Dear friends,
I have had the great misfortune of having 10 of my best watches stolen during a break-in while we were sleeping.
I have lost the following IWC watches which I kindly ask all of you to look out for:
Ingenieur Collector's Forum, #64 "Jens Christian Bang"
Mark XV Spitfire "Battle of Britain", 0986/1000
Aquatimer Cousteau Divers, 1025/1953
Pilot Chronograph St. Exupery SS, 0717/1630
Portuguese Rattrapante Ref 3712, SS, s/n 2670700
Pilot Chronograph SS, Ref 3706, s/n 2716956
The theft happened in Rome so if anyone has any knowledge of shops in Rome or perhaps Naples which sells used watches then pls write to me on jcbang@mac.com. As I had no insurance this is my only hope. I also lost a significant amount of Montblanc and Cartier pens but I won't bore you with the details.
If anyone has any other advice then pls let me know. I have received from IWC the claim form for stolen watches so if anyone tries to service a watch with IWC then presumably I will find out. I would like to know if any of the major auction houses has a similar list. Does anybody know?
Best regards from a rather distressed former IWC owner.
JCBang
