Among the masterpieces that have travelled from IWC’s storied archives in Schaffhausen is the Yacht Club Automatic Ref 811 (1967), one of IWC’s first watches to be adorned with a blue dial. Reemerging from the Pallweber manufacturing era of 1885 to 1887 is the Lepine Pallweber III pocket watch (1886), which featured IWC’s first-ever jumping numerals display.
SINGAPORE (Apr 30): IWC Schaffhausen celebrates its 150th anniversary by bringing the best of its engineering and design excellence to Singapore with a collection of timepieces and movements from both the past and present.
On May 1, watch enthusiasts and members of the public will have the rare opportunity to retrace the adventurous footsteps of young Boston watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones, who, in 1868, first sailed across the Atlantic from America to Switzerland to establish the International Watch Co on the bank of Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen. The exhibition will be delivered in the industrial style of the IWC manufacture in its early days, and casts the spotlight on 10 of the luxury brand’s most iconic watches.
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