by committee.

Clepsydra explained what I know of this watch. I think produced in 120 pcs. I don't want to judge the watch, just to show a piece in according with the subject.....